MIDTERM CORRECT FUNDAMENTALS OF DENTAL HYGIENE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

MIDTERM CORRECT
FUNDAMENTALS OF DENTAL
HYGIENE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026 SUBGINGIVAL CALCULUS IS USUALLY DARK IN COLOR BECAUSE:
A A A A A A A




a.AlightAdoesn'tAallowAforAsubgingivalAillumination

b.AitsAlocationApreventsAtheAwashingAactionAofAsaliva

c.ApigmentsAfromAbloodAbreakdownAareAusuallyAincorporated

d.AitAcontainsAaAhighApercentageAofAcalciumAphosphateA-
AcorrectAanswerspigmentsAfromAbloodAbreakdownAareAusuallyAincorporated



WhichAofAtheAfollowingAbacteriaAisAabundantAinAacuteAgingivitis?

P.Aintermedia

T.Apallidum

S.AMutans

AllAofAtheAaboveA-AcorrectAanswersP.Aintermedia

TheAperiodontalAligament:



appearsAradiolucentAradiographically

preventsAphysiologicAdrifting

IsApartAofAtheAPeriodontium

AllAofAtheAaboveA-AcorrectAanswersAllAofAtheAabove

TheAjunctionalAepitheliumAisAbestAdescribedAas:



a.AtissueAthatAtheAprobeAcontactsAatAtheAbaseAofAtheAgingivalAsulcus

b.AanAextensionAofAtheAalveolarAboneAthatAholdsAtheAgingivaAagainstAtheAtooth

c.AaAportionAofAtheAgingivalAfiberAgroupAthatAconsistsAofAcollagenousAtissueAfibers

d.ApartAofAtheAmarginalAgingivaA-
AcorrectAanswersa.AtissueAthatAtheAprobeAcontactsAatAtheAbaseAofAtheAgingivalAsulcus

, DentalAbiofilmAdevelopsAinAstages.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheAcorrectAsequenceAofAmicrobi
alAbiofilmAandAcalculusAformation?

a.AmatrixAforms;AbacteriaAadhereAtoAtheAtoothAsurface;AacquiredApellicleAforms

b.AacquiredApellicleAforms;AbacteriaAadhereAtoAtheAtoothAsurface;AbacteriaAmultiplyAandAcoloni
ze,AbacteriaAmature,AcalcificationAoccurs

c.AbacteriaAmultiplyAandAcolonize;AbacteriaAadhereAtoAtheAtoothAsurface;AacquiredApellicleAfor
ms

d.bacteriaAadhereAtoAtheAtoothAsurface;AacquiredApellicleAforms;AbacteriaAmultiplyAandAcoloniz
eA-
AcorrectAanswersb.AacquiredApellicleAforms;AbacteriaAadhereAtoAtheAtoothAsurface;AbacteriaAmu


ltiplyAandAcolonize,AbacteriaAmature,AcalcificationAoccurs

WhatAisAtheAprincipalAetiologicAagentA(Acause)AofAgingivitis?

a.AdentalAplaqueAbiofilm

b.Aantigen-antibodyAreactions

c.AsubgingivalAcalculus

d.AneutrophilAdeficiencyA-AcorrectAanswersb.Aantigen-antibodyAreactions

WhichAofAtheAfollowingAbestAdescribesAtheAcontourAofAtheAgingivaAthatAappearsAlikeAaAnarrowAs
litAonAtheAfacialAsurface?



blunted

clefted

rolled

crateredA-AcorrectAanswersclefted

TheARightAhandedAclinicianAisAhavingAdifficultyAaccessingAtheAlingualAaspectAofAtheAmaxillaryArig
htAposteriorAsextant.A(TheAleftAhandedAclinicianAisAhavingAdifficultyAaccessingAtheAlingualAaspec
tAofAtheAMaxillaryALeftAposteriorASextant).



TheAclientAandAclinicianAchairsAareAcorrectlyApositionedAforAtheAtreatmentAarea.AWhichAofAtheAf
ollowingAmightAallowAbetterAaccess?



askAtheAclientAtoAlowerAherAchinA(chinAdownAposition)