Written Exam Bank Study Questions
and Answers for RDA (Dentistry)
California Rated A.
To prevent alveolitis after a tooth extraction, the patients should be
instructed to
✔✔Avoid drinking through a straw
The dental specialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of
disease of supporting tissues is
✔✔Periodontics
A surgical dressing that is applied to the surgical site for the protection is
called
✔✔Periodontal dressing
When a person occluded and mandibular anterior teeth cannot be seen,
the diagnosis
✔✔Overjet
What types of radiograph is most commonly exposed in endodontics
✔✔Periapical
To ease the placement of orthodontic bands, what procedure is
completed to spend contact between teeth
✔✔Placement of a separator
,How are brackets adhered to a tooth
✔✔Cement
What endodontic procedure would be performed to partially remove the
pulp
✔✔Pulpotomy
What surface of the posterior tooth would the dentist enter with a rotary
but when opening a canal for root canal therapy
✔✔Occlusal
What is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of the apex of a
root
✔✔Apicoectomy
What is a removable prosthesis that replaces one or several teeth
✔✔Partial
Fixed prosthodontics is commonly referred to as
✔✔Crown and bridge
What could be contraindication to a patient receiving fixed
prosthodontics
✔✔Poor oral hygiene
, An example of a contaminated item commonly found in the dental
laboratory would be a
✔✔Impression
What piece of lab equipment is used to grind away plaster or stone
✔✔Model trimmer
When setting up an instrument tray or cassette with instruments, the
instruments should be set up
✔✔From left to right
The portion of a dental instrument held by the operator is called
✔✔Handle
Which instrument is ideal for carving occlusal amalgams
✔✔Discoid cleoid carver
The dental unit provides necessary electricity and hoses with air and
water to the patient chair and ______________ delivery system is
positioned behind the the patient's head
✔✔Rear
Which instrument is used to place and remove elastic ties and remove
orthodontic separators
✔✔Orthodontic scaler
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