DAT Science (Jeopardy Style)
Oral Anatomy & Physiology
Oral Health
Dental Trivia
Miscellaneous & Thanksgiving Trivia
100
These organelles contain hydrolytic enzymes used for intracellular digestion.
What are lysosomes?
100
Saliva is rich in this enzyme that begins carbohydrate digestion.
What is salivary amylase?
100
Dentists generally recommend a professional teeth cleaning be performed this often to maintain healthy teeth and gums.
What is every 6 months?
100
A typical adult human has this many teeth, including wisdom teeth.
What is 32?
100
Thanksgiving celebrates these three things.
What are family, friends, and gratitude?
200
This is the electron geometry of SF₄ according to VSEPR theory.
What is trigonal bipyramidal?
200
This nerve provides taste sensation to the posterior one-third of the tongue.
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve?
200
Tap water in many states of the US have this substance to protect teeth from decay.
What is Fluoride?
200
Dentists recommend replacing your toothbrush within this time period to maintain optimal oral hygiene.
What is every three to four months?
200
This orange vegetable, often roasted or mashed, is commonly featured in Thanksgiving side dishes and is rich in beta-carotene.
What is a sweet potato?
300
This reagent turns an alkyne into a cis-alkene.
What is Lindlar’s catalyst?
300
This anterior tooth typically has the greatest mesiodistal width.
What is the maxillary central incisor?
300
This condition occurs when plaque builds up along the gum line, causing redness, swelling, and sometimes bleeding.
What is gingivitis?
300
This social media-savvy dental student shares behind-the-scenes adventures, day in the life, and even the all-nighters she pulls while studying in dental school.
Who is Kay Chung?
300
Compounds in this Thanksgiving fruit can help prevent bacteria from sticking to teeth.
What are cranberries?
400
This hormone increases water reabsorption in the collecting duct by inserting aquaporins.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
400
These permanent teeth erupt at 11–13 years of age.
What are the second molars?
400
This dental hygiene machine uses a combination of water, compressed air, and fine sodium bicarbonate particles to remove plaque and surface stains from teeth.
What is an airflow machine?
400
This extra fifth cusp is sometimes found on the upper molars, on the side of the main front cusp.
What is the Cusp of Carabelli?
400
Approximately how many miles of dental floss are used each year in North America?
What is over three million miles?
500
This principle predicts the direction of shift when stress is applied to an equilibrium system.
What is Le Châtelier’s principle?
500
This is the first part of the tooth to begin forming during prenatal development.
What is dentin?
500
95% of American adults with this disease also have periodontal disease.
What is diabetes?
500
Known as the “Father of Modern Dentistry,” this 18th-century Frenchman wrote The Surgeon Dentist.
Who is Pierre Fauchard?
500
This University of Texas at Arlington alum won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men’s 100m butterfly at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Who is Doug Russell?