Tools of History
What's Wrong with a Radiograph?
Weird Animal Teeth
Which procedure is this?
My Shiny Teeth and Me
FINAL JEOPARDY
100
Some say I'm the Marco Polo of dental instruments.
What is a dental explorer?
100
This type of radiographic artifact could make the length of a dog's face more like a horse's.
What is elongation?
100
These underwater animals' horns are actually teeth!
What are narwhals?
100
Complications of the procedure seen here include hemorrhage, orbital trauma, and fractured roots.
What is tooth extraction?
100
This is the minimum frequency of tooth brushing required in dogs to maintain oral health.
What is every other day?
100
Maybe they brushed their cats’ teeth too - the first documented use of toothbrushing was of Egyptians in 4 AD, using this crushed substance.
What is rock salt?
200
Narcissus may have used me multiple times a day.
What is a dental mirror?
200
All dogs appear brachycephalic when this radiographic artifact is present.
What is foreshortening?
200
This reptile, despite its impressive veneer, does not have very sharp teeth.
What is an alligator?
200
The procedure pictured here is used when the part of the gum being resected is hyperplastic. 
What is a gingivectomy?
200
This topical antiseptic is used in dental rinses and wipes.
What is chlorhexidine?
300
A blue hedgehog that shares a name with this type of dental tool hit the screens in 1991.
What is a sonic scaler?
300
Like a husky wearing its winter coat in the summer, this radiographic artifact occurs when the kVp is too low.
What is underexposure?
300
This shark, also the most dangerous in the world, can have up to 50 rows of teeth.
What is a bull shark?
300
This is a secondary treatment for feline stomatitis, cover your eyes!
What is lasering?
300
This is the most common tooth fractured in applied-force injuries.
What is the maxillary 4th premolar?
400
Werner von Siemens invented this machine, with a name similar to a dental instrument, to take him from the 1st to the 17th floor in 1880.
What is a (periosteal) elevator?
400
Like a poodle who just got his first puppy cut, this radiographic artifact occurs when the film is too dark.
What is overexposure?
400
This pest, though they cannot be seen with the naked eye, house 47 teeth in their irritating mouths.
What is a mosquito?
400
Let’s keep those canines around - this is a procedure used to preserve teeth when canines are mandibularly displaced.
What is crown reduction?
400
This antibiotic should be added to toothpaste for patients with gingival hyperplasia.
What is azithromycin?
500
This snippy instrument is named after a man still in good standing. Unlike the man who invented the Snook Hook
What are Metzenbaum scissors?
500
A cat angry about getting 3-view radiographs may have caused this radiographic artifact.
What is a scratched film?
500
This organism has teeth made of the strongest biological material on earth.
What is a "limpet" or "aquatic snail"?
500
This procedure is typically done in the rest of the skeleton, but can be used in the mouth in cases of fracture
What is osseous wiring?
500
This anti-bacterial agent should not be used more than once or twice a week.
What is stannous fluoride?