Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A patient presents to the dental office with concerns about
sensitivity to the right central incisor tooth. The dentist performs an
examination and diagnoses caries in the interproximal area on the
mesial side of the tooth. The patient has 80% dental insurance
coverage through the Great West Life Insurance Company for
diagnostic, preventative and restorative services.
What is the etiology of the sensitivity? -
correct answer ✅Caries
A patient presents to the dental office with concerns about
sensitivity to the right central incisor tooth. The dentist perforts an
examination and diagnoses caries in the interproximal area on the
mesial side of the tooth. The patient has 80% dental insurance
coverage through the Great West Life Insurance Company for
diagnostic, preventative and restorative services.
Which of the following terms refers to the dentist about the dental
insurance? -
correct answer ✅Provider
A patient presents to the dental office with concerns about
sensitivity to the right central incisor tooth. The dentist performs an
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examination and diagnoses caries in the interproximal area on the
mesial side of the tooth. The patient has 80% dental insurance
coverage through the Great West Life Insurance Company for
diagnostic, preventative and restorative services.
Which of the following terms refers to Great West Life Insurance
Company? -
correct answer ✅Carrier
A patient presents to the dental office with concerns about
sensitivity to the right central incisor tooth. The dentist performs an
examination and diagnoses caries in the interproximal area on the
mesial side of the tooth. The patient has 80% dental insurance
coverage through the Great West Life Insurance Company for
diagnostic, preventative and restorative services.
Which of the following terms refers to the classification of
restorations that needs to be done as per the diagnosis? -
correct answer ✅Class III
A patient presents to the dental office with concerns about
sensitivity to the right central incisor tooth. The dentist performs an
examination and diagnoses caries in the interproximal area on the
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mesial side of the tooth. The patient has 80% dental insurance
coverage through the Great West Life Insurance Company for
diagnostic, preventative and restorative services.
During treatment, the Dentist needed to extend the restoration.
The restoration became a 11 MI Composite Resin. Which of the
following term refers to the classification of restoration that was
completed? -
correct answer ✅Class IV
A patient presents to the dental office with concerns about
sensitivity to the right central incisor tooth. The dentist performs an
examination and diagnoses caries in the interproximal area on the
mesial side of the tooth. The patient has 80% dental insurance
coverage through the Great West Life Insurance Company for
diagnostic, preventative and restorative services.
When the restoration was complete, the Dentist asks you, as the
Dental Assistant, to take a periapical of the tooth using the
bisecting technique. Which of the following is true of the bisecting
technique? -
correct answer ✅-Horizontal angulation is the same for paralleling
and bisecting technique
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-The image receptor is placed close to the crowns of the teeth and
extends at an angle into the palate of the mouth
-If the vertical angulation is too steep when taking an x-ray, the
image on the film is shorter than the actual tooth
A patient presents to the dental office for a panoramic x-ray to
check the wisdom teeth and to have an old restoration checked on
the 46. The restoration is old and needs to be replace due to
microleakage. Upon preparation, it is decided that due to the size of
the prep, a crown would be better suited for this tooth. The crown
procedure is started, and the patient is sent home with an
Intermediate Restoration.
The Dental Assistant forgets to remove the patient's eyeglasses
when taking the panoramic image and an unknown artifact
appears. What is the term of this artifact? -
correct answer ✅Ghost Image
A patient presents to the dental office for a panoramic x-ray to
check the wisdom teeth and to have an old restoration checked on
the 46. The restoration is old and needs to be replaced due to
microleakage. Upon preparation, it is decided that due to the size of
the prep, a crown would be better suited for this tooth. The crown