This is the most popular brushing technique discussed in chapter 4.
What is Bass/modified Bass brushing technique?
This is the optimal level of fluoride that prevents caries without mottling the teeth.
What is 1ppm(part per million)?
This the age that the textbook recommends a child have their first dental visit.
What is 3y.o.?
These are the minerals essential in the formation of healthy bones and teeth.
What are fluoride, calcium, and phosphorus?
This is the percentage of Americans that are over-nourished. (according to the textbook)
What is 50%?
This is a dental term to describe toothpaste.
What is dentifrice?
What is 30 minutes?
This is the age that a pediatric dentist would recommend a child have their first dental visit.
What is 6mo after the 1st tooth appears?
This nutrient is often a backup source of energy.
What is fat?
This is an eating disorder characterized by severe weight loss, extreme aversion to food, and extreme fear of being fat.
What is anorexia?
These are examples of interdental aids.
What is interproximal brush, floss, floss threader, super floss, soft pick, wooden dental stimulator?
This is the fluoride content present is over the counter fluoride products.
What is .05%?
This is the loss of enamel surface due to acid attacks?
What is demineralization/erosion?
This nutrient is responsible for providing energy.
What are carbohydrates?
This is the most abundant nutrient in the body.
What is water?
This is the number of commonly used brushing techniques.
What is 6?
This is how much a DA should fill a fluoride tray, when administering fluoride in the clinic.
What is 1/3 full?
This is an aid that would show the presence of plaque by staining it.
What is disclosing agent?
These are in balance when a person is in a healthy condition.
What are electrolytes?
This label identifies that a product was grown without the use of herbicides, chemical pesticides or fertilizers.
What is organic?
This is the recommended time to properly clean the facial, lingual, occlusal and incisal surfaces of the teeth.
What is 2-3 minutes?
This/these is/are a contraindication(s) of the application of fluoride.
Before the placement of sealants.
Before placement of ortho bands.
Before seating cosmetic dentistry.
This motion is recommended when directing floss between two teeth.
What is a sawing motion?
This is the energy that one uses when at rest.
What is basal metabolic rate?
This is a component responsible for blood clotting and can be obtained from vitamin K.
What is prothrombin?