Take home quiz 2 Flashcards
11/12 can be used in shallow sulci and deep pockets.
True
False
True
When using 11/12 the lower shank is parallel to the distal surface. The functional shank goes “up and over” the tooth.
True
False
True
When using 11/12, the lower shank crosses the facial surface. The functional shank is “down and around” the tooth.
True
False
False
The use of compressed air and mirror are essential for supragingival calculus detection.
True
False
True
_________ appears rough and chalky.
a. Food debris
b. Plaque
c. Moistened calculus
d. Dry calculus
d. Dry calculus
LARGE DEPOSITS AT AND BELOW GINGIVAL MARGIN CAN BE SEEN IF STREAM OF AIR DIRECTED INTO SULCUS- TISSUE DEFLECTS- REVEALS DARK COLORED DEPOSITS
True
False
True
THE ____ AND ______ PROVIDE THE BEST TACTILE INFORMATION TO THE CLINICIANS FINGERS
a. #5
b. #23
c. ODU 11/12
d. Straight
e. #17
c. ODU 11/12
e. #17
When using ODU 11/12 or #17/Orban, the positioning is:
a. Maxillary: Front zone & Mandibular: Back zone
b. Maxillary: Back zone & Mandibular: Front zone
c. Basic positioning zones
c. Basic positioning zones
What is the correct adaptation of ODU 11/12?
a. Posteriors: at distal line-angles with side-tip to the distal
b. Posteriors: at midline with tip toward surfaces to be explored
c. Anteriors: at midline with tip toward surfaces to be explored
d. Anteriors: at distal line-angles with side-tip to the distal
a. Posteriors: at distal line-angles with side-tip to the distal
c. Anteriors: at midline with tip toward surfaces to be explored
When inserting ODU 11/12, a clincian should put LIGHT pressure a 0 DEGREES. Also, 11/12 is used with assessment/featherlike stroke.
a. Both statements are correct
b. The first statement is correct. The second one is incorrect
c. The first statement is incorrect. The second statement is correct
d. Both statements are incorrect
a. Both statements are correct
What is the correct angulation when using ODU #11/12?
a. 70-80 degrees
b. 60-70 degrees
c. 15-20 degrees
d. 30-40 degrees
c. 15-20 degrees
During activation of ODU 11/12: Choose all that apply
- a. Drag the explorer
- b. Stroke just slightly shorter than working stroke
- c. It should be rythmic, walking
- d. Multidirectional and overlapping
- e. Do not drag the explorer
- f. Stroke just slightly longer than working stroke but still short
- g. Cover one-half of proximal surfaces
- c. It should be rythmic, walking
- d. Multidirectional and overlapping
- e. Do not drag the explorer
- f. Stroke just slightly longer than working stroke but still short
- g. Cover one-half of proximal surfaces
_________ is the ability to detect calculus deposits by feeling vibrations transferred from the explorer tip to the instrument shank and handle.
a. Insertion
b. Activation
c. Tactile sensitivity
d. Angulation
c. Tactile sensitivity
What are the thing you should avoid when “exploring.”
a. Applying pressure with middle finger
b. Death grip
c. Removing and reinserting the tip repeatedly
d. Not keeping the tip beneath the gingival margin
a. Applying pressure with middle finger
b. Death grip
c. Removing and reinserting the tip repeatedly
d. Not keeping the tip beneath the gingival margin
It is common for clinicians to fail to detect calculus deposits that are located:
a. Line angles of posterior teeth
b. Line angles of anterior teeth
c. Midlines of posterior teeth
d. Midlines of anterior teeth
a. Line angles of posterior teeth
d. Midlines of anterior teeth
You will feel a gritty sensation as the explorer passes over the
a. Large ledge of calculus
b. Small calculus deposit
c. Deficient margin on restoration
d. Overhanging restorations
e. Carious lesion
b. Small calculus deposit
You will feel the tip move out and around the raised bump and return back to the tooth surface.
a. Large ledge of calculus
b. Small calculus deposit
c. Deficient margin on restoration
d. Overhanging restorations
e. Carious lesion
a. Large ledge of calculus
Explorer tip dips in to a rough depression
a. Large ledge of calculus
b. Small calculus deposit
c. Deficient margin on restoration
d. Overhanging restorations
e. Carious lesion
e. Carious lesion