Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
The Hippocratic Oath is an obligation to... -
correct answer ✅Treat patients ethically, with confidentiality, and
to the best of one's ability.
"Father of Medicine" -
correct answer ✅Hippocrates
Who was the first to use silver amalgam as fillings? -
correct answer ✅Chinese
Distinguished molars from premolars -
correct answer ✅Leonardo da Vinci
"Father of Modern Dentistry" -
correct answer ✅Pierre Fauchard
First to use forensic evidence -
correct answer ✅Paul Revere
,Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
"Grand old man of dentistry" -
correct answer ✅G.V. Black
Associated with the classification of caries -
correct answer ✅G.V. Black
Jon Baker's famous patient -
correct answer ✅George Washington
First dentist to travel throughout the colonies -
correct answer ✅Robert Woofendale
Employed the first dental assistant -
correct answer ✅Edmund Kells
Used nitrous oxide to ease the pain of dental work. -
correct answer ✅Horace Wells
first female dentist in the U.S. -
correct answer ✅Emeline Robert-Jones
,Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Nationally recognized credential of the dental assistant who has
passed the DANB certification examination and keeps up current
practice through continuing education -
correct answer ✅CDA
Which of the following roles of a dental assistant involves the
delegation of the functions—such as placing a retraction cord—that
vary among states, depending on the individual state's dental
practice act? -
correct answer ✅Expanded-functions dental assistant
When the dental assistant is working in the hospital, what should
he or she always wear? -
correct answer ✅Surgical gowns
New set of federal privacy laws for healthcare patients -
correct answer ✅HIPPA
What is on the DANB examination? -
correct answer ✅Radiology, infection control, general chairside
, Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
When a dental assistant becomes certified, which of the following
does he or she obtain? -
correct answer ✅Pin and certificate
Which of the following performs services such as fabricating
crowns, bridges, and dentures, as specified by the dentist's written
prescription? -
correct answer ✅Certified dental technician
Which dental specialist diagnoses and treats diseases of the pulp? -
correct answer ✅Endodontist
How many years does a dental hygienist have to attend college? -
correct answer ✅At least 2
Which of the following members of the dental team is focused on
tasks such as payroll? -
correct answer ✅Business assistant
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
The Hippocratic Oath is an obligation to... -
correct answer ✅Treat patients ethically, with confidentiality, and
to the best of one's ability.
"Father of Medicine" -
correct answer ✅Hippocrates
Who was the first to use silver amalgam as fillings? -
correct answer ✅Chinese
Distinguished molars from premolars -
correct answer ✅Leonardo da Vinci
"Father of Modern Dentistry" -
correct answer ✅Pierre Fauchard
First to use forensic evidence -
correct answer ✅Paul Revere
,Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
"Grand old man of dentistry" -
correct answer ✅G.V. Black
Associated with the classification of caries -
correct answer ✅G.V. Black
Jon Baker's famous patient -
correct answer ✅George Washington
First dentist to travel throughout the colonies -
correct answer ✅Robert Woofendale
Employed the first dental assistant -
correct answer ✅Edmund Kells
Used nitrous oxide to ease the pain of dental work. -
correct answer ✅Horace Wells
first female dentist in the U.S. -
correct answer ✅Emeline Robert-Jones
,Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Nationally recognized credential of the dental assistant who has
passed the DANB certification examination and keeps up current
practice through continuing education -
correct answer ✅CDA
Which of the following roles of a dental assistant involves the
delegation of the functions—such as placing a retraction cord—that
vary among states, depending on the individual state's dental
practice act? -
correct answer ✅Expanded-functions dental assistant
When the dental assistant is working in the hospital, what should
he or she always wear? -
correct answer ✅Surgical gowns
New set of federal privacy laws for healthcare patients -
correct answer ✅HIPPA
What is on the DANB examination? -
correct answer ✅Radiology, infection control, general chairside
, Dental Assisting Final Study Guide
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
When a dental assistant becomes certified, which of the following
does he or she obtain? -
correct answer ✅Pin and certificate
Which of the following performs services such as fabricating
crowns, bridges, and dentures, as specified by the dentist's written
prescription? -
correct answer ✅Certified dental technician
Which dental specialist diagnoses and treats diseases of the pulp? -
correct answer ✅Endodontist
How many years does a dental hygienist have to attend college? -
correct answer ✅At least 2
Which of the following members of the dental team is focused on
tasks such as payroll? -
correct answer ✅Business assistant
