So You Want to Be a Dental Assistant...

OSHA

100

OSHA stands for...

What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration

200

Hepatitis B can live up to _____ on hard surfaces

What is 1 week?

300

HIV attacks this system in your body.

What is the human defense system?

400

Hepatitis C can live up to _______ on hard surfaces

What is 6 weeks?

500

The responsibility of OSHA

What is to ensure the safety of America's workers?

VOCAB

100

Baby teeth

What is the primary dentition?

200

To be without teeth

What is edentulous?

300

A high level disinfectant used as cold sterile

What is Glutaraldehyde?

400

The pear shaped projection in the back of your mouth

What is a uvula?

500

The position of the maxillary and mandibular arch naturally coming together and the teeth rest. 

What is occlusion?

INSTRUMENTS

100

I retract and refract all to help you see in the mouth.

What is a mouth mirror?

200

I'm so fast only a doctor may use me inside a Pt's mouth. 

What is a highspeed handpiece?

300

I carry composite, I pass materials, and maybe even mix if you need me too. There's just something special about me. I can do it all. 

What is a plastic instrument?

400

I am an attachment used usually with an acrylic bur outside of the Pt's mouth. My sibling has a bit of an angle.

What is a straight?

500

Only the doctor or the hygienist use me. I like to measure the gingiva.

What is a periodontal probe?

MATERIALS

100

We come in different colors and sizes and aren't too cozy once the putty is placed.

What are impression trays?

200

I can be blue, I can be yellow, I can red depending on the positioning. 

What is an xray rinn?

300

Oh the filling is all placed? Let me shine a little brighter to make sure it stays.

What is a curing light?

400

Equal parts water and me to make a good impression.

What is alginate?

500

I'm little but I'm mighty. I can help the Pt hold their mouth open the entire procedure.

What is a biteblock or mouth prop?

CHARTING

100

You chart me in this color if I already exist,

What is Blue?

200

I am the color you use when the tooth requires something to be done.

What is red?

300

I can be charted as a V or l 

What is a Root canal

400

I am the only crown charted with lines

What is a Gold Crown?

500

Although we exist, we are charted in red and always in or above the root. 

What is an abscess and what is a root tip?