Orthodontic
Ortho cont..
Endodontics
Endo cont...
100
Is the branch of dentistry that deals with diagnosis, prevention, interception, and correction of malocclusions.
Answer: Orthodontics
100
What is your role as a dental hygienist when treating a patient with orthodontic work?
- Emphasize the importance of oral hygiene, daily fluoride, and antimicrobial rinse.
- Regular visits to the dentist/orthodontist/hygienist.
- Nutritional counseling should include a discussion about fermentable carbohydrates.
100
Is the branch of dentistry that manages the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the dental pulp and the peri-radicular tissues surrounding the root of the tooth.
Endodontics
100
When filling and sealing the canal, the term for this root canal therapy is called ________.
Obturation- filling and sealing the canal.
200
Which of the following materials used in orthodontic treatment serves to secure the arch wire on the facial surfaces of a tooth?
A. Retainers
B. Brackets
C. Bands
Answer: Brackets
200
List some purposes for orthodontic wires:
-Used as an anchorage in correcting/positioning the teeth
-Used as anchorage to rotate, pull, push teeth
200
What are some ways to determine the need for endodontic treatment?
-Cold stimuli
-Heat stimuli
-Periodontal probing
-Percussion testing
-Pulp Vitality testing
-Transillumination
-Palpatation testing
200
Uses of Irrigants/Irrigating solution:
Are used to:
-disinfect to kill bacteria in the canal
-dissolve pulpal tissue
-to lubricate and aid in placing the files
300
What are retainers for?
Answer: orthodontic device prevents “relapse” of the teeth
300
What is this called in Orthodontics?
Bracket
300
What material is being placed inside the pulp of this xray?
Answer: Endodontic File
Used to clean (remove necrotic tissues inside the canal), shape, and smooth the canal.
300
_____ surgically remove the apical portion of the root with the use of a high-speed handpiece and bur.
Apicoectomy
400
True or Flase: Orthodontics can be removable and fixed.
True-Invisalign -Removable
Traditional Bracket -Fixed
400
What is this called?
Band
400
What material is shown in this xray? (related to endo)
•Silver points – more radiopaque than gutta percha, first used in 1930. Not used today because it can undergo tarnish and corrosion and staining.
•Gutta-percha – less radiopaque than the silver points
500
_______ composites give clinicians an advantage to easily detect when removing resins.
Macrofilled
500
What kind of interdental aids would you recommend to a patient undergoing orthodontic treatment?
-Ortho brush eg: Y-Kelin V shaped ortho toothbrush
-Platypus floss sticks
-Interdental brush eg: Tepe (if there are spaces)
-Floss Threader eg: Oral B Glide Threader Floss
-Waterpik
500
What material is this
Amalgam Retrograde Filling
•Presence of epical pathosis
•Removal of pathosis on the apical area
•Resealing the apical foramen with amalgam