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Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam with accurate detailed || || || || || || ||
answers
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? (Fluoxetine, SSRI, newer generation antidepressant) -
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✔✔xerostomia
How do steroids affect poor wound healing? (corticosteroids such as prednisone and Medrol) -
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✔✔delays in healing, increased risk for infections || || || || || ||
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes in
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for their appointment with reading of 160/116? - ✔✔Refer patient to physician immediately
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Premedication regimine - ✔✔2g Amoxicillin, || || || ||
600 mg Clindamycin
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(if allergic to Amoxicillin/Penicillin)
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Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg of Clindamycin 1
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hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - ✔✔Administer another 300 mg and wait 1
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hour prior to treatment (because Clindamycin premedication is 600 mg 1 hour prior to treatment)
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What is a PAN used for? - ✔✔location of 3rd molars,
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impactions, ||
pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
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Items that contain fluoride? - ✔✔pork, fish, tea
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What type of water does not contain fluoride? - ✔✔well (water)
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Filiform papillae - ✔✔- the most numerous papillae on the tongue
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- very small
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- Do NOT contain taste buds
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Fungiform papillae - ✔✔- Mushroom shaped || || || || ||
- containing taste buds
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- located on the sides and tip of the tongue.
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circumvallate papillae - ✔✔large papillae with taste buds on back of tongue || || || || || || || || || || ||
foliate papillae - ✔✔located on lateral aspects of posterior tongue
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What is hairy tongue caused by? - ✔✔elongation of the filiform papillae
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Delayed eruption may be caused by - ✔✔delayed exfoliation
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Identify mandibular canal radiographically - ✔✔radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
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cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
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What is a thickened lamina dura caused by? Is this appearance normal? - ✔✔trauma, this is not
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normal pathology ||
overlap film technique error - ✔✔problem: inappropriate HORIZONTAL angulation
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how to fix: direct beams through contact
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foreshortening film technique error - ✔✔problem: too MUCH VERTICAL angulation || || || || || || || || ||
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how to fix: DECREASE angulation
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elongation film technique error - ✔✔problem: too LITTLE VERTICAL angulation || || || || || || || || ||
how to fix: INCREASE vertical angulation
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cone cut (circular white border) film technique error - ✔✔PID should cover the entire surface of
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the film
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Identify median rhomboid glossitis - ✔✔- rhombus shaped (diamond)
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- central denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
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- flat or slightly raised erythematous area in the midline of the dorsal surface of the tongue in a
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rhomboid shape (diamond) || ||
- may be associated with a chronic fungal infection by candida albicans
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- no specific treatment indicated
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What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? - ✔✔Harmless but advise patient to clean/brush
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tongue regularly. ||
Filiform papillae stain is caused by chromogenic bacteria, tobacco, alcohol, etc.
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What is a vitality test used for? - ✔✔testing to see if the pulp is vital or not (applying cold air on
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cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it hurts, if its necrotic you would
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not feel anything)
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Vital pulp - ✔✔Term used to describe viable tissue, either normal or diseased, that responds to
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electric stimuli and to heat and cold || || || || || ||
Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam with accurate detailed || || || || || || ||
answers
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? (Fluoxetine, SSRI, newer generation antidepressant) -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔xerostomia
How do steroids affect poor wound healing? (corticosteroids such as prednisone and Medrol) -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔delays in healing, increased risk for infections || || || || || ||
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? - ✔✔Refer patient to physician immediately
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Premedication regimine - ✔✔2g Amoxicillin, || || || ||
600 mg Clindamycin
|| || ||
(if allergic to Amoxicillin/Penicillin)
|| || ||
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg of Clindamycin 1
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - ✔✔Administer another 300 mg and wait 1
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hour prior to treatment (because Clindamycin premedication is 600 mg 1 hour prior to treatment)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is a PAN used for? - ✔✔location of 3rd molars,
|| || || || || || || || || ||
impactions, ||
pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
|| || || ||
Items that contain fluoride? - ✔✔pork, fish, tea
|| || || || || || ||
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - ✔✔well (water)
|| || || || || || || || || ||
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Filiform papillae - ✔✔- the most numerous papillae on the tongue
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- very small
|| ||
- Do NOT contain taste buds
|| || || || ||
Fungiform papillae - ✔✔- Mushroom shaped || || || || ||
- containing taste buds
|| || || ||
- located on the sides and tip of the tongue.
|| || || || || || || || ||
circumvallate papillae - ✔✔large papillae with taste buds on back of tongue || || || || || || || || || || ||
foliate papillae - ✔✔located on lateral aspects of posterior tongue
|| || || || || || || || ||
What is hairy tongue caused by? - ✔✔elongation of the filiform papillae
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Delayed eruption may be caused by - ✔✔delayed exfoliation
|| || || || || || || ||
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - ✔✔radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is a thickened lamina dura caused by? Is this appearance normal? - ✔✔trauma, this is not
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
normal pathology ||
overlap film technique error - ✔✔problem: inappropriate HORIZONTAL angulation
|| || || || || || || ||
how to fix: direct beams through contact
|| || || || || ||
foreshortening film technique error - ✔✔problem: too MUCH VERTICAL angulation || || || || || || || || ||
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how to fix: DECREASE angulation
|| || || ||
elongation film technique error - ✔✔problem: too LITTLE VERTICAL angulation || || || || || || || || ||
how to fix: INCREASE vertical angulation
|| || || || ||
cone cut (circular white border) film technique error - ✔✔PID should cover the entire surface of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the film
||
Identify median rhomboid glossitis - ✔✔- rhombus shaped (diamond)
|| || || || || || || ||
- central denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
|| || || || || || || || ||
- flat or slightly raised erythematous area in the midline of the dorsal surface of the tongue in a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
rhomboid shape (diamond) || ||
- may be associated with a chronic fungal infection by candida albicans
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
- no specific treatment indicated
|| || || ||
What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? - ✔✔Harmless but advise patient to clean/brush
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
tongue regularly. ||
Filiform papillae stain is caused by chromogenic bacteria, tobacco, alcohol, etc.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
What is a vitality test used for? - ✔✔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)
|| ||
Vital pulp - ✔✔Term used to describe viable tissue, either normal or diseased, that responds to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
electric stimuli and to heat and cold || || || || || ||
