What are the branches of operative dentistry? - Answer cariology
restorative
esthetic
What are Black's steps of cavity preparation? - Answer Outline establishment
Resistance form
Retention form
Convenience form
Carious removal
Finish walls and margins
Clean the prep
What marks the Paradigm shift for caries management (old vs new model)? - Answer Old
- drilling, filling, MECHANICAL retention + extractions
New - Risk assessment, prevention, less invasive
What are plaque control agents (anticariogenic)? - Answer FXC
Fluoride
Xylitol
Chlorohexidine
What are behavioral modifications in preventative dentistry? - Answer Diet
,Sealants
How would you classify a restoration by complexity?
What - Answer Simple - 1 surface
Compound - 2 surfaces
Complex - 1 or more cusps are removed + involvement of another surface
What are class 1 lesions? - Answer FLO posteriors *pits & fissures*
L maxillary anterior
What are class 2 lesions? - Answer proximal posteriors
What are class 3 lesions? - Answer proximal anteriors
What are class 4 lesions? - Answer proximal anterior + incisal angle
What are class 5 lesions? - Answer gingival 3rd
What are class 6 lesions? - Answer pit and wear defect of incisal edges ONLY of anterior
cusp tips of posteriors
In what order would you combine terms involving surfaces of teeth? - Answer 1 -
Mesial/Distal/Axial
2 - Facial/Lingual
3 - Pulpal Gingival
What is the difference between Carbon Steel & Stainless Steel Hand instruments? -
Answer Carbon is... a sharper, brittle, corrosive cutting instrument
Stainless is the exact opposite
What are the chisel instruments? - Answer chisels (straight, curved, or bin-angle)
enamel hatchets
gingival margin trimmers
*these are cutting instruments*
What the excavators? - Answer ordinary hatchets
hoes
angle formers
spoons
,*these are cutting instruments*
Where is the bevel on hand cutting instruments? - Answer At the primary cutting edge
What is the order of the 3# numbering system for hand cutting instruments? - Answer #1
- width of blade (tenths of mm)
#2 - length of blades (mm)
#3 - angle of long axis of BLADE with long axis of handle (centigrade)
What is the order of the 4# numbering system for hand cutting instruments? - Answer #1
- width of blade (tenths of mm)
#TWO - CUTTING EDGE angle with long axis of HANDLE (centigrade)
#3 - length of blades (mm)
#4 - angle of long axis of BLADE with long axis of handle (centigrade)
In the 4# numbering system for the instrument formula, the angle of the 2nd number
indicates what? - Answer ≤85 - Mesial
>90 degrees - Distal
What are the gingival marginal trimmers in the LECOM kit? - Answer CAL 29 - Mesial
CAL - 28 Distal
What are the noncutting instruments? - Answer mirror, explorer, periodontal probe
What are the "other" instruments? - Answer Pliers
Hemostats
Forceps
Cement Spatula
Dycal Applicator
Syringe
Tofflemire
, Matrix
What is the Dynamic Tripod hand grasp? - Answer 3 fingers grasping instrument
creating a web space
Where do you place your middle finger on the handle of the instruments in the MODIFIED
Pen Grasp? - Answer end of the middle finger
*NOT THE SIDE*
What is the INVERTED Pen Grasp used for? - Answer tooth preparations on the lingual
What is the Palm-Thumb Grasp used for? - Answer cutting incisal retention for class III
on maxillary incisors
What is the MODIFIED Palm-Thumb Grasp used for? - Answer working on maxillary arch
from the rear-chair position
What is optimal degree angle for wrist flexion when using instruments? - Answer Flexion
- 10 degrees
Extension - 35 degrees
What is Lux M25 handpiece? - Answer red band, electric high speed
What is Lux M20 handpiece? - Answer blue band, electric slow speed
What is put on the slow speed handpiece to be used? - Answer L68 B-Low Speed Head
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