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PA EFDA board exam Questions
and Answers (100% Pass)
When restoring a class II preparation, the first increment of material should be
placed in the:
✓ Depth of proximal box
Material that can be used as either cement or restorative material in a class V
lesion
✓ Glass Ionomer
When placing a composite restoration, the composite is often placed in
layers to:
✓ Reduce the effect of polymerization shrinkage
When the tooth exposed to stimulus such as caries, cavity preparation, or
trauma it lays down:
✓ Reparative/ tertiary dentin
Which type of adhesive would typically be used to temporarily cement a
provisional crown or bridge?
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✓ Zinc Oxide Eugenol
The material that is utilized for a pulp cap is called:
✓ Calcium hydroxide
What molars have a distal cusp?
✓ Mandibular 1st molars
Where can the cusp of Carabelli be found?
✓ Maxillary 1st molars
What should be even heights when restoring teeth?
✓ Marginal ridges
Incomplete closure of the lobes coming together
✓ Fissure
Runs from cusp tip to the central groove on the occlusal surface
✓ Triangular ridge
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Convexity running from the distobuccal cusp to the mesiolingual cusp
✓ Oblique Ridge
Major depressions on both anterior and posterior teeth
✓ Fossae
Which cement creates an adhesive bond to the tooth structure?
✓ Glass Ionomer
A thin layer of uncured resin remains on the surface after its cured so new
layers can bond to existing layer, what is this layer called?
✓ Air inhibited layer
Delayed expansion in amalgam materials due to moisture contamination is
eliminated by:
✓ The removal of Zinc from the alloy
Which cement posses an anticariogenic effect?
✓ Glass Ionomer
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