Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - correct answer ✅xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - correct answer
healing
✅ causes delayed wound
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? - correct answer
refer the patient to their physician immediately
Premedication regimine - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct answer ✅ - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - correct answer ✅ - tea
- pork
,Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - correct answer ✅ well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - correct answer
very small)
✅
- filiform (most numerous,
- 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? - correct answer
papillae
✅ elongation of the filiform
Delayed eruption may be caused by - correct answer ✅ delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - correct answer ✅radiolucent, long
dark area outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the
inferior border of the mandible
answer ✅
What is thickened lamina dura caused by? is this appearance normal? - correct
- caused by trauma
- not normal
,Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
Know film errors - correct 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 - correct answer
denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
✅ rhombus shaped, central
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - correct answer ✅ brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - correct 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)
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - correct answer
biting on bobby pins
✅ Syphillis, NOT
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - correct answer
normal
✅ yes they're
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - correct answer ✅ 20 seconds
answer ✅
What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - correct
Spore test
, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
What does autoclave tape tell you? - correct answer
temperature
✅ that it has reached proper
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - correct answer ✅ Hep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? - correct answer
deposits
✅ staining, increased calculus
correct answer ✅
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? -
- 1/2 gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? - correct answer ✅ Aspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? - correct answer
molar
✅ the 2nd deciduous
What would you do for fordyce granules? - correct answer ✅ leave alone; normal
is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - correct answer ✅ yes
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - correct answer ✅xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - correct answer
healing
✅ causes delayed wound
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? - correct answer
refer the patient to their physician immediately
Premedication regimine - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct answer ✅ - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - correct answer ✅ - tea
- pork
,Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - correct answer ✅ well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - correct answer
very small)
✅
- filiform (most numerous,
- 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? - correct answer
papillae
✅ elongation of the filiform
Delayed eruption may be caused by - correct answer ✅ delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - correct answer ✅radiolucent, long
dark area outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the
inferior border of the mandible
answer ✅
What is thickened lamina dura caused by? is this appearance normal? - correct
- caused by trauma
- not normal
,Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
Know film errors - correct 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 - correct answer
denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
✅ rhombus shaped, central
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - correct answer ✅ brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - correct 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)
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - correct answer
biting on bobby pins
✅ Syphillis, NOT
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - correct answer
normal
✅ yes they're
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - correct answer ✅ 20 seconds
answer ✅
What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - correct
Spore test
, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene
Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
CDCA 2026
What does autoclave tape tell you? - correct answer
temperature
✅ that it has reached proper
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - correct answer ✅ Hep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? - correct answer
deposits
✅ staining, increased calculus
correct answer ✅
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? -
- 1/2 gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? - correct answer ✅ Aspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? - correct answer
molar
✅ the 2nd deciduous
What would you do for fordyce granules? - correct answer ✅ leave alone; normal
is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - correct answer ✅ yes
