Tooth brushes and Toothbrushing

Question 1

What is the use of a tooth brush?

Answer 1

Biofilm removal
halitosis control
sanitation of oral cavity
treatment or preventive agents

Question 2

Power toothbrush also known as?

Answer 2

power-assisted
automatic
mechanical
electric toothbrushes

Question 3

Are power toothbrushes more effective than manual?

Answer 3

YES

Question 4

Who are powered tooth brushes more beneficial for?

Answer 4

• Poor OH
• pts undergoing ortho treatments
• pts with dental implants
• aggressive brushers
• pts undergoing complex restorative and prosthodontic treatment

Question 5

What is the most recommend method for manual toothbrushes?

Answer 5

Sulcular (Bass)

Question 6

What tooth brush method is easy to learn first technique for a child?

Answer 6

Circular (Fones) Method

Question 7

What bacteria produces VSC’s?

Answer 7

Microflora

Question 8

How often do you change a toothbrush?

Answer 8

2-3 months. (3)

Question 9

If a pt has strep, when should a pt change toothbrush after antibiotics?

Answer 9

3 days after

Question 10

A toothbrush should be stored how?

Answer 10

In an upright position, away from other toothbrushes.

Question 11

Where is Dental Abrasions mainly found?

Answer 11

Facial surfaces, especially on canines, premolars and sometimes 1st molars

Question 12

T/F Total mouth cleaning includes tongue cares?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Filaments also mean?

Answer 13

Bristles

Question 14

General description of a tooth brush include what?

Answer 14

Handle
Head
Shank

Question 15

What tooth brush method is meant for children? Without emphasis on the gingival sulcus

Answer 15

Children

Question 16

Not brushing the tongue can caused what? From all the debris entrapped and microorganisms.

Answer 16

Fissured Tongue

Question 17

Lesion of the gingiva that results from mechanical removal of the surface epithelium?

Answer 17

Abrasion (gingiva)

Question 18

Loss of tooth structure produced by a mechanical cause (such as a hard bristled tooth brush used with excessive pressure and an abrasive dentifrice) ; abrasion contrasts with erosion, which involves a chemical process?

Answer 18

Abrasion (Tooth)

Question 19

Characteristics shape of each toothbrush filament; a special manufacturing process removes all sharp edges and provides smooth; rounded ends to prevent injury to gingiva or tooth structure during use?

Answer 19

End-rounded

Question 20

Individual synthetic fiber; a single element of a tuft fixed into a toothbrush head?

Answer 20

Filament

Question 21

Oral hygiene methods for removal of dental biofilm from tooth surfaces using a toothbrush and selected devices for interdental cleaning; contrasts with chemotherapeutic biofilm control in which an antimicrobial agent is used?

Answer 21

Mechanical biofilm control

Question 22

A term used to describe a power toothbrush that operates in the audible range of human hearing?

Answer 22

Sonic

Question 23

A cluster of bristles or filaments secured together in one hole in the head of a toothbrush?

Answer 23

Tuft