The study of human performance and workplace design to maximize health, comfort, and efficiency
An applied science concerned with "fit" between people and their technological tools and environments
Ergonomics
100
What are 3 approved sterilization methods?
Moist heat/steam under pressure
Dry heat
Chemical vapor
100
Define Lateral Pressure
The act of applying equal pressure with the index finger and thumb inward against the instrument handle to press the working-end against a calculus deposit or tooth surface during assessment, calculus removal and root debridement strokes.
100
What is the Col and where is it located?
The depression in the gingival tissue under a contact area between the lingual papilla
100
Name the five ASA physical status classifications.
A) ASA 1- Normal, Healthy patient
B)ASA 2- Patient with mild systemic disease, anxious or fearful of dental treatment. examples. diabetes, epilepsy, asthma
C)ASA 3- Patient with sever systemic disease that limits activity. Examples: angina, stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure
D)ASA 4- Patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life. Examples: heart attack or stroke within the last 6 months.
E)ASA 5- Patient not expected to to survive 24 hours without care.
200
What is the acceptable working distance for the clinician?
The patient’s oral cavity is at or below the clinicians elbow level and is 15-22 inches from the clinician’s eyes.
200
Basic infection control practices: the body fluids of all patients are treated as if they were infectious
Standard Precautions
200
True or False: In areas where calculus is present, a clinician should use as many strokes as possible to remove the calculus.
False (should be limited stroke numbers)
200
How would you classify slight to moderate recession of the interdental papilla?
Type II gingival embrasure
200
True or False: the cuff should be placed around the upper arm with the lower edge of the cuff on the antecubital fossa
False. (the lower edge of the cuff is about 1 inch above the antecubital fossa)
300
The patient is in the supine position tipped back and down 35 to 45 degrees so that the heart is higher than the head
Trendelenburg
300
Process by which all forms of life, including bacterial spores are destroyed by physical or chemical means
Sterilization
300
What type of motion activation would be most likely to cause hand/wrist fatigue?
Digital motion activation
300
Name the materials floss can be made from
A. Silk
B. Waxed nylon
C. Unwaxed nylon
D. Expanded PTFE
300
What is the correct medical term for a fever and what is the body temperature range?
How would you classify needles and explorers when it came to the method of sterilization?
A) Noncritical B) Semicritical C) Critical D) Environmental
C) Critical
400
On which third of the crown of the tooth is the Get Ready Zone area of the working-end placed prior to insertion?
On the middle third
400
What are the indications for use for a single-tuft brush?
A. For open interproximal areas
B. For fixed dental prostheses
C. For difficult to reach areas
400
What do we look for in respiration?
Rhythm, ease, depth, and noise
500
What is Postural Hypotension?
Also called orthostatic hypertension; a fall in blood pressure associated with dizziness, syncope, and blurred vision that occurs upon standing or when standing motionless in a fixed position.
A Vertical Stroke is used in what area and surfaces of the patient’s mouth?
On anterior teeth on the facial, lingual, and proximal surfaces; On the posterior teeth mesial and distal surfaces.
500
When is the use of a gauze strip indicated for interdental care?
A. Proximal surfaces of widely spaced teeth
B. Surfaces of teeth next to edentulous areas
C. Outer mesial and distal surface of abutment teeth of a fixed partial denture
500
There are five different pulse patterns. What are they?
Regular, regularly irregular, irregularly irregular, normal amplitude, and abnormal amplitude