Dental Records Terms & forms & Concepts
What is the 2 digit number used to identify a sponsor or a beneficiary or the relationship of the patient to the sponsor?
FMP Family member prefix page 46
When you are recording a PSR (Perio screen and recording) What does a code of 4 indicates
colored area of the probe completely disappears, indicating probing depth of 5.5mm or greater page 227
What instrument detects breaks in the enamel of the tooth and the integrity of the tooth and restorative margins?
Page 275 Explorer
What are the two ways of getting fluoride?
Systemic and topical page 398
What pushes the gingiva away from the tooth so you can get a good impression
Retraction cord page 415
What system is used to file dental records
Terminal digit filling system page 47
When using the CDS computer system in the clinics, what does it mean when the patient appointment is turned to the color pink ?
page 81 PINK means the patient has been seated
Where are the wooden wedges placed when doing an MOD restoration on tooth #30 and why are they being used?
page 279 Interproximally #29,30 and #30,31 (on the mesial and the distal of the tooth being filled) They ensure the resulting restoration contacts the adjacent tooth properly and they contour the matrix band to the tooth anatomy and protect from overhangs
This is a thin transparent opaque coating that is mechanically bonded in pits and fissures of posterior teeth?
page 400 Sealants
What is the small universal elevator? (the number)
page 420 301
Dental Readiness Class III means what? Is the soldier deployable or non deployable?
Means the patient has had their examination and treatment is needed which may require emergency care within the next 12 months.
results in a non deployable status page 45
What caries risk is a patient that has had one carious lesion in the last 3 years?
page 228 Moderate Risk
This recreates the anatomy in the tooth when placing an amalgam
Carver page 280
What are broaches used for
page 428 They have fishhook like projections that are used to remove inflamed pulp tissue from the canal.
This relates to the degree of darkness on a radiographic image
page 337 Density
What color is the dental record jacket if the last two digits of their SSN is 40-49?
Tan page 68
When charting a temporary restoration what is annotated at the apex of the tooth
Capital TT page 206 b.
What is the only handpiece that does not emit air
page 299 Surgical Handpiece
What MOS do the bulk of exams and operative dentistry for the ARMY ?
page 408 General Dentist 63A
Work simplification is the process of finding a way to make a task easier to do. There are four basic techniques a dental team can use to make dentistry easier, what are they and explain each one.
Standardization, combination, elimination, rearrangement Turn to page 380
What is the FMP (family member prefix) of a mother-in-law?
50 page 69
How would you annotate that there are no teeth in a sextant on a PSR?
page 226 "X"
These burs are used by most providers during simple restorations to excavate caries and finishing shaping the new restoration
page 300 Carbide burs
What are the 3 types of impression trays?
page 413 Metal Plastic Custom
The transferring of instruments has 5 stages, what are they?
page 382,383,384, 385 working stage, signal stage, pretransfer stage, mid transfer stage, the exit