Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam 141 Questions with Correct Answers 100% Verified What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - Correct Answers xerostomia How do steroids effect wound healing? - Correct Answers causes delayed wound healing What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? - Correct Answers refer the patient to their physician immediately Premedication regimine - Correct Answers 2g Amoxicillin 600 mg Clindamycin Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - Correct Answers administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hr prior to treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to treatment) What is a PAN used for? - Correct Answers - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - Correct Answers - tea
- pork
- fish
- fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds)
- circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus terminalis)
- foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue) 1 / 2
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - Correct Answers well water Know the papilla of the tongue - Correct Answers - filiform (most numerous, very small)
What is hairy tongue caused by? - Correct Answers elongation of the filiform papillae Delayed eruption may be caused by - Correct Answers delayed exfoliation Identify mandibular canal radiographically - Correct Answers radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible What is thickened lamina dura caused by? is this appearance normal? - Correct Answers - caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - Correct Answers - elongation: too little vertical angulation
- foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
- cone cut: PID not aligned with censor
- overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation
Identify median rhomboid glossitis - Correct Answers rhombus shaped, central denuded area of the tongue with red appearance What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - Correct Answers brush it What is a vitality test used for? - Correct Answers testing to see if the pulp is vital or not (applying cold air on cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it hurts, if its necrotic you would not feel anything) What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - Correct Answers Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby pins Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - Correct Answers yes they're normal How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - Correct Answers 20 seconds What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - Correct Answers Spore test
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