Questions and Answers 2025
For maxillary teeth what position should the patient be in -
✔️Supine
what is the most common grasp -
✔️The pen grasp and the modified pen grasp
how to stabilize the rubber dam -
✔️ligating the tooth farthest from the clamped tooth
what are bases and liners used for -
✔️bases and liners are used to protect the pulp or to aid in its recovery, or both.
What is pulpitis? -
✔️Inflammation of the pulp
A minimal depth restoration -
✔️extends about 0.5mm- 1.5mm into dentin
moderate depth -
✔️1mm into dentin, but more than 0.5mm from the pulp
Near pulpal exposure -
✔️less than 0.5mm away from the pulp
what is the criteria for a cavity varnish -
✔️used to protect the pulp from being adversely affected by materials
normal bond strength for glass ionomer is greater than of zinc phosphate -
, ✔️true
Silver -
✔️41% - 71% combines easily with mercury
copper -
✔️lower copper; less than 9% high copper; 12-30%. Decrease expansion ( creep) less marginal
breakdown
Tin -
✔️15-30% aids in combining the mercury with the alloy
zinc - @i @i
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✔️gamma 2 phase, which leads to increase in flow and corrosion and a decrease in strength that predisp
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oses the restoration to fracture
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what is creep - @i @i @i @i
@i ✔️creep is the slow change inn dimensions of the amaglam due to prolonged exposure to stress
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what happens when amalgam get contaminated with moisture -
✔️bubbles of hydrogen from the water cause excessive delayed expansion
the compressive strength of amalgam 20 mins after placement -
✔️6%
what is the vice -
✔️is a box shaped at the lower end of the retainer that has an opening for threaded spindle to
move in and out of.