Chapter 16 - Operative Dentistry

Question 1

What is the area of dental concerned with the prevention and treatment of defects in tooth enamel and dentin?

Answer 1

Operative dentistry

Question 2

The goal of what is to assist the patient in either establishing control of the dental disease or in continuing to maintain good oral health?

Answer 2

Preventive dentistry

Question 3

What is the specialty of dentistry that manages the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the dental pulp and the periradicular tissues that surround the root of the tooth (root canals)?

Answer 3

Endodontics

Question 4

What is the specialized areas of dentistry involved in replacing missing teeth with gold or porcelain prosthesis (crown and bridge)?

Answer 4

Prosthodontics

Question 5

What is the dental specialty involved in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the supporting tissues?

Answer 5

Periodontics

Question 6

What is the specialty of dentistry that is concerned with the supervision, guidance, and correction of growing and mature dentofacial structures (braces and retainers)?

Answer 6

Orthodontics

Question 7

What are used primarily to remove debris from tooth cavities?

Answer 7

Spoon excavators

Question 8

What are used to cleave (split) tooth enamel, smooth cavity walls, and sharpen cavity preparations?

Answer 8

Chisels

Question 9

The two most common types of chisels used in operative dentistry are the wedelstaedt and what other chisels?

Answer 9

Biangle

Question 10

What are used on the wall of the cavity preparation to cleave enamel and cut dentin so there will be a sharp cavity outline?

Answer 10

Hatches

Question 11

What are used with a pulling motion to smooth and shape the floor and sides of cavity preparations?

Answer 11

Dental hoes

Question 12

What are used to trim, smooth, and shape the gingival margin of a cavity preparation?

Answer 12

GMTs

Question 13

What transport the freshly prepared amalgam restorative material to the cavity preparation?

Answer 13

Amalgam carriers

Question 14

Amalgam condensers, often called what, are instruments used to condense or pack the amalgam filling materials into the cavity preparation?

Answer 14

Pluggers

Question 15

What have sharp cutting edges that are used to shape, form, or cut tooth anatomy into amalgam restorations?

Answer 15

Carvers

Question 16

When the carving is complete, the dentist may use what to smooth and polish the restoration?

Answer 16

Burnishers

Question 17

What instruments are used to transport and place dental cements, resins, temporaries, and insulating and pulp-capping materials?

Answer 17

Composite resin

Question 18

How many different spatulas are available for mixing restorative materials?

Answer 18

Three

Question 19

What syringe is used in dentistry to inject a local anesthetic?

Answer 19

Aspirating

Question 20

What is used to isolate a designated tooth or teeth in the mouth before certain operative, endodontic and preventive dentistry procedures are performed?

Answer 20

Rubber dam

Question 21

The Tofflemire retainer (or matrix retainer) is available in how many different designs?

Answer 21

Three

Question 22

When multiple surfaces of the tooth are removed during the cavity preparation, what is used to approximate the original surface and hold the restorative material in proper form and position until it sets?

Answer 22

Matrix

Question 23

Most dental treatment is provided with the patient in what position?

Answer 23

Supine

Question 24

Dental materials are exchanged under the patient’s chin and over the patient’s chest in what zone?

Answer 24

Transfer

Question 25

The items used to give local anesthetics are an aspirating syringe, a needle, and a what?

Answer 25

Carpule

Question 26

The HM will carpules in Navy dentistry. The two most common local anesthetics used in dentistry are 2% lidocaine hydrochloride and 2% what?

Answer 26

Mepivacaine

Question 27

What is necessary to remove blood, pus, saliva, and debris from the treatment site and oral cavity?

Answer 27

Aspiration

Question 28

What dentistry strives to restore decayed or fractured teeth to their original functional ability and esthetic quality of healthy dentition?

Answer 28

Operative

Question 29

When two surfaces of the tooth are involved, the cavity is called a what?

Answer 29

Compound cavity

Question 30

The last cutting step in the preparation of the cavity is finishing the what?

Answer 30

Enamel walls

Question 31

What is a liner used to seal the dentinal tubules to help prevent micro-leakage and is placed in a cavity to receive amalgam alloy after any bases have been placed?

Answer 31

Cavity varnish

Question 32

Cavity varnish is not used with what?

Answer 32

Composites

Question 33

What is used as a restorative material on the surfaces of both permanent and primary teeth?

Answer 33

Amalgam

Question 34

When amalgam restorations are placed in the tooth, finishing and polishing of the restorations generally take place at another appointment. The appointment should be at least how many hours after the placement of the amalgam?

Answer 34

24

Question 35

One of the most commonly used tooth-colored restorative materials is the what?

Answer 35

Composite resin

Question 36

Acid-etching the enamel portion of cavity preparations with a 35 to what percent solution of phosphoric acid results in improved retention for resin restorations?

Answer 36

50

Question 37

Topical fluoride can be administered by how many different methods?

Answer 37

Three

Question 38

What is generally regarded as the most effective means of topical fluoride treatment?

Answer 38

Gel application