Quiz 9 Flashcards
Patient presents in your office. The patient states her lower left is sensitive to bite and to temperature. What information would you want to collect prior to deciding on treatment options for this patient?
a) Estimated remaining natural tooth structure
b) Patient oral habits
c) Occlusal scheme
d) All answers are correct
D
Tooth #19 is treatment planned for an onlay. What criteria can you observe that supports that treatment option?
a) Loss of Distal/Lingual cusp
b) Remaining buccal tooth structure
c) Existing restoration is greater than 1/2 the intercuspal distance
d) Healthy gingiva
e) All answers are correct
E
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Tooth #18 has been treatment planned for an onlay. What criteria can you observe to support this treatment option?
a) Patient is a bruxer
b) Existing restoration fills less than 1/2 the inter-cuspal distance
c) All cusps are intact
d) Patient cannot tolerate routine dental isolation methods
e) None of the answers support an onlay as treatment
E
In preparing #19 for an onlay, you stop and decide to change the treatment for this tooth to a full crown, rather than an onlay. Which of the following would NOT be a reason for this change in treatment?
a) Upon return for treatment, patient became unable to maintain oral hygiene
b) The need to place a large composite build up to replace 1/2 of the occlusal table
c) Patient has excessive saliva due to systemic disease
e) Patient brought her night guard in to evaluation and it is warn through from grinding at night
B
Your patient desires a tooth colored restoration for #18 and #19. #18 you decide to place an MO composite. #19 you decide to place an ODL Onlay. Which of the following is NOT a criteria for your onlay preparation? (assume I am referring to the onlay preparation you are being asked to replicate for our CEREC project)
a) 1.0mm - 1.2mm margin
b) 2mm of occlusal reduction
c) Margin above the proximal contact
d) Smooth rounded occlusal morphology
