Definitions
The removal of plaque and stains from the clinical crown of the teeth.
What is coronal polish?
Light or dark mottled enamel caused by excessive fluoride.
Answer: What is fluorosis
A prophy brush is used for these areas of the teeth.
Answer: What are occlusal surfaces or pits and fissures, sealant prep
The finger used as a fulcrum when using the modified pen grasp.
Answer: What is the ring finger
The abrasive also known as a whiting agent.
chalk
Complete removal of calculus, soft deposits, plaque, and stains.
What is oral prophylaxis?
Brown to black stain caused by smoking
Answer: What is tobacco stain
The type of paste that helps prevent decay during polishing.
fluoride prophylaxis paste?
The type of dental handpiece used for coronal polish.
Answer: What is a slow-speed/ low speed handpiece with a prophy angle
Give one example of intrinsic stain.
Intrinsic: TETRACYCLINE, DENTAL FLUOROSIS, AMALGAM, ENDO OR NONVITAL/NECROTIC TOOTH
Brown to black hardened deposits on teeth, also called tartar.
What is calculus?
Grayish or brown bands from antibiotic use during tooth formation.
What is tetracycline stain
Condition that may make a dentist decide not to perform coronal polish.
What is sensitive teeth, cold sores, or oral irritations?
The operator controls handpiece speed using this device.
Answer: What is a rheostat
Abrasives come in what kind of variety and why?
extra fine to extra course depending on tooth structure.
What are soft deposits?
deposits that include plaque, food debris, and acquired pellicle.
Gray, black, or brown discoloration from pulp trauma or death.
Answer: non-vital tooth
what is a disclosing agent
stains plaque to make visible, used as a brushing teaching aid
How do you correctly hold a prophy angle?
modified pen grasp
Most common abrasive agent
pumice
intrinsic vs extrinsic
Intrinsic is on the inside cannot be removed, Extrinsic is on the outside and can be removed.
stain on anterior teeth caused by chromogenic bacteria.
Answer: What is green stain
Name an auxiliary polishing aid.
include dental tape, abrasive strips, rubber points, floss
What is the major rule when doing prophy?
No longer than 5 sec on a tooth!! watch speed
Give 2 examples of extrinsic stain.
BLACK LINE, BROWN, CHLOROHEXIDINE, GREEN, ORANGE, TOBACCO,