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Dental Hygiene Prometric ExamWhat 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 - answer2g 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? - answerwell 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? - answerelongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - answerdelayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - answerradiolucent, 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 - answerrhombus shaped, central denuded area of
the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - answerbrush it
What is a vitality test used for? - answertesting 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? - answerSyphillis, NOT biting on bobby pins
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - answeryes they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - answer20 seconds
What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - answerSpore test
What does autoclave tape tell you? - answerthat it has reached proper temperature
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - answerHep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? - answerstaining, increased calculus deposits
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? - answer- 1/2
gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? - answerAspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? - answerthe 2nd deciduous molar
What would you do for fordyce granules? - answerleave alone; normal
is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - answeryes
What would you do for lingual erosion? - answerrinse with sodium bicarbonate
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