DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC EXAMPREP
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED
⩥ How do steroids effect wound healing? Answer: 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? Answer: refer the patient to their physician immediately
⩥ Premedication regimine Answer: 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? Answer:
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? Answer: - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- *NOT* FOR BONE LOSS
,⩥ Items containing fluoride? Answer: - tea
- pork
- fish
⩥ What type of water does not contain fluoride? Answer: well water
⩥ Know the papilla of the tongue Answer: - filiform (most numerous,
very small)
- 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)
⩥ What is hairy tongue caused by? Answer: elongation of the filiform
papillae
⩥ Delayed eruption may be caused by Answer: delayed exfoliation
⩥ Identify mandibular canal radiographically Answer: 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? Answer: - caused by trauma
- not normal
⩥ Know film errors Answer: - 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 Answer: rhombus shaped, central
denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
⩥ What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? Answer: brush it
⩥ What is a vitality test used for? Answer: 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 Answer: Pulp composed of *viable tissue*, either normal or
diseased, that responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold.
⩥ Necrotic (non-vital) Answer: Death of the pulp.
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FULLY SOLVED
⩥ How do steroids effect wound healing? Answer: 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? Answer: refer the patient to their physician immediately
⩥ Premedication regimine Answer: 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? Answer:
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? Answer: - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- *NOT* FOR BONE LOSS
,⩥ Items containing fluoride? Answer: - tea
- pork
- fish
⩥ What type of water does not contain fluoride? Answer: well water
⩥ Know the papilla of the tongue Answer: - filiform (most numerous,
very small)
- 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)
⩥ What is hairy tongue caused by? Answer: elongation of the filiform
papillae
⩥ Delayed eruption may be caused by Answer: delayed exfoliation
⩥ Identify mandibular canal radiographically Answer: 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? Answer: - caused by trauma
- not normal
⩥ Know film errors Answer: - 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 Answer: rhombus shaped, central
denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
⩥ What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? Answer: brush it
⩥ What is a vitality test used for? Answer: 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 Answer: Pulp composed of *viable tissue*, either normal or
diseased, that responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold.
⩥ Necrotic (non-vital) Answer: Death of the pulp.
