VOLUME 2

Question 1

(201) Which of the following is not a purpose of the clinical examination?

Answer 1

Provide comprehensive dental care to meet the patient’s needs.

Question 2

(201) What is the purpose of dental sick call?

Answer 2

Diagnose patients’ urgent dental problems and refer non-emergency treatment to the appropriate
treatment section.

Question 3

(202) What should be included in the clinical examination of the patient is best described by an examination of the

Answer 3

extraoral structures of the face and neck, and intraoral soft and hard tissues.

Question 4

(202) When you assist in the examination section, a large portion of your time consists of

Answer 4

performing administrative tasks required to complete forms relating to direct patient care.

Question 5

(203) What is the first step in developing a treatment plan?

Answer 5

Record examination findings.

Question 6

(204) Spoon excavators are used primarily to

Answer 6

remove carious debris from tooth cavities.

Question 7

(204) Devices used to hold metal bands firmly around a tooth, thereby forming a temporary mold for filling materials, are called

Answer 7

matrix retainers.

Question 8

(204) Which amalgam matrix bands have aprons?

Answer 8

2 and #15.

Question 9

(204) What size is the Universal or straight amalgam matrix band?

Answer 9

1.

Question 10

(204) Which of the following is not a use of matrix crowns?

Answer 10

Used as a permanent restoration.

Question 11

(204) What does the dentist use to force a matrix band or a strip tightly against irregular tooth surfaces to eliminate space that could result in an overhanging restoration?

Answer 11

Wedge.

Question 12

(204) What device is used to make a hole in the dentin portion of a tooth to receive pins of appropriate size?

Answer 12

Pin drill.

Question 13

(204) The instruments used to pack amalgam into the cavity preparation are called

Answer 13

condensers.

Question 14

(204) Which instrument is used to shape, form, or cut tooth anatomy into amalgam restoration?

Answer 14

Carver.

Question 15

(204) Which instrument is designed for carving proximal surfaces?

Answer 15

1/2 Hollenback.

Question 16

(205) Which cavity involves two surfaces of the tooth?

Answer 16

Compound.

Question 17

(205) When tooth cusps or most of the tooth crown must be removed, how is retention obtained?

Answer 17

Threaded pins.

Question 18

(205) What is the final step in cavity preparation?

Question 19

(205) Which dental procedure step requires the use of more instruments, causing instrument transfers to occur more rapidly?

Answer 19

Placement of the restorative materials.

Question 20

(205) During the procedure, when are amalgam matrices assembled and placed?

Answer 20

Before the amalgam is mixed.

Question 21

(205) The assembled Tofflemire and matrix band is positioned over the tooth with the

Answer 21

small circumference of the band positioned toward the gingiva and the retainer parallel to the facial surface of the tooth.

Question 22

(205) The dentist checks the occlusion of the new restoration using

Answer 22

articulating paper placed on the teeth of the opposing quadrant, the patient is instructed to gently close the teeth together.

Question 23

(205) Which matrices are placed, in cervical areas, after the restorative material is mixed and placed into the preparation?

Answer 23

Cervical matrix forms.