Infection Control
What does PPE stand for?
What is Personal Protective Equipment
What does ALARA stand for?
As low as reasonably achievable
Name the hardest substance in the human body?
What is enamel
What material is commonly used to take dental impressions?
What is alginate?
What animal has teeth that never stop growing?
Name one Bloodborne pathogen in dentistry
HIV, Hep B, Hep C
This bundle of electrons that leave the X-ray tube head is?
photons
Name the primary canines?
What type of filling material is known for releasing fluoride?
What is glass ionomer?
How many baby (primary) teeth does a child normally have?
What is 20?
Describe Universal Precautions
what is "treating all bodily fluids as potentially infectious"
Are lead aprons required at Valley Health?
No, but should be used if patient asks for one.
What are the four types of teeth in the human mouth?
What is the purpose of etching a tooth surface before placing a composite filling?
What is to create microscopic roughness for better bonding?
What famous soda company was originally marketed as a toothache remedy?
What is Coca-Cola?
Name the #1 failure for autoclaves?
Overloading
what cell is the most radiosensitive cell in the human body?
What is the lymphocyte. They are highly sensitive due to the reproduction rate.
What is the longest tooth in the mouth?
What is the canine
What is the primary component of amalgam alloy?
What is silver?
What is the most common chronic childhood disease in the U.S.?
What is dental caries?
Name the function of a ultrasonic?
What is, enzymic cleaner, ultrasonic vibrations helps loosen microbes and bacteria.
Black and white parts of a radiograph are called?
What is radiolucent (black) and radiopaque (white)
What structure connects the cementum of the tooth to the alveolar bone?
What is the periodontal ligament?
Name a base used to protect the pulp?
What is calcium hydroxide (dycal or lime light)
True or False: Paul Revere was a dentist?
True