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NAVEDTRA 14295B CH 16 Flashcards

1
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What is the area of dentistry concerned with the prevention and treatment of defects in tooth enamel and dentin?

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Operative

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What area of dentistry assists the patient in either establishing control of the dental disease or in continuing to maintain good oral health?

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Preventive

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

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Endodontics

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What dentistry specialty involve replacing missing teeth with gold or porcelain prosthesis (crown and bridge)?

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Prosthodontics

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

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Periodontics

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

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Orthodontics

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What are primarily used to remove debris from tooth cavities?

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Spoon excavators

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

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Chisels

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9
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The wedelstaedt along with what else are the two most common types of chisels used in operative dentistry?

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Biangle

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

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Hatchets

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

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Dental hoes

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

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GMTs

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

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Amalgam carriers

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

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Pluggers

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

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Carvers

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16
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What may the dentist use to smooth and polish the restoration when the carving is complete?

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Burnishers

17
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What are used to transport and place dental cements, resins, temporaries, and insulating and pulp-capping materials?

A

Composite resin

18
Q

How many different spatulas are available for mixing restorative materials?

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3

19
Q

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

A

Aspirating

20
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What is used to isolate a designated tooth or teeth in the mouth before certain operative, endodontic and preventive dentistry procedures are performed?

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Rubber dam

21
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How many different designs is the Tofflemire retainer (or matrix retainer) available in?

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3

22
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What is used to approximate the original surface and hold the restorative material in proper form and position until it sets when multiple surfaces of the tooth are removed during the cavity preparation?

A

Matrix

23
Q

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

A

Supine

24
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Dental materials are exchanged under the patient’s chin and over the patient’s chest in what zone?

A

Transfer

25
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An aspirating syringe, a needle, along with what else are the items used to give local anesthetics?

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Carpule

26
Q

The two most common local anesthetics used in dentistry are 2% lidocaine hydrochloride and 2% of what?

A

Mepivacaine

27
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What is necessary to remove blood, pus, saliva, and debris from the treatment site and oral cavity?

A

Aspiration

28
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What area of dentistry strives to restore decayed or fractured teeth to their original functional ability and esthetic quality of healthy dentition?

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Operative

29
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What are cavities called when two surfaces of the tooth are involved?

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Compound

30
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The last cutting step in the preparation of the cavity is finishing the what?

A

Enamel walls

31
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What is a liner used to seal the dentinal tubules to help prevent micro-leakage that is placed in a cavity to receive amalgam alloy after any bases have been placed?

A

Cavity varnish

32
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What is cavity varnish not used with?

A

Composites

33
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What is used as a restorative material on the surfaces of both permanent and primary teeth?

A

Amalgam

34
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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?

A

24

35
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What is one of the most commonly used tooth-colored restorative materials?

A

Composite resin

36
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Acid-etching the enamel portion of cavity preparations with a solution of what percent of phosphoric acid results in improved retention for resin restorations?

A

35-50

37
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By how many methods can topical fluoride be administered?

A

3

38
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What is generally regarded as the most effective means of topical fluoride treatment?

A

Gel application

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