Oral Health
How often should you get a dental cleaning?
What is every 6 months?
**Depends on your perio status**
Another name for front teeth
Anterior teeth
Scrubs should be changed for these two reasons:
What is daily or visibly soiled
Area in the office where first impressions are generally made.
What is the reception area?
This tool or device is used to clean between your teeth.
What is dental floss?
Tap water in many states of the US have this substance to protect teeth from decay
Fluoride
Another word for cuspid
Canine
This is the most critical step in preventing health care associated infections.
What is hand hygiene?
All dental codes begin with...
What is the letter "D"?
What is halitosis?
This 32oz sports drink has an average of 56 grams of sugar.
Gatorade
Including 3rd molars, how many molars could/should an adult have?
12
This involves killing or inhibiting pathogens by a chemical means
What is disinfection?
This is the most important person in a dental office.
What is the patient?
This is a square piece of latex material used to isolate the tooth being worked on.
What is a rubber dam?
95% of American adults with this disease also have periodontal disease
Diabetes
This is the hardest substance in the human body and covers the crown of the tooth.
What is enamel?
These two things need to be cleaned daily with an enzymatic cleaner.
What is High Volume Suction (HVE) and saliva injector?
Difference between D0272 and D0274
What is 2 bitewings vs. 4 bitewings?
These tooth numbers classify cuspids or canines.
What are 6, 11, 22 and 27?
Besides oral cancer, this is the most common type of cancer found in patients with poor oral health
Pancreatic cancer
This animal has the largest canines in the world
The narwhal
Canine tooth that can grow to a length betwwen 4 ft and 10 ft.
Three ways to sterilize instruments:
What is Autoclave, Chemical Vapor and Dry Heat?
If a treatment plan changes, you do not have to update the ladies at the front desk.
False
The dental lab and the prosthodontist use this item to simulate movement of a patient's mandible.
What is articulator?