DENTAL MATERIALS FINAL EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS(HIGHLIGHTED) GRADED A+
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
Since 2005, the American Dental Association (ADA) Seal of Acceptance is awarded to _______
products.
a. neither professional nor consumer
b. professional but not consumer
c. both professional and consumer
d. consumer but not professional
d. consumer but not professional
Which. of the following restorative techniques was first introduced in 1955?
a. Acid-etch technique
b. Synthetic resins for denture bases
c. Cohesive gold foil
d. Cast gold inlays
a. Acid-etch technique
What is the thermal conductivity of composite resin?
a. Similar to tooth structure
b. Lower than tooth structure
c. Similar to metal restorations
d. Does not conduct temperature
a. Similar to tooth structure
,_______ force is applied when two surfaces slide against each other in opposite directions.
a. Tensile
b. Shearing
c. Axial
d. Compressive
b. Shearing
Stress is the amount of force exerted from within an object, and _______ is the amount of change
that the force has produced.
a. strain
b. chemical bonding
c. tension
d. compression
a. strain
The coefficient of thermal expansion is a measurement of:
a. change in wettability related to temperature
b. change in strength related to temperature
c. change in elasticity related to temperature
d. change in shape related to temperature
d. change in shape related to temperature
Dual set materials utilize ______ setting reactions.
a. both light-activated and chemical
, b. chemical setting but not light-activated
c. neither light-activated nor chemical
d. light-activated but not chemical
a. both light-activated and chemical
There is a small space that exists between the tooth and the restoration known as the "interface".
It is inevitable that _____ will occur when the tooth or the restoration expands and contracts.
a. galvanic shock
b. microleakage
c. creep
d. wettability
b. microleakage
If you have two different metals opposing each other in the oral cavity and add saliva, the patient
may experience discomfort that might resemble a slight electrical shock followed by pain. This
would be termed:
a. ultimate strength
b. proportional limit
c. galvanism
d. toughness
c. galvanism
Which of the following characteristic is directly related to the flow of a material?
a. viscosity
b. elasticity
c. compression
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS(HIGHLIGHTED) GRADED A+
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
Since 2005, the American Dental Association (ADA) Seal of Acceptance is awarded to _______
products.
a. neither professional nor consumer
b. professional but not consumer
c. both professional and consumer
d. consumer but not professional
d. consumer but not professional
Which. of the following restorative techniques was first introduced in 1955?
a. Acid-etch technique
b. Synthetic resins for denture bases
c. Cohesive gold foil
d. Cast gold inlays
a. Acid-etch technique
What is the thermal conductivity of composite resin?
a. Similar to tooth structure
b. Lower than tooth structure
c. Similar to metal restorations
d. Does not conduct temperature
a. Similar to tooth structure
,_______ force is applied when two surfaces slide against each other in opposite directions.
a. Tensile
b. Shearing
c. Axial
d. Compressive
b. Shearing
Stress is the amount of force exerted from within an object, and _______ is the amount of change
that the force has produced.
a. strain
b. chemical bonding
c. tension
d. compression
a. strain
The coefficient of thermal expansion is a measurement of:
a. change in wettability related to temperature
b. change in strength related to temperature
c. change in elasticity related to temperature
d. change in shape related to temperature
d. change in shape related to temperature
Dual set materials utilize ______ setting reactions.
a. both light-activated and chemical
, b. chemical setting but not light-activated
c. neither light-activated nor chemical
d. light-activated but not chemical
a. both light-activated and chemical
There is a small space that exists between the tooth and the restoration known as the "interface".
It is inevitable that _____ will occur when the tooth or the restoration expands and contracts.
a. galvanic shock
b. microleakage
c. creep
d. wettability
b. microleakage
If you have two different metals opposing each other in the oral cavity and add saliva, the patient
may experience discomfort that might resemble a slight electrical shock followed by pain. This
would be termed:
a. ultimate strength
b. proportional limit
c. galvanism
d. toughness
c. galvanism
Which of the following characteristic is directly related to the flow of a material?
a. viscosity
b. elasticity
c. compression
