Dentistry Final Exam

Front 1

In order for veterinary technicians to be able to recognize oral disease they must first...

Back 1

Understand oral health

Front 2

Why do animals require veterinary dental care?

Back 2

To maintain overall health

Front 3

What is the most common condition seen in general practice in dogs and cats over 7 years of age?

Back 3

Oral disease

Front 4

What is the most common head type?

Back 4

Mesaticephalic

Front 5

This common shape to the animal skull often results in crowded and rotated premolar teeth?

Back 5

Brachycephalic

Front 6

This is the area between the teeth?

Back 6

Interproximal area

Front 7

The anatomic numbering system uses BLANK to designate the tooth group?

Back 7

Letter

Front 8

The triadan numbering system labels each tooth by a code of BLANK numbers?

Back 8

3 numbers

ex: 204 (Left upper canine)

Front 9

True or False: The triadan numbering system is adaptable to any species regardless of how many teeth are normally present in that species?

Back 9

True

Front 10

What may be used to keep a visual record of the patient's oral health status?

Back 10

Dental charts

Front 11

Who requires that the employer provide the PPE for all employees who perform dental procedures?

Back 11

OSHA

Front 12

Who's responsibility is it for wearing the PPE during all procedures?

Back 12

The employee

Front 13

Hazards can be classified as all of the following except?

- Chemical

- Physical

- Ergonomic

- Vapor

Back 13

Vapor

Front 14

What condition can occur from wearing improper fitting gloves?

Back 14

Repetitive motion disorders

Front 15

True or False: Occasionally the damage to the nerves with RM disorders is so extensive that the technician is no longer able to work in veterinary medicine at all?

Back 15

False

Front 16

What is the science of designing the work place so that operations remain in the most neutral position?

Back 16

Ergonomics

Front 17

What is the term for the space between two adjacent teeth that are not in contact with each other in an arch?

Back 17

Diastema

Front 18

What is a potential cause of anodontia?

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- Tooth is slow to erupt

- Tooth never developed in the first place

- Tooth was present and fell/pulled out

Front 19

How do you record a missing tooth on a dental chart?

Back 19

Circle around the tooth

Front 20

What is an inherited condition that occurs primarily in West Highland White Terriers and occasionally in other breeds where non-neoplastic bone forms in the region of the TMJ and can extend into the mandible?

Back 20

Cranial Mandibular Osteodystrophy

Front 21

What can occur if a fractured tooth is left untreated?

Back 21

A fistula

Front 22

What is the term given to extra teeth found in the mouth?

Back 22

Supernumerary teeth

Front 23

What is the joining of 2 developing teeth that have different tooth buds?

Back 23

Fusion

Front 24

What do patients with class I malocclusion's have?

Back 24

- Distoversion

- Mesioversion

- Have one or more teeth that are out of alignment but overall normal occlusion

Front 25

Patients with class II malocclusion's have...BLANK?

Back 25

A shorter than normal mandible

Front 26

This condition is known as a misguided attempt to correct a malocclusion that causes severe malalignments?

Back 26

Iatrogenic Orthodontic Disease

Front 27

This condition occurs if ameloblasts are debilitated and stop producing enamel, causing the crown to become dull and susceptible to flaking?

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Enamel hypoplasia

Front 28

What color is the tooth that has exposed dentine?

Back 28

Brown

Front 29

What color is the tooth when the pulp has been exposed?

Back 29

Black

Front 30

What is the term used to describe the complete displacement of a tooth from the socket?

Back 30

Avulsion

Front 31

What is not a type of oral medical disease?

Back 31

Chronic gingivitis

Front 32

Which term is used for a type of benign oral neoplasia where the gingiva can grow over the crown of the tooth?

Back 32

Gingival hyperplasia

Front 33

What is the term used to describe inflammation of the tissue surrounding the tooth, which is collectively called the periodontium?

Back 33

Gingivitis

Front 34

True or False: All pets will eventually get periodontal disease?

Back 34

False

Front 35

Periodontal disease is characterized by what?

Back 35

- Movement of the gingival margins toward the apex

- Exposed crown and root

- Migration of attached gingival with associated loss of the periodontal ligament and bone surrounding the tooth

Front 36

True or False: 80% of pets demonstrate some degree of periodontal disease by the age of 4 years old.

Back 36

True

Front 37

How long after pellicle formation does plaque begin to form?

Back 37

6-8 hours

Front 38

What is the term used to describe plaque after it has died and become calcified?

Back 38

Calculus & Tarter

Front 39

If a tooth has complete furcation exposure, what class is it assigned to?

Back 39

Class III

Front 40

True or False: The new method for evaluation of a patient's periodontal disease is a clinical grading system, where the worst tooth is used to establish the stage of periodontal disease of the entire mouth?

Back 40

True

Front 41

True or False: Gingivitis always leads to periodontitis.

Back 41

False

Front 42

What is known as inflammation where the tooth has lost a variable degree of its support/attachment and is considered irreversible at this point in the disease process?

Back 42

Periodontitis

Front 43

True or False: The aim in periodontal disease prevention and treatment is to establish and maintain clinically healthy gingiva to prevent periodontitis.

Back 43

True

Front 44

What is the most important aspect of running anesthesia during a dental procedure?

Back 44

Airway managment

Front 45

True or False: Chemoreceptors are much more sensitive to changes in O2 levels than in CO2 levels.

Back 45

False

Front 46

Ventilation refers to what aspect of breathing?

Back 46

The removal of CO2 from the body

Front 47

After replacing and securing the endotracheal tube in the patient's trachea and inflating the cuff, what is the next procedure that should be performed?

Back 47

Start the oral exam

Front 48

What are correct statements about why local anesthesia is used during dental procedures?

Back 48

- Controls pain after the procedure

- Decreases the depth of general anesthesia needed

Front 49

True or False: A nerve block is considered ineffective if the patient's heart rate, respiration's, and BP all increase with surgical manipulation.

Back 49

True

Front 50

What type of nerve block is considered the least effective method of local anesthesia?

Back 50

Infiltration nerve block

Front 51

What type of nerve block has the ability to block an entire quadrant of the mouth?

Back 51

Regional nerve block

Front 52

True or False: Nerve blocks do not require any specialized equipment or training in order to be successfully performed.

Back 52

False

Front 53

What nerve block anesthetizes the lower incisors, canines, and first 2 premolars?

Back 53

Rostral mandibular block

Front 54

What is the process of restoring the tooth to normal health?

Back 54

Prosthodontics

Front 55

What is the treatment of disease related to the way the teeth fit together?

Back 55

Orthodontics

Front 56

What deals with the effects of cancer and other medical conditions of the mouth?

Back 56

Oral medicine

Front 57

What is the treatment of dental disease in the puppy and kitten?

Back 57

Pedodontics

Front 58

What is the treatment of disease "inside the tooth"?

Back 58

Endodontics

Front 59

What is the treatment of conditions surrounding the tooth structure?

Back 59

Periodontics

Front 60

What is the canine adult dental formula?

Back 60

2X (3/3I, 1/1C, 4/4P, 2/3M) = 42

Front 61

What is the feline adult dental formula?

Back 61

2X (3/3I, 1/1C, 3/2P, 1/1M) = 30

Front 62

What is the normal sulcular depth for dogs and cats?

Back 62

Dogs: 2-3 mm

Cats: 0.5-1 mm

AVMA says 0 mm for cats