Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam Q&A/ A+
Score Solution.
Fungiform papillae - Answer: - Mushroom shaped
- containing taste buds
- located on the sides and tip of the tongue.
circumvallate papillae - Answer: large papillae with taste buds on back of tongue
foliate papillae - Answer: located on lateral aspects of posterior tongue
What is hairy tongue caused by? - Answer: elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - Answer: delayed exfoliation
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,Identify mandibular canal radiographically - Answer: radiolucent, long dark area
outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border
of the mandible
What is a thickened lamina dura caused by? Is this appearance normal? - Answer:
trauma, this is not normal pathology
overlap film technique error - Answer: problem: inappropriate HORIZONTAL
angulation
how to fix: direct beams through contact
foreshortening film technique error - Answer: problem: too MUCH VERTICAL
angulation
how to fix: DECREASE angulation
elongation film technique error - Answer: problem: too LITTLE VERTICAL
angulation
how to fix: INCREASE vertical angulation
cone cut (circular white border) film technique error - Answer: PID should cover
the entire surface of the film
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, Identify median rhomboid glossitis - Answer: - rhombus shaped (diamond)
- central denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
- flat or slightly raised erythematous area in the midline of the dorsal surface of
the tongue in a rhomboid shape (diamond)
- may be associated with a chronic fungal infection by candida albicans
- no specific treatment indicated
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? (Fluoxetine, SSRI, newer generation
antidepressant) - Answer: xerostomia
How do steroids affect poor wound healing? (corticosteroids such as prednisone
and Medrol) - Answer: delays in healing, increased risk for infections
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? - Answer: Refer
patient to physician immediately
Premedication regimine - Answer: 2g Amoxicillin,
600 mg Clindamycin
(if allergic to Amoxicillin/Penicillin)
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg of
Clindamycin 1 hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - Answer:
Administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hour prior to treatment (because
Clindamycin premedication is 600 mg 1 hour prior to treatment)
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Score Solution.
Fungiform papillae - Answer: - Mushroom shaped
- containing taste buds
- located on the sides and tip of the tongue.
circumvallate papillae - Answer: large papillae with taste buds on back of tongue
foliate papillae - Answer: located on lateral aspects of posterior tongue
What is hairy tongue caused by? - Answer: elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - Answer: delayed exfoliation
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,Identify mandibular canal radiographically - Answer: radiolucent, long dark area
outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border
of the mandible
What is a thickened lamina dura caused by? Is this appearance normal? - Answer:
trauma, this is not normal pathology
overlap film technique error - Answer: problem: inappropriate HORIZONTAL
angulation
how to fix: direct beams through contact
foreshortening film technique error - Answer: problem: too MUCH VERTICAL
angulation
how to fix: DECREASE angulation
elongation film technique error - Answer: problem: too LITTLE VERTICAL
angulation
how to fix: INCREASE vertical angulation
cone cut (circular white border) film technique error - Answer: PID should cover
the entire surface of the film
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, Identify median rhomboid glossitis - Answer: - rhombus shaped (diamond)
- central denuded area of the tongue with red appearance
- flat or slightly raised erythematous area in the midline of the dorsal surface of
the tongue in a rhomboid shape (diamond)
- may be associated with a chronic fungal infection by candida albicans
- no specific treatment indicated
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? (Fluoxetine, SSRI, newer generation
antidepressant) - Answer: xerostomia
How do steroids affect poor wound healing? (corticosteroids such as prednisone
and Medrol) - Answer: delays in healing, increased risk for infections
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? - Answer: Refer
patient to physician immediately
Premedication regimine - Answer: 2g Amoxicillin,
600 mg Clindamycin
(if allergic to Amoxicillin/Penicillin)
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg of
Clindamycin 1 hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - Answer:
Administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hour prior to treatment (because
Clindamycin premedication is 600 mg 1 hour prior to treatment)
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