Dental Hygiene

Find which are the complete set of oral care?

• Brushing, flossing, tongue scraping, rinsing
• Brushing and flossing only
• Brushing and reduce sugary foods intake
• Brushing, flossing, rinsing

It is almost same as Snyder test, using a swab with a cotton applicator in the buccal surfaces of teeth which is subsequently incubated in the medium

• Buffer capacity test
• Swab test
• Dewar test
• Fosdick calcium dissolution test

Who is a doctor who cares for your teeth?

• dentist
• cardiologist
• optometrist

Pathological factors that demineralize the tooth (Select all that applies)

Measure the number of bacteria forming units per unit volume of saliva and plaque samples from discrete sites, such as occlusal fissures and proximal areas.

• Dewar test
• Swab test
• S. mutans level in saliva
• Lactobacillus colony test

TRUE OR FALSEReactionary dentin is tertiary dentin formed by new generation of odontoblast-like cells due to stronger stimuli.

• False

The health care worker who applies braces to correct misalignment of teeth is called a _____________.

• dentist

______ is reduces the permeability of dentin, thus shielding the pulp from irritation

• dentinal sclerosis
• secondary dentin
• dead tracts

Plaque is...

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How many times should you brush your teeth?

• 2
• 1
• 3
• Other

Lactobacillus colony test incubation at 37 degree celcius for ____ days

• 1-2
• 3-4
• 5-6
• 7-8

A sticky material that forms on teeth is called?

• Dental plaque
• Mouth guard
• Health care product
• Physical fitness

Which the following Tooth paste would you recommend?

___________ dentin is tertiary dentin formed by surviving odontoblast cells, due to milder stimuli.

• Reactionary
• Reparative

A term historically used to describe the soft, tenacious film accumulating on the surface of teeth.

• Dental Plaque

Fluoride is added to ............to make teeth stronger

• sweets
• toothpaste
• floss

What is inexpensive? going to the dentist or brushing your teeth?

• Going to the dentist
• Brushing my teeth

The uses of caries activity test, EXCEPT:

• to modify the patient behavior as a part of counselling to restrict sucrose intake
• establish a baseline of cariogenic pathogens as a basis for future evaluation and counselling
• ensure a low level caries activity before starting any extensive procedures
• None of the above

Where do cavities often form?

• front of teeth
• back of teeth
• between teeth

I need to use _______ everyday to have good dental hygiene.

• floss
• paint
• water
• food

Which are not benefits of tongue scraping?

• Prevent coronavirus
• Improve sense of taste
• Improves appearance of tongue
• Remove bad breath

Earliest evidence of enamel caries lesion also known as the "initial lesion" or _________ and seen only when the tooth surface is desiccated.

• white spot

Caries lesions originating on the root are alarming because they...

• have comparatively rapid progression
• often asymptomatic
• more difficult to restore
• closer to the pulp
• All of the above

List three personal qualities and skills that are important in dental careers.

Bony cavities in maxilla and mandible in which the roots of the teeth are attached

• dentition
• alveoli
• plaque
• arveoli

The yellow sticky layer on your teeth is called...

• gums
• buggers
• plaque
• inexpensive

The biofilm is adherent to food debris, not a result from the haphazard collection of opportunistic microorganism

• The 1st statement is CORRECT, 2nd statement is INCORRECT
• BOTH statements are CORRECT
• The 1st statement is INCORRECT, 2nd statement is CORRECT
• BOTH statements are INCORRECT

Pits and fissures provide excellent mechanical shelter for organisms and harbor a community dominated by S. sanguis and other streptococci

• True
• False

Caries lesion progression from a noncavitated caries lesion to a cavitated caries lesion on smooth surfaces is estimated to be _____ months

• 12
• 14
• 16
• 18

My gums are red and angry today, they are so __________.

• inflamed

Functions of the pellicle (choose the correct one/s)

Choose the item that is inexpensive

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Label a and e

• upper lip, crown
• enamel, uvula
• hard palate, tongue
• crown, pulp

What are the structures that can be seen in advance dentinal caries?

Low pH has effects both on the biofilm composition and at the tooth surface level

• True
• False

What does saliva do? There are 3 correct answers

Your gums...

• hold your teeth in place
• help you chew
• help you swallow

What does odontology mean?

• a career in dentistry
• the responsibilities of a dentist
• descriptions of tooth anatomy
• laboratory technitians

Can you keep your teeth until you die?

• Yes
• No

I think I have a __________ my tooth hurts.

• cavity

Label b and c

• soft palate, tongue
• root, enamel
• root, crown
• dentin, pulp

I can't afford ______ teeth they are too expensive.

• false

_______ method S. mutans screening test that estimates the number of S. mutans in paraffin-stimulated saliva when cultured in Mutans Salivarius Bacitracin agar.

• Plaque/tooth pick method
• Saliva/tongue blade method
• Dip-slide method

Bacterial has a chance to grow on your teeth when you

The portion of the tooth embedded in the bone

• root
• crown
• cementum
• pulp

The criteria for an ideal caries activity test

Throw your floss away when you're done

• False
• True
• Maybe

Dentin contains much less mineral and possesses microscopic tubules that provide a pathway for the ingress of the bacteria and egress of minerals

• TRUE
• FALSE

The SECOND most susceptible areas to dental caries lesions

• Pits and fissures
• Proximal enamel surfaces
• Lingual
• All of the above

Caries in cementum is due to the exposure of cementum by recession of the _________

• gingival margin cementum

Brushing only cleans__________ of each tooth.

