DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
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 an oral side effect of Prozac? - ANSWER✅✨--xerostomia
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 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.
Can no longer feel sensations
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - ANSWER✅✨--Syphillis
•*NOT* biting on bobby pins
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - ANSWER✅✨--Yes, they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - ANSWER✅✨--20 seconds
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
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 an oral side effect of Prozac? - ANSWER✅✨--xerostomia
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 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.
Can no longer feel sensations
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - ANSWER✅✨--Syphillis
•*NOT* biting on bobby pins
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - ANSWER✅✨--Yes, they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - ANSWER✅✨--20 seconds
