Week 7 Flashcards
What are periradicular tissues?
The area of nerves , blood vessels, and tissue that surrounds the root of a tooth
What specialist performs root canal therapy?
Endodontist
What will result if bacteria reach the nerves and blood vessels of a tooth?
Abscess
Is pain a subjective or objective component of a diagnosis?
Subjective
Tooth #21 is being tested for possible endodontic treatment. What tooth would be used as a control tooth?
Tooth #28
When the dentist taps on a tooth, what diagnostic test is being performed?
Percussion
How many radiographs may be taken through the course of root canal therapy?
Five
What diagnosis is given when pulpal tissues are inflamed?
Pulpitis
What is another term for necrotic or necrosis?
Nonvital
What dental material is used for pulp capping?
Calcium hydroxide
How much of the pulp is removed in a pulpotomy?
Pulpotomy
What dental instrument has tiny projections and is used to remove pulp tissue?
Broach
What type of file is best suited for canal enlargement?
Rotary operated file
Why is a rubber stop used on a file?
To prevent perforation of the apex of the tooth during instrumentation
What does obturate mean?
Fill a root canal
What material is used for obturation of a canal?
Gutta percha points
What surface of an anterior tooth does the dentist enter when performing root canal therapy?
Lingual surfaces
What is the success rate of root canal therapy?
90% to 95%
What surgical procedure involves removal of the apex of a root?
Apicoectomy
List the nine basic employment choices from which a dental assistant may choose.
Private practice
Insurance
Manufacturing
Research
Management consulting
Teaching
Schools
Hospital
Public health and government programs
Where might a dentist advertise for a job position?
Newspaper
Internet
What is the most common means of communication for your first contact with a future employer?
Telephone
What does a cover letter do?
Introduces you, markets your skills, creates interest
Should a résumé list your gender, race, religion, and marital status?
No
How many pages should a résumé be?
One page
What is the most critical part of the interview?
First ten minutes
What time frame is usually considered provisional employment?
Several weeks to 90 days
What is the term for termination without notice or severance pay?
Summary dismissal
Can endodontic files be placed in a handpiece for use?
Which irrigation solution is used most often during root canal therapy?
What type of moisture control is recommended for root canal therapy?
Abscess
A localized accumulation of pus in a cavity formed by tissue disintegration.
Acute
Pertaining to a traumatic, pathologic, or physiologic phenomenon or process that has a short and relatively severe course.
Apical curettage
Surgical removal of infectious material surrounding the apex of a root.
Apicoectomy
Surgical removal of the apical portion of the tooth through a surgical opening made in the overlying bone and gingival tissues.
Chronic
Pertaining to disease symptoms that persist over a long time, as in
periodontal disease.
Control teeth
Healthy tooth used as a standard to compare questionable teeth of similar size and structure during pulp vitality testing.
Debridement
To remove or
clean out the pulpal canal.
Endodontist
A dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the dental pulp and the periradicular tissues.
Gutta percha
Plastic type of filling material used in endodontics.
Hemisection
Surgical separation of a
multirooted tooth through the furcation area.
Indirect pulp cap
Placement of a medicament over a partially exposed pulp.
Irreversible pulpitis
Infectious condition in which the pulp is incapable of healing which would then require root canal therapy.
Nonvital
Not living, as in oral tissue and tooth structure.
Obturstion
Process of filling a root canal.
Palpation
Technique of examining the soft tissue with the examiner’s hands or fingertips.
Percussion
Examination technique that involves tapping on the incisal or occlusal surface of a tooth to assess vitality.
Perforation
Making a hole, as in breaking through and extending beyond the apex of the root.
Periodontal abscess
An inflammatory reaction to bacteria trapped in the periodontal sulcus.
Periradicular
Referring to the area of nerves. blood vessels, and tissues that surround the root of a tooth.
Periradicular abscess
An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection.
Periradicular cyst
cyst that develops at or near the root of a necrotic
tooth.
Pulp cap
Application of dental material to a cavity preparation with an exposed or nearly exposed dental pulp.
Pulpectomy
Complete removal of vital pulp from
a tooth.
Pulpitis
Inflammation of the dental pulp.
Pulpotomy
Removal of the coronal portion of a vital pulp from a tooth.
Retrograde restoration
Small restoration placed at the apex of a root.
Reversible pulpitis
Form of pulpal inflammation in which the pulp may be salvageable.
Root amputation
Removal of one or more roots without removal of the crown of the tooth.
Root canal therapy
Removal of the dental pulp and filling of the canal with material.
