Dental Lecture

Question 1

What is dentistry

Answer 1

Evaluation, diagnosis, prevention/treatment

Question 2

What is a dentist

Answer 2

1. Holder of a valid certificate of registration and professional identification card in dentistry
2. Renders dental service within the meaning and intent of this law
3. Performs any operation upon the oral cavity…..etc.
4. Prescribes drugs and medicines for the treatment of oral disease
5. Prevents and corrects malpositions of the teeth or implantation of artificial substitutes for lost teeth
6. Teaches subjects in the licensure examination
7. Engages in dental research

Question 3

Who are the part of the dental team

Answer 3

1. Dental hygienist
2. Dental laboratory technicians
3. Dental assistant

Question 4

Provide dental hygiene care for patients

Answer 4

Dental hygienist

Question 5

Works with a variety of materials, as well as sophisticated instruments and equipment to create dental prosthesis

Answer 5

Dental laboratory technicians

Question 6

Perform task including taking and developing dental radiographs, sterilizing instruments and equipments and taking impressions of patients teeth

Answer 6

Dental assistants

Question 7

What includes in four year dentistry curriculum

Answer 7

Basic medical sciences
Basic dental sciences
Pre clinical subjects
Clinical dentistry
Hospital dentistry
Community dentistry

Question 8

What are the 9 specialties recognized by the ADA

Answer 8

Dental public health
Endodontics
Oral and maxillofacial pathology
Oral and maxillofacial radiology
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics
Periodontics
Pediatric dentistry
Prosthodontics

Question 9

Science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts.
The study of epidemiology and social health policies relevant to oral health

Answer 9

Dental public health

Question 10

The branch of dentistry which is concerned with the morphology, physiology, and pathology of dental pulp and periradicular tissue

Answer 10

Endodontics

Question 11

The speciality that deals with the nature, identification, and management of disease affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions

Answer 11

Oral and maxillofacial pathology

Question 12

The speciality that concerns the production and interpretation of images of oral and maxillofacial disease

Answer 12

Oral and maxillofacial radiology

Question 13

The speciality which include surgical and adjunctive treatment of disease, injuries, and defects, involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region

Answer 13

Oral and maxillofacial surgery

Question 14

Speciality that includes the prevention, interception, and correction, of malocclusion, as well as neuromuscular and skeletal abnormalities of the developing or mature orofacial structures

Answer 14

Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics

Question 15

The speciality which encompasses the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease of the supporting and surrounding tissues of teeth, and the maintenance of health and esthetics

Answer 15

Periodontics

Question 16

Age defined speciality that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs

Answer 16

Pediatric dentistry

Question 17

The dental speciality pertaining to the treatment planning, rehabilitation, and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth and/or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes

Answer 17

Prosthodontics