dentistry test 1

Question 1

first doctor of teeth

Answer 1

hesi re

Question 2

father of medicine

Answer 2

hippocrates

Question 3

father of modern surgery

Answer 3

Ambrose pare

Question 4

father of modern dentistry

Answer 4

pierre fauchard

Question 5

grand old man of dentistry

Answer 5

Robert tanner freeman

Question 6

first dentist to American colonies

Answer 6

Robert woofendale

Question 7

first person to use forensic dentistry

Answer 7

Paul revere

Question 8

first to use nitrous oxide

Answer 8

Horace wells

Question 9

first female dentist assistant

Answer 9

Malvinas cueria

Question 10

founder of ADAA

Answer 10

juliett a southward

Question 11

adaa

Answer 11

American dental assistant association

Question 12

ada

Answer 12

American Dental Association

Question 13

adha

Answer 13

American dental hygienist association

Question 14

First dentist to hire a lady assistant

Answer 14

Edmund kells

Question 15

first female dentist

Answer 15

Lucy Hobbs Taylor

Question 16

CDA

Answer 16

certified dental assistant

Question 17

RDA

Answer 17

registred Dental Assistant

Question 18

RDH

Answer 18

registred dental hygienist

Question 19

dmd

Answer 19

doctor of dental medicine

Question 20

DDS

Answer 20

doctor of dental surgery

Question 21

dental public health

Answer 21

educating the community on otral hygiene +flouride

Question 22

endodontics

Answer 22

diagnosis and treatment of the pulp (nerve) and surrounding structures (ex; root canals)

Question 23

orthodontics

Answer 23

diagnosis and treatment of maligned teeth

Question 24

periodontics

Answer 24

diagnosis and treatment of disease gingiva (gums) and supporting structures

Question 25

pedodontics

Answer 25

treatment of children from infancy to pubert/adolesence

Question 26

prosthodontics

Answer 26

specialize in creating prosthetics for replacing missing teeth (dentures, crowns, bridges)

Question 27

oral pathologist

Answer 27

specialized in treating the diseases of the oral cavity (cancer, lesions, tumors)

Question 28

Oral and maxillofacial radiologist

Answer 28

specialize in sophisticated imaging techniques to diagnose disease from head to neck

Question 29

oral and maxillofacial

Answer 29

specializes in removing teeth “extraction” and treating disease of the jaw and fractures