Protocols for preventive and Control of caries

Question 1

What are the bacteria namely responsible for caries formation?

Answer 1

Acidogenic bacteria
Mutans Streptococci
Lactobacillus

Question 2

What are 4 types of fermentable carbohydrates in the oral cavity?

Answer 2

Sucrose
Fructose
Glucose
Cooked Starch

Question 3

What are the 4 types of acids produced by the metabolic breakdown of carbohydrates?

Answer 3

Acetic
Lactic
Formic
Propinoic

Question 4

What are the high-risk and low-risk categories in the development of dental caries?

Answer 4

Risk Factors
Social History
Medical History
Use of Fluoride
Dietary Habits
Clinical/Oral

Question 5

What are the functions of saliva?

Answer 5

Lubrication and cleaning, it also contains immunoglobins, electrolytes, and other substances that aid in resistance to disease.

Question 6

What are the 3 mechanisms of action of fluoride?

Answer 6

Inhibits demineralization
Enchances remineralization
Inhibits bacteria in biofilm

Question 7

What instrument should be used to check the surface of white areas of remineralization?

Answer 7

A blunt probe is ran lightly over the surface

Question 8

What is the percentage of the reduction in caries in the U.S since the public water supply was fluoridated in 1945?

Answer 8

40%-60%

Question 9

Define “Risk Factors”?

Answer 9

An attribute or exposure that increases the probability of disease such as, an aspect of personal behavior, environmental exposure, or an inherited characteristic associated with health-related conditions.

Question 10

What is xylitol?

Answer 10

A chewing gum that stimulates saliva

Question 11

_________ ___________ are most active during the initial stages of demineralization and cavity formation?

Answer 11

Mutans Streptococci

Question 12

__________are more active during the progression of the cavity?

Answer 12

Lactobacilli

Question 13

An infectious, transmissible, communicable disease? That is preventable and controllable.

Answer 13

Dental Caries

Question 14

Process by which the minerals of the tooth structure are dissolved by the organic acids produced from the fermentable carbohydrate by the acidogenic bacteria?

Answer 14

Demineralization

Question 15

What helps provide protective factors in promoting demineralization?

Answer 15

Saliva

Fluoride

Question 16

What is an essential part of the protocol in dental caries control?

Answer 16

Fluoride Therapy

Question 17

T/F primary prevention remains a top priority. The Objective is to provide the patient with positive care and education so that dental health will be maintained indefinitely.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Process in the formation of cavities; final stage in the Caries process?

Answer 18

Cavitation

Question 19

Procedure to assess risk for future dental caries development and identify approaches to managing caries risk?

Answer 19

CAMBRA Caries Assessment and Management by Risk Assessment

Question 20

After remineralization, the caries process is halted; the area usually becomes discolored with a brownish tinge, darker with age or in a tobacco user?

Answer 20

Arrested Caries

Question 21

Rapidly progressive Caries occurring in many teeth simultaneously; also called acute Caries in contrast to chronic Caries (slow developing)?

Answer 21

Rampant Caries

Question 22

Carious lesions at the margin of an existing restorations; also called recurrent Caries?

Answer 22

Secondary Caries

Question 23

Early stage of the caries process when demineralization causes a change in the enamel to appear chalky white?

Answer 23

White Spot Lesion