QUESTIONS & ANSWE
True or false: A filter restricts the size and shape of the x-ray beam - ✔✔✔False, a Collimator
does
True of false: Increasing the exposure time will cause the film to appear dark - ✔✔✔False,
Increases density
What are the five gingival fibers within gingival tissues? - ✔✔✔dentogingival, dentoperiosteal,
transseptal, alveologingival, circumferential
Tissues surrounding and supporting the tooth? - ✔✔✔periodontium
Tooth above attached tissue is ? - ✔✔✔clinical crown
Part of the tooth, covered by enamel? - ✔✔✔anatomical crown
Root with Periodontal fibers? - ✔✔✔clinical root
The root that is covered by cementum? - ✔✔✔anatomical root
This is measured from the CEJ? - ✔✔✔clinical attachment
Measured from the gingival margin to the pocket bottom? - ✔✔✔probing depth
MGJ + GM - Pocket depth - ✔✔✔Amount of attached gingiva
MGJ to GM = - ✔✔✔Amount of keratinized gingiva
number of cells increases - ✔✔✔hyperplasia
, size of cells increases - ✔✔✔hypertrophy
Something a professional notices. An example is BOP - ✔✔✔signs
something a patient notices. An example is pain or tenderness - ✔✔✔symptom
What is needed for calculus formation? - ✔✔✔pellicle , biofilm, minerals
What fibers do not insert into the cementum? - ✔✔✔circular
The surface cell layers of the of the gingiva are best called what type of tissue? - ✔✔✔epithelial
Sulcular epitheliam is ? - ✔✔✔non-keratinized
The most common type of periodontal disease is termed? - ✔✔✔inflammatory
The anatomical root of the tooth is covered by? - ✔✔✔cementum only
Amount of attached gingiva is mucogingival junction to gingival margin : - ✔✔✔minus pocket
depth
True or False- Periodontal disease is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. - ✔✔✔true
The primary etiology of periodontal disease is: - ✔✔✔plaque
True or False: In the case of periodontal abscess, the medical history can be deferred until after pain
has been relieved. - ✔✔✔False
With the advent of fluoride in drinking water and toothpaste, tooth loss due to periodontal disease
has been reduced - ✔✔✔false