Restorative Dentistry - Taylor

Question 1

T/F primary teeth are more susceptible to restoration failures than permanent teeth

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F Rubber dam saves time in restoring the teeth

Answer 2

True

Question 3

what size of rubber dam clamp should be used on permanent molars?

primary molars?

Answer 3

14A for permanent molars

8A for primary molars

Question 4

What are the burs that are designed to cut efficiently and allow conservative cavity preps with rounded line angles and point angles?

Answer 4

329 - small 330
330
245
256

Question 5

how long is the cutting surface of the 330

Answer 5

1.5 mm

Question 6

primary molars are what shape?

on the facial surface, primary teeth are severely inclined which direction?

Answer 6

bell

severely lingual

Question 7

which primary teeth have oblique ridges that you want to avoid going through if possible?

Answer 7

max 2nd molar

mandibular 1st molar

Question 8

if you have a deep carious lesion then you need place the liner before what step of composite restoration?

Answer 8

etching

Question 9

for primary teeth, if we are restoring with composite then we need to bevel the cavosurface margin. T/F

Answer 9

true

Question 10

in primary teeth, how should you restore if you have a 3 surface decay?

Answer 10

stainless steel should be the restoration of choice

Question 11

if you are restoring with composite on a class 2, when should you wedge?

Answer 11

right after rubber dam. it is a pre-wedge

Question 12

for primary anterior teeth we can occasionally just enameloplasty to remove the cavitation and then follow it up with what?

Answer 12

topical fluoride varnish

Question 13

When is a pulpotomy indicated?

Answer 13

when caries removal results in a pulp exposure in a primary tooth with a normal pulp or reversible pulpitis or after a traumatic pulp exposure

Question 14

how do we tell if radicular tissue is still vital when we do a pulpotomy?

in a pulpotomy, what do we fill the pulp chamber with?

Answer 14

it will bleed bright red

Zinc oxide eugenol - ZOE

Question 15

what is the most effective long-term restoration for primary teeth and seals teeth from micro-leakage?

Answer 15

stainless steel crown

Question 16

1st primary molar with mesial interproximal lesion would be an indication for what?

Answer 16

stainless steel crown.

Question 17

when prepping for a crown on a primary tooth we confine buccolingual reduction to what area?

Answer 17

the occlusal 1/3 of the crown

Question 18

what is the most common size of premade stainless steel crowns for kids?

when checking the size and fit of a crown you ideally want friction to occur where?

Answer 18

size 4

friction is good on the buccal bulge of the tooth

Question 19

primary tooth characteristics

Answer 19

primary teeth are smaller and more bulbous
constriction in cervical region
narrow occlusal surface
molars are bell shaped

Question 20

T/F bruxism is very common in children

Answer 20

True- require additional retention

Question 21

enameloplasty

Answer 21

mandibular primary incisors
open the proximal contact and remove cavitation
followed by topical fluoride varnish

Question 22

stainless steel crown indication

Answer 22

• extensive lesions
• 1st primary molars with mesial interproximal lesions
• hyperplastic primary or permanent teeth
• restoration of primary teeth following pulpotomy or pulpectomy
• teeth with hereditary anomolies-dentinogenesis imperfecta and amelogenesis imperfecta
• disabled individual or oral hygiene is poor
• abutment for space maintenance or prosthetic appliance