Chpt 32- The Dental Office

Question 1

Define Consultation

Answer 1

Meeting room where diagnostic and treatment info is discussed

Question 2

Define Dental Operatory

Answer 2

Clinical treatment area

Question 3

Define Subsupine

Answer 3

Lying down position where patients head is lower than feet

Question 4

Define Supine

Answer 4

Lying down position in which the patients head, chest and feet are at the same level

Question 5

define upright position

Answer 5

vertical seated position, dental chair is at 90 degrees

Question 6

define tilturate

Answer 6

process of mechanically mixing a material ex. amalgam

Question 7

What is the use of a reception area?

Answer 7

for patients to be greeted and made to feel welcome

Question 8

True or False: is the reception area a waiting room?

Answer 8

False the reception area is not a waiting room

Question 9

5 things to remember in a reception area

Answer 9

1. keep area clean
2. have aqueuate seating
3. have up to date reading materials
4. provide coat storage
5. offer a childrens corner

Question 10

what is the use of the administrative area?

Answer 10

runs the management and business side of the practice

Question 11

what is the use for the treatment area?

Answer 11

where all the clinical procedures take place

Question 12

what is the use for the central sterilization area?

Answer 12

specific area where instruments are maitained , cleaned and sterilized

Question 13

what are the two divisions of the central sterilization area?

Answer 13

contaminated area and clean area

Question 14

what is the purpose of the dental laboratory?

Answer 14

where lab procedures are done