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With the landmark studies by Branemark and Adell, it was found that stability of a dental implant would depend on this type of healing phenomenon.

What is osseointegration?

100

Trained as a dentist in Pennsylvania. He is known for his quick draw gun slinging.  He hung out with Wyatt Earp at the OKAY Corral

Who is John Henry "DOC" Holiday

100
2.04 mm
What is biologic width?
100

This method is no longer supported. It was one of three dominant methods pioneered for root canal therapy and contains paraformaldehyde

What is Sargenti Paste or What is N2 Paste

100

Using honey, ancient Sumarian records advise luring these from the teeth to prevent decay. 

What are tooth worms

200
Animals which led to the discovery of osseointegration during intravital microscopy studies using titanium optic chambers
What are rabbits?
200
World renowned endodontist who's technique was highlighted in the blockbuster animation movie "Finding Nemo"
Who is Dr. Herbert Schilder?
200

George Burns' wife  (he was an actor who played God) and these common  periodontal scalers share this name.

What is Gracey?

200

Used as an alternative to a dental implant and full crown supported fixed prosthetics, it's namesake also crosses over the Assiniboine River.

What is a Maryland Bridge?

200
Invented in 1839 this type of rubber was used to support denture teeth

What is Vulcanized

300

One of the first companies in the US market currently making available short stalky implants of 4 & 5mm in length.

What is Bicon?

300

Before Michael Phelps, he held the world record for most gold medals in a single Olympics, and was a pre-dental student during his Olympics.

Who is Mark Spitz?

300

According to the most recent NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) published study on prevalence of periodontistis in the United States, this percent of the population 30 yrs and older show evidence of periodontitis (using CDC-AAP definitions) 

What is 47%

300

This Treaty, developed by the United Nations, and signed by the United States, requires all nations signing the treaty to "phase out" dental amalgam, in order to reduce mercury pollution

What is the Minamata Convention Treaty?

300

Its not dentistry. The scientific name for the branch of medical science dealing with the mouth and its disorders? 

What is Stomatology

400
One of two implants popular prior to "Branemark" style implants
What is blade or sub-periosteal implant?
400
He was known as Gentleman Jim, for his politeness on and off the baseball field. He won the Cy Young award for best pitcher in 1967, while playing for the Boston Red Sox,and after he retired, went to Tufts Dental School.
Who is Dr.Jim Lonborg?
400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!



This developmental alteration common in anterior tooth morphology is characterized by an invagination beginning near the tooth cingulum and can lead to decay, periodontal or endodontic problems

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400

In 1987 to deal with weightlessness in space NASA Scientists developed this type of toothpaste. 

What is 

Edible

400

Founded in 1840 this was the first dental school established in the United States.

What is Baltimore College of Dentistry?

500

Straumann(ITI) utilized this engineering principle to make sure its first internal threaded abutments did not come loose.

What is a Morse taper?

500
Known as "The Professor", he quit after the first year of dental school(because of the difficulty of being left handed), to play major league baseball. He managed the NY Yankees to multiple world championships, and then managed the 1962 Mets, the team with the worst record in baseball.
Who is Casey Stengel?
500

Gram negative, non-motile coccobacillus strongly implicated in aggressive periodontitis

What is Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans or Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans 

500

In 1926 a dentist by the first name Irwin, published what was soon to become an untested law in dentistry, relating to "total periodontal membrane area of abutment teeth or crown to root ratios".

What is Ante's Law?

500

In 1901 this dentist established the classification of teeth and jaw alignment. 

Who is Edward Angle