Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - ANSWER-xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - ANSWER-causes delayed wound healing
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes i...
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - ANSWER-xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - ANSWER-causes delayed wound healing
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes in for their
appointment with reading of 160/116? - ANSWER-refer the patient to their physician immediately
Premedication regimine - ANSWER-2g Amoxicillin
600 mg Clindamycin
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior to their
appointment. What would you do? - ANSWER-administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hr prior to
treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to treatment)
What is a PAN used for? - ANSWER-- look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - ANSWER-- tea
- pork
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - ANSWER-well water
, Know the papilla of the tongue - ANSWER-- filiform (most numerous, very small)
- fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds)
- circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus terminalis)
- foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue)
What is hairy tongue caused by? - ANSWER-elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - ANSWER-delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - ANSWER-radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
What is thickened lamina dura caused by? is this appearance normal? - ANSWER-- caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - ANSWER-- elongation: too little vertical angulation
- foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
- cone cut: PID not aligned with censor
- overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation
Identify median rhomboid glossitis - ANSWER-rhombus shaped, central denuded area of the tongue with
red appearance
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - ANSWER-brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - ANSWER-testing to see if the pulp is vital or not (applying cold air on
cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it hurts, if its necrotic you would not feel
anything)
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - ANSWER-Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby pins
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