SEALANTS STATE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What happens if you do not cover all the animal that has been etched? - Correct
Answers -It will demineralize
02 dryness and cleanliness is a requisite it for - Correct Answers -Ideal sealant
placement
What procedures can an RDA do to prepare the tooth surface for sealant placement? -
Correct Answers -Profi paste and rubber cup/brush dry brush and Profi jet polishing
device
When should you place for a furnishes and/or fluoride - Correct Answers -After the pit
and fissure sealants are placed
What is a dri-angle and where is it placed? - Correct Answers -a triangular absorbant
pad that is placed on the buccal mucosa over the Stensen's duct to block the flow of
saliva
Where are sealants usually placed? - Correct Answers -On the occlusal service but it
can be place anywhere that there is a deep groove and narrow fissure
What material is used to open the enamel rods for the sealant placement procedure? -
Correct Answers -acid etchent
what kind of sealant material is preferred and why? - Correct Answers -Unfilled resin as
they wear naturally
What is a photo-polymerizing sealants material - Correct Answers -It is a light cured
sealant material
What incidences would be indicated for placement of a pit and fissure sealant - Correct
Answers -Molar teeth on an adolescent patient receiving topical fluoride treatment and
still active, adult molar teeth where there is evidence of carries susceptibility, nearly
erupted molar teeth on a seven year old patient, second molar with deep retentive and
narrow pets and fissures on a 13 year-old patient who has occlusal amalgam restoration
on all first molars
AND ANSWERS
What happens if you do not cover all the animal that has been etched? - Correct
Answers -It will demineralize
02 dryness and cleanliness is a requisite it for - Correct Answers -Ideal sealant
placement
What procedures can an RDA do to prepare the tooth surface for sealant placement? -
Correct Answers -Profi paste and rubber cup/brush dry brush and Profi jet polishing
device
When should you place for a furnishes and/or fluoride - Correct Answers -After the pit
and fissure sealants are placed
What is a dri-angle and where is it placed? - Correct Answers -a triangular absorbant
pad that is placed on the buccal mucosa over the Stensen's duct to block the flow of
saliva
Where are sealants usually placed? - Correct Answers -On the occlusal service but it
can be place anywhere that there is a deep groove and narrow fissure
What material is used to open the enamel rods for the sealant placement procedure? -
Correct Answers -acid etchent
what kind of sealant material is preferred and why? - Correct Answers -Unfilled resin as
they wear naturally
What is a photo-polymerizing sealants material - Correct Answers -It is a light cured
sealant material
What incidences would be indicated for placement of a pit and fissure sealant - Correct
Answers -Molar teeth on an adolescent patient receiving topical fluoride treatment and
still active, adult molar teeth where there is evidence of carries susceptibility, nearly
erupted molar teeth on a seven year old patient, second molar with deep retentive and
narrow pets and fissures on a 13 year-old patient who has occlusal amalgam restoration
on all first molars
