Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - CORRECT ANSWER xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - CORRECT 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? - 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
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - CORRECT ANSWER well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - CORRECT 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 hairy tongue caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER elongation of the filiform papillae
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
What is thickened lamina dura caused by?
Is this appearance normal? - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by trauma
- not normal
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 rhombus shaped, central denuded
area of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hairy 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)
Vital - CORRECT ANSWER Pulp composed of *viable tissue*, either normal or diseased, that
responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold.
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - CORRECT ANSWER xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - CORRECT 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? - 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
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - CORRECT ANSWER well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - CORRECT 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 hairy tongue caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER elongation of the filiform papillae
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
What is thickened lamina dura caused by?
Is this appearance normal? - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by trauma
- not normal
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 rhombus shaped, central denuded
area of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hairy 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)
Vital - CORRECT ANSWER Pulp composed of *viable tissue*, either normal or diseased, that
responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold.
