DENTAL NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following materials cannot be used a luting cement?
A) Glass ionomer
B) zinc oxide and Eugenol
C) zinc poly carboxylate
D) zinc phosphate
- CORRECT ANSWER B) zinc oxide and eugenol
How should elastomer impressions be stored once the impression has been disinfected
- CORRECT ANSWER Dried and sealed in an air tight bag
Which of the following RCT procedures involved a retrograde filling?
A) pulp capping
B) pulpotomy
C) apicetomy
D) pulpectomy
- CORRECT ANSWER B) Apicetomy
What is the most important outcome of a 'near miss', relating to health and safety? -
CORRECT ANSWER A review of current risk assessment
Where are mamelons found on permanent teeth?
- CORRECT ANSWER Incisal edge
How many roots would a permanent upper second molar usually have?
- CORRECT ANSWER 3
What does the enzyme found in saliva break down?
- CORRECT ANSWER Starch
How should medical emergencie drug kits be stored?
- CORRECT ANSWER In an unlocked cupboard in a central location
Which lining material may be used to reduce the amount of composite required for a
large deep restoration?
- CORRECT ANSWER Glass ionomer
What instrument is commonly used in the obituary ion process?
- CORRECT ANSWER A finger spreader
When is a patient first likely to have symptom of reversible pulpitis?
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following materials cannot be used a luting cement?
A) Glass ionomer
B) zinc oxide and Eugenol
C) zinc poly carboxylate
D) zinc phosphate
- CORRECT ANSWER B) zinc oxide and eugenol
How should elastomer impressions be stored once the impression has been disinfected
- CORRECT ANSWER Dried and sealed in an air tight bag
Which of the following RCT procedures involved a retrograde filling?
A) pulp capping
B) pulpotomy
C) apicetomy
D) pulpectomy
- CORRECT ANSWER B) Apicetomy
What is the most important outcome of a 'near miss', relating to health and safety? -
CORRECT ANSWER A review of current risk assessment
Where are mamelons found on permanent teeth?
- CORRECT ANSWER Incisal edge
How many roots would a permanent upper second molar usually have?
- CORRECT ANSWER 3
What does the enzyme found in saliva break down?
- CORRECT ANSWER Starch
How should medical emergencie drug kits be stored?
- CORRECT ANSWER In an unlocked cupboard in a central location
Which lining material may be used to reduce the amount of composite required for a
large deep restoration?
- CORRECT ANSWER Glass ionomer
What instrument is commonly used in the obituary ion process?
- CORRECT ANSWER A finger spreader
When is a patient first likely to have symptom of reversible pulpitis?
