Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam Q&A
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - =xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - =causes delayed wound healing
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes
in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? - =refer the patient to their physician
immediately
Premedication regimine - =2g Amoxicillin
600 mg Clindamycin
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior to
their appointment. What would you do? - =administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hr prior to
treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to treatment)
What is a PAN used for? - =- look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- *NOT* FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - =- tea
- pork
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - =well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - =- filiform (most numerous, very small)
, - fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds)
- circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus
terminalis)
- foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue)
What is hairy tongue caused by? - =elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - =delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - =radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
What is thickened lamina dura caused by?
Is this appearance normal? - =- caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - =- elongation: too little vertical angulation
- foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
- cone cut: PID not aligned with censor
- overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation
Identify median rhomboid glossitis - =rhombus shaped, central denuded area of the tongue
with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? - =brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - =testing to see if the pulp is vital or not (applying cold air on
cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it hurts, if its necrotic you would
not feel anything)
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - =xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - =causes delayed wound healing
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes
in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? - =refer the patient to their physician
immediately
Premedication regimine - =2g Amoxicillin
600 mg Clindamycin
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior to
their appointment. What would you do? - =administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hr prior to
treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to treatment)
What is a PAN used for? - =- look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- *NOT* FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - =- tea
- pork
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - =well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - =- filiform (most numerous, very small)
, - fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds)
- circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus
terminalis)
- foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue)
What is hairy tongue caused by? - =elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - =delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - =radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
What is thickened lamina dura caused by?
Is this appearance normal? - =- caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - =- elongation: too little vertical angulation
- foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
- cone cut: PID not aligned with censor
- overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation
Identify median rhomboid glossitis - =rhombus shaped, central denuded area of the tongue
with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? - =brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - =testing to see if the pulp is vital or not (applying cold air on
cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it hurts, if its necrotic you would
not feel anything)
