Probe

Question 1

Working end

Answer 1

Rounded tip or nib

Question 2

Probe we use in clinic

Answer 2

3-6-9-12

Question 3

Six readings on each tooth are:

Answer 3

DF, F, MF, ML, L, DL

Question 4

When a pocket depth falls between two markings you

Answer 4

Use the higher reading

Question 5

The pocket may be deeper towards the line angle on the buccal than it is at the exact center of the buccal, and the correct reading would be ____

Answer 5

The deeper area at the line angle

Question 6

Attachment level=

Answer 6

Probe depth, where the junctional epithelium is at the base of pocket

Question 7

_____ upon probing is an ____ ____ of ____ in the gingiva. Does not mean bone lose just inflammation.

Answer 7

Bleeding
Early sign
Inflammation

Question 8

In normal healthy tissues; probe is at the ____ end of the junctional epithelium

Answer 8

Coronal

Question 9

Normal classification of teeth

Answer 9

Mesognathic

Question 10

Chin in- retrotruded classification

Answer 10

Retrognathic

Question 11

Chin out- outprotruded

Answer 11

Prognathic

Question 12

Informed consent

Answer 12

You tell patient what is going on and what you’re doing and how to treat it. Tell them SBI

Question 13

Guide to instrumentation:

Answer 13

Patient instruction
Instrument selection
Anatomical configurations

Question 14

Assessment of occlusion:

Answer 14

Over jet
Overbite
Midline deviation 
Under jet recorded in mm
Measure oral lesions
Cheek bites

Question 15

Examine the gingiva for:

Answer 15

Bleeding
Depth
Shape of pocket
Tissue characteristics

NOT contour