SEALANTS REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Know what happens if you do not cover all the enamel that has been etched? - Correct
Answers -It will demineralize
Tooth dryness and cleanliness is requisites for? - Correct Answers -Ideal sealant
placement
Know what procedures you as an RDA can do to prepare the tooth surface for sealant
placement? - Correct Answers -Prophy paste and rubber cup/brush, dry brush, and
prophy jet polishing device
Know what methods are used for handling sealants material? - Correct Answers -
Discard after expiration date refrigerate when not in use
Know what auto polymerizing sealant material is? - Correct Answers -It's s chemically
cured sealant material, therefore required to mix a base and catalyst together
Know where you dispose of patient gloves? - Correct Answers -Into biohazard waste
receptacle
Know when you should place fluoride varnishes and/ or fluoride? - Correct Answers -
After the pit and fissures sealants are placed
Know what dri-angle is and where it is placed? - Correct Answers -Dri- angle is a
triangular absorbent pad that is placed in the buccal mucosa over the Stensen's duct to
block the flow saliva
Know where sealants are usually placed? - Correct Answers -On the occlusal surface
but, can be placed anywhere
What material is used to open the enamel rods for the sealants? - Correct Answers -
Acid etchant
Know what kind of sealant material is preferred and why? - Correct Answers -Unfilled
resin, as they wear naturally
Know is a tooth with a small initial carious lesions can be sealed and why? - Correct
Answers -Yes, as the bacteria will not survive under a properly placed sealant
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Know what happens if you do not cover all the enamel that has been etched? - Correct
Answers -It will demineralize
Tooth dryness and cleanliness is requisites for? - Correct Answers -Ideal sealant
placement
Know what procedures you as an RDA can do to prepare the tooth surface for sealant
placement? - Correct Answers -Prophy paste and rubber cup/brush, dry brush, and
prophy jet polishing device
Know what methods are used for handling sealants material? - Correct Answers -
Discard after expiration date refrigerate when not in use
Know what auto polymerizing sealant material is? - Correct Answers -It's s chemically
cured sealant material, therefore required to mix a base and catalyst together
Know where you dispose of patient gloves? - Correct Answers -Into biohazard waste
receptacle
Know when you should place fluoride varnishes and/ or fluoride? - Correct Answers -
After the pit and fissures sealants are placed
Know what dri-angle is and where it is placed? - Correct Answers -Dri- angle is a
triangular absorbent pad that is placed in the buccal mucosa over the Stensen's duct to
block the flow saliva
Know where sealants are usually placed? - Correct Answers -On the occlusal surface
but, can be placed anywhere
What material is used to open the enamel rods for the sealants? - Correct Answers -
Acid etchant
Know what kind of sealant material is preferred and why? - Correct Answers -Unfilled
resin, as they wear naturally
Know is a tooth with a small initial carious lesions can be sealed and why? - Correct
Answers -Yes, as the bacteria will not survive under a properly placed sealant
