Dental Fun Facts
DAT Facts
Terms / Tools
Health & Hygiene
Perceptual Ability
100
Founded in 1840, this instituttion is considered the first dental school in the U.S.
What is the University of Maryland, originally known as The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery?
100
The DAT stands for this.
What is the Dental Admissions Test?
100
This typee of dentist specializes in dental care for children.
What is a pediatric dentist?
100
The American Dental Association (ADA), recommends brushing your teeth for this long.
What is two minutes?
100
Solve PAT 100.
What is answer D?
200
This substance is the hardest substance in the human body, even stronger than bone!!
Hint: it's part of the tooth
What is enamel!
200
The DAT has 4 sections. Name the four sections.
Extra 300 points if put into the order you take them in!!
What are: Natural Sciences, Perceptual Ability, Quantitative Analysis, Reading Comprehension?
200
Dental caries are more commonly known as this.
What are cavities!
200
This is the most common chronic disease in children, often caused b poor brushing habits and high sugar intake.
What are dental cavities/caries?
200
Answer PAT 200.
What is Answer A?
300
What ancient civilization is credited with the earliest known dentist, dating back over 4,500 years?
Who were the Ancient Egyptians
300
The recent major change to the DAT scoring system.
What is it changed from a two-digit score system (1-30) to a three-digit one (200-600, scores increase by 10-point increments)?
300
What is a crown?
A protective covering for a tooth
300
A person usually has this many wisdom teeth.
What is four?
300
PAT 300 has this many cubes with five sides exposed.
What is 2?
400
Humans typically develop this many permanent teeth, wisdom teeth included.
What is 32?
400
While it varies from person to person and their given situation, it is recommended an aspiring dental student studies this long for the DAT.
hint: how many months
What is 2-3 months?
400
What tool is this? (hint: a cavitron is a type of ____)... another picture will be provided
What is a scaler?
400
A person should floss and brush their teeth every day, however, it is debated that is best to do one before doing the either.
ex: "what is ----- before ------?"
What is flossing before brushing?
400
Answer PAT 400.
What is Answer A?
500
Saliva helps prevent cavities by neutralizing acids and providing this mineral for remineralization.
What is calcium? (phosphate also accepted)
500
Will's least favorite PAT category was almost keyholes, instead it was which of the remaining categories:
Top-Front-End
Angle Ranking
Hole Punching / Paper Folding
Cube Counting
Pattern folding
What was Angle Ranking?
500
wildcard: Carla's least favorite problem type in the Perceptual Ability Test section was this.
keyholes, top-front-end, angle ranking, hole punching/paper folding, cube counting, pattern folding
What was Top-Front-End?
500
This type of dental floss is recommended for tight spaces between teeth because the substance it is coated in helps the floss slide through spaces more easily with less friction.
What is waxed floss?
500
Solve this pattern folding problem.
What is A?