CDT Written Exam Sample Questions (Certified Dental Technician) Answered Correctly 2024!!Since when has dental disease been treated? Answer - prehistoric times According to primitive historic records, what are some ways people treated oral pain? Answer - Incantations, chemical and vegetable plasters, and various rinses to treat oral pain.What were early substitutes for natural teeth made of? Answer - First, of bones and teeth of animals; and then from mother-of-pearl, ivory and jeweler's enamel baked on carved bone or metal tooth plates.When did medical doctors start studying the mouth more seriously? Answer - mid- eighteenth century Who is considered to be the Father of Modern Dentistry? Answer - Pierre Fauchard When was the first textbook (Le Chirurgien Dentiste) about dentistry published?Answer - 1728
When did dentistry first arrive in America? (HINT: George
Washington was among the most famous of early dental patients for whom prosthetic teeth were made.) Answer - ~1766 Who was the dentist to take cases from other dentists and, hence, establish the first commercial dental lab in America? Answer - Dr. Stowe began taking cases from others in 1883; in 1887, he opened a dental laboratory.What was the name of the first commercial dental lab in America? Answer - Stowe and Eddy; because Dr. Stowe was later joined by his cousin, Frank Eddy.By what year were most dental labs managed by dental technicians? Answer - 1910 What is the NADL? Answer - National Association of Dental Laboratories
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