Adding this ingredient to dentifrices has been shown to decrease sensitivity.
What is potassium nitrate?
100
This mouthrinse has the highest substantivity and has been shown through extensive studies to reduce dental biofilm and gingivitis.
What is CHX? (Chlorhexidine gluconate)
100
Adding this ingredient to dentifrices has been proven to reduce dental caries.
What is fluoride?
100
When teaching a patient how to brush, the best method of learning is to have the patient do what?
What is... demonstrate the technique back to the hygienist in his or her own mouth.
100
When using a disclosing agent, the newer, thinner biofilm is this color...and the older, thicker biofilm is this color.
What is red? What is blue?
200
This is the main anticariogenic ingredient found in dentifrices.
What is sodium fluoride?
200
Mouthrinses containing this ingredient...alter the bacterial cell wall.
What are phenolic-related essential oils?
200
For patients with dexterity issues it would be best to recommend this.
What is an electric toothbrush?
200
The method that is most likely to clean the gingival sulcus.
What is the Bass method?
200
A patient with xerostomia is at greater risk for this dental disease. Be specific.
What is root caries?
300
This category of ingredients main purpose is to help retain moisture in a dentifrice.
What is a humectant?
300
After using a dentifrice that contains sodium lauryl sulfate, the patient should be instructed to wait 30 minutes before rinsing with a mouthrinse containing this ingredient.
What is CHX? (Chlorhexedine gluconate)
300
This is the name of a wooden interdental cleaner that is triangular in shape.
What is a stimudent?
300
Selection of a toothbrush for an individual patient should be primarily based on this.
What is "the patients' needs?"
300
An oral irrigator should not be recommended for a patient with this condition.
What is bacterial endocarditis?
400
This ingredient has shown a significant reduction of supragingival biofilm formation and gingivitis.
What is triclosan?
400
This ingredient can cause extrinsic staining and increased supragingival calculus formation.
What are quaternary ammonium compounds?
400
This aid is most appropriate for cleaning a Type III embrasure space.
What is an interproximal brush?
400
If a right-handed person exhibits toothbrush trauma, the trauma will most likely be found here.
What is the non-dominant side? (or left in this case)
400
This drug is often prescribed for xerostomia after radiation therapy for the head and neck region.
What is pilocarpine? (Salagen)
500
This substance interferes with the formation of calcium phosphate crystals, crystal maturation and dental biofilm mineralization.
What are pyrophosphates?
500
Mouthrinses can be classified into these three categories....so can dentifrices.
What are preventative, cosmetic and therapeutic?
500
These type of bacteria dominate in the caries process.
What are streptococcus mutans, streptococcus sobrinus and lactobacillus?
500
This method of toothbrushing emphasizes bristle action in the interproximal areas.
What is the Charters method?
500
These compounds are produced from the oral microbial metabolism. These compounds are higher in patients suffering from periodontal associated halitosis.