Orthodontics
This specialty of dentistry diagnoses, prevents, and treats dental and facial irregularities.
Orthodontics
A drug that can be purchased without a prescription.
Over-the-counter (OTC) drug
The branch of dentistry concerned with diseases of the supporting tissues of the teeth.
Periodontics
The specialty of dentistry that treats patients from birth through mixed dentition.
Pediatric dentistry
A life-threatening emergency exists when a victim is unconscious and has no ____.
Pulse
The relationship of the teeth to each other when the jaws are closed.
Occlusion
The federal agency responsible for controlling the manufacture and sale of drugs, food, and cosmetics.
FDA
The instrument used to measure the depth of the gingival sulcus.
Periodontal probe
Another name for acquired fears based on suggestions from peers, siblings, or adults.
Subjective fears
For a partially obstructed airway, the victim should be encouraged to do this.
Continue coughing
A Class II malocclusion where the mandible is retruded.
Distoclusion
The act of 1970 that regulates substances with potential for abuse.
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
The process of smoothing rough root surfaces after scaling.
Root planing
The behavior management technique where the assistant shows instruments and explains what they do.
Tell-show-do (show and tell)
A conscious choking adult who cannot speak, breathe, or cough should receive these.
Abdominal thrusts
The cells responsible for dissolving bone on the compression side during tooth movement.
Osteoclasts
The route of administration that produces the fastest drug response.
Intravenous (IV)
A periodontal pocket measuring this depth or greater is considered diseased.
4mm or more
The procedure involving removal of pulp tissue from the crown portion of a tooth.
Pulpotomy
The second link in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
Early CPR
The radiograph that provides a side view of the head and helps predict the future facial bone.
Cephalometric radiograph
The government agency responsible for enforcing the Controlled Substance Act.
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
The surgical procedure involves the removal of diseased gingival tissue when root planing and curettage have failed.
Gingivectomy
A completely knocked out tooth is described by this term.
Avulsed tooth
This CPR assessment should take no less than 5 seconds and no more than 10 seconds.
Checking the airway, pulse, and breathing