Dental Hygiene CSCE Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
1. What is 1. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Maxillary sinus.
2. What is 2. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Pterygomaxillary fissure.
3. What is 3. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Pterygoid plates.
4. What is 4. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Hamalus.
5. What is 5. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Zygomatic arch.
6. What is 6. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Articular eminence.
7. What is 7. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Zygomatictemporary
suture.
8. What is 8. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Zygomatic process.
9. What is 9. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: External auditory meatus.
10. What is 10. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mastoid
process.
11. What is 11. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Middle cranial
fossa.
12. What is 12. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Lateral border of the
orbit.
13. What is 13. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Infraorbital
ridge.
14. What is 14. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Infraorbital
foramen.
15. What is 15. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Infraorbital canal.
16. What is 16. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Nasal fossa.
17. What is 17. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Nasal septum.
18. What is 18. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Anterior nasal
spine.
19. What is 19. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Inferior concha.
20. What is 20. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Incisive
foramen.
21. What is 21. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Hard palate.
22. What is 22. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Maxillary
, tuberosity.
23. What is 23. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Condyle.
24. What is 24. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Coronoid
process.
25. What is 25. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Sigmoid notch.
26. What is 26. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Medial sigmoid
depression.
27. What is 27. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Styloid
process.
28. What is 28. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Cervical vertebrae.
29. What is 29. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: External oblique
ridge.
30. What is 30. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mandibular canal.
31. What is 31. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: 31. Mandibular
foramen.
32. What is 32. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Lingula.
, 33. What is 33. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mental
foramen.
34. What is 34. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Submandibular
gland fossa.
35. What is 35. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Internal oblique
ridge.
36. What is 36. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mental fossa.
37. What is 37. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mental ridge.
38. What is 38. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Genial tubercles.
39. What is 39. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Hyoid bone.
40. What is 40. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Tongue.
41. What is 41. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Soft palate.
42. What is 42. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Uvula.
43. What is 43. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Posterior pharyngeal
wall.
44. What is 44. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Ear lobe.
45. What is 45. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Glossopharyngeal
air space.
46. What is 46. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Nasopharyngeal air
space.
47. What is 47. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Palatoglossal air
space.
48. What is another name for the zygomatic process? correct answer:
Malar bone.
49. What is another name for the internal oblique ridge? correct
answer: Mylohyoid ridge.
50. What is another name for dens invaginatus, what does it
mean, and how does it occur? correct answer: Dens in dente, tooth within a tooth,
outer surface of the tooth folds inward.
51. What is dens evaginatus and what teeth are most affected?
correct answer: Formation of extra bumps or cusps on the outer surface of the tooth,
premolars.
52. Invag vs. Evag correct answer: Inside vs. outside.
Correct Answers
1. What is 1. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Maxillary sinus.
2. What is 2. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Pterygomaxillary fissure.
3. What is 3. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Pterygoid plates.
4. What is 4. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Hamalus.
5. What is 5. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Zygomatic arch.
6. What is 6. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Articular eminence.
7. What is 7. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Zygomatictemporary
suture.
8. What is 8. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Zygomatic process.
9. What is 9. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: External auditory meatus.
10. What is 10. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mastoid
process.
11. What is 11. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Middle cranial
fossa.
12. What is 12. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Lateral border of the
orbit.
13. What is 13. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Infraorbital
ridge.
14. What is 14. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Infraorbital
foramen.
15. What is 15. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Infraorbital canal.
16. What is 16. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Nasal fossa.
17. What is 17. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Nasal septum.
18. What is 18. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Anterior nasal
spine.
19. What is 19. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Inferior concha.
20. What is 20. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Incisive
foramen.
21. What is 21. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Hard palate.
22. What is 22. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Maxillary
, tuberosity.
23. What is 23. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Condyle.
24. What is 24. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Coronoid
process.
25. What is 25. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Sigmoid notch.
26. What is 26. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Medial sigmoid
depression.
27. What is 27. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Styloid
process.
28. What is 28. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Cervical vertebrae.
29. What is 29. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: External oblique
ridge.
30. What is 30. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mandibular canal.
31. What is 31. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: 31. Mandibular
foramen.
32. What is 32. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Lingula.
, 33. What is 33. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mental
foramen.
34. What is 34. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Submandibular
gland fossa.
35. What is 35. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Internal oblique
ridge.
36. What is 36. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mental fossa.
37. What is 37. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Mental ridge.
38. What is 38. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Genial tubercles.
39. What is 39. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Hyoid bone.
40. What is 40. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Tongue.
41. What is 41. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Soft palate.
42. What is 42. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Uvula.
43. What is 43. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Posterior pharyngeal
wall.
44. What is 44. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Ear lobe.
45. What is 45. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Glossopharyngeal
air space.
46. What is 46. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Nasopharyngeal air
space.
47. What is 47. on the panoramic slide? correct answer: Palatoglossal air
space.
48. What is another name for the zygomatic process? correct answer:
Malar bone.
49. What is another name for the internal oblique ridge? correct
answer: Mylohyoid ridge.
50. What is another name for dens invaginatus, what does it
mean, and how does it occur? correct answer: Dens in dente, tooth within a tooth,
outer surface of the tooth folds inward.
51. What is dens evaginatus and what teeth are most affected?
correct answer: Formation of extra bumps or cusps on the outer surface of the tooth,
premolars.
52. Invag vs. Evag correct answer: Inside vs. outside.
