Fluoride
Which of the following foods naturally contains the most fluoride?
a) Fish and Tea
b) Meats and Eggs
c) Milk and Cheese
d) Fruits and Veggie
A) Fish and Tea
True or False-
The oral irrigator appears to reduce visible dental biofilm.
False- does not reduce dental biofilm but does help promote gingiva health.
How would you educate a patient who owns top and bottom full dentures to accurately clean their appliances.
You would inform them that there are denture cleaners and brushes, but you do not want to use toothpaste. Toothpaste will create microspores with the abrasiveness.
What ingredient, beside fluoride, in toothpaste is anti-microbial?
Triclosan
Why is it important to give your patients fluoride after sealant treatment?
When you etch before adding sealant material, it is creating microscopic holes in the enamel. Fluoride will help restore the exposed enamel.
What fluoride would you use on implants, cosmetic restorations, root caries, and reduced salivary flow?
Neutral Sodium Fluoride
What interdental aid do you use for a type three embrasure and why?
You would use a interdental brush or end-tuft brushes
Which at home care product would be the most beneficial fluoride product.
a) stannous fluoride toothpaste
b) fluoride mouthwash
c) water flosser/floss
Fluoride Mouth wash
8-12 hours
Why does wearing a night guard with bruxism decrease the risks of periodontal disease?
It alleviates the pressure and the risk of destroying periodontal ligaments, which can lead to mobility and widen periodontal ligaments.
How does fluoride help reduce dental sensitivity in the dentin tubules?
It prevents the movement of dentin tubule fluid by occlusion of dentin tubules
What auxiliary component would you instruct your patient to use to decrease the volatile sulfur compounds on the tongue.
Oolitt
What tooth brushing method would educate a patient that is currently in orthodontic treatment?
The Charters Method
What ingredient in mouth wash can help prevent the plaque biofilm growth?
Essential Oils
When amoxicillin or clindamycin cannot be used as a prophylactic to prevent a bacterium, which drug would you use?
a) Vancomycin
b) Azithromycin
c) Tetracycline
d) Metronidazole
Azithromycin
What type of fluoride is the only topical fluoride you would use on patients 6 and younger?
Varnish
You have a patient that is 65 years old and has been diagnosed with arthritis. What best auxiliary concept will be the BEST option when it comes to flossing?
a) a wooden tooth pick
b) water flosser
c) threader floss
d) original floss
b) water flosser- This does not replace flossing, but will help with dexterity.
When instructing your patient on how to use an electric tooth brush to prevent build up of plaque, what would be the BEST option?
a) circular motion
b) back and fourth motion
c) up and down motion
d) none of the above
d) none of the above- You would want the electric tooth brush to sit on each tooth and allow the rotating brissels to remove plaque.
Which of the following are humectants (moisture stabilizers)?
a) Xylitol
b) Glycerol
c) Sorbitol
d) none of the above
e) all of the above
e) all of the above
In preventing a medical emergency, what would you have your patient put on the counter, if they had a history of heart attack or stent?
Nitroglycerin
The incidence of root caries ___% less in a fluoridated water community.
50%
When you are teaching your patient on how to irrigate, you would instruct them to go to the base of the sulcus and up 2mm.
True or False
False- You would instruct them to go up 1mm from the sulcus.
If you have a patient with a high gag reflex and deep pits and fissures in the third molars, what tooth brush would you recommend they use?
End tuft brush
Is chlorhexidine bactericidal or bacteriastatic?
Bactericidal
True or False?
True- if worn properly