• Part

Smooth enamel surfaces important ecologic determinants for the biofilm community on the proximal surfaces:

• Diet of the patient
• Oral hygiene
• The size and shape of the gingival papillae
• Topography of the tooth surface
• All of the above

Write a sentence using the word DENTIST

In highly active caries lesions, odontoblast may die before sclerosis has occurred.

• True
• False

What are the protective mechanism of the pulp?

Identify the box (green)

• Tertiary dentin

Measures the ability of salivary microorganisms to form organic acid from a carbohydrate medium

• Buffer capacity test
• Colorimetric Snyder test
• Dewar Test
• Swab test

What are "sugar bugs"

• bugs in your teeth
• plaque forming around your teeth
• cavities forming in your teeth
• inflamed gums

When your tooth is divided into two sections they're called...

• crown, tip
• abscess, crown
• crown, root
• root, dentures

Which of the following is NOT a composition of biofilm?

• Water
• Extracellular matric
• Carbohydrates
• their by-products

The enzymes related to tissue healing or remodelling of implied in dentin caries lesion progression

• matrix metalloproteinases

The third stage of enamel caries

• The early lesion
• Cavity fomation
• Bacterial invasion of enamel
• Phase of non-bacterial enamel crystal destruction

Test which measure caries susceptibility (choose the correct ones)

This measures the number of aciduric bacteria in a patient's saliva by counting the number of colonies which appear on tomato peptone agar plates

• Lactobacillus colony test
• S. mutans level saliva
• Streptococcus mutans screening test
• Dip-slide method for S. mutans

Smooth enamel surfaces protected physically and are relatively free from the effects of:

A cavity is...

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Write a sentence using the word FLOSS

Dead tract may form due to disintegration of odontoblast processes within the tubules

• True
• False

Progression of dental caries in dentin is different from progression in enamel because of the ________

• Structural difference of dentin
• The composition of dentin
• Pathways for the ingress of bacteria
• None of the above

Which should be in your toothpaste?

• iron
• calcium
• flouride

When food gets stuck between teeth it forms......

• swelling
• plaque
• stains

Caries in cementum softens beneath the plaque over a wide area, producing _________ cavitity (determine the structure or shape)

• saucer-shaped

What is the disease called that can form in your teeth?

• Oral Cancer

White spots of initial caries lesions partially or totally disappear visually when the enamel is dry

• TRUE
• FALSE

Is charcoal toothbrush better than the normal toothbrush?

• Yes
• No
• Unsure

What are the strategies that maintain a healthy microbiome?

• Probiotic
• Prebiotics
• pH modifiers
• All of the above

These dental professionals provide oral hygiene techniques and dental health education.

• Dental Assistant
• Dentist
• Dental Hygienist
• Dental Lab Tech

___________ collapse of the surface from demineralization at the enamel subsurface level

• cavitation in the enamel surface

Caries lesion progression in healthy individuals is usually _____ compared with the progression in compromised persons

• SLOW
• FAST
• MODERATE
• SWEET GIRL LANG

Measures the rate at which the indictor molecule diazoresorcinol, changes from blue to red to colorless or whitish on reduction by the mixed salivary flora.

• Salivary reductase test
• Buffer capacity test
• Snyder test
• Fosdick calcium dissolution test

People should floss at least....

• once a week
• once a day
• 4 times a day
• when ever food gets stuck

_____________ measures the degree to which the local environmental challenge favors the probability of carious lesions.

• caries activity test

Should you eat more than 1 sweets a day?

• Yes
• No
• You can have 2 as well;not more than 1 or 2
• Not neccessary

What is the irregularly shaped bone that forms the upper jaw?

• maximilla
• caries
• gingiva
• alloy

Will you favourite this quiz?

• Yes! I want you to make more Quizzes like this.
• No Thanks!

_____ test same as Fosdick Calcium Dissolution test this procedure is not commonly used, as it has not been adequately tested for clinical correlation

• dewar

Does flossing help with bad breath?

• Yes
• No

Which side should you use to Clean your Tongue

• Backside

What is Floss?

• A kind of toothpaste
• A brush
• A soft string
• A toothpick

_______ produced in response to some form of irritation. It is also deposited at the base of the dentinal tubules corresponding to the area of the tooth that is subjected to irritation.

• Tertiary dentin

Can I get a heart disease if I do not brush my teeth regularly?

• Yes
• No

________ are holes in my teeth.

• cavities

Low pH drives calcium and phosphate from the tooth to the biofilm in an attempt to reach equilibrium, hence resulting in a net loss of mineral by tooth called _____________

• Demineralization

You teeth are freshest after

• You wake up
• You eat
• You brush

____________ demineralization may cause localized dissolution and destruction of the calcified dental tissue caries lesion.

• Repeated
• Cavitation in the enamel surface
• Dentin
• Enamel

Which reaches more teeth?

• Brushing
• Flossing

_____ method of S. mutans screening test is a simple screening of dilutes plaque sample streaked on a selective culture media

• Plaque/tooth pick method
• Saliva/tongue blade method
• Dip-slide method
• None of the above

What does the term halitosis mean?

• a dental assistant
• periodontal
• scraping a tooth
• offensive or bad breath

The dental team includes the __________, dental _________, dental __________, and dental ___________ technitian,..

Which are some of the responsibilities of a dental assistant?

S. mutans level in saliva incubation is done on ______, selective streptococcal medium with addition of high concentration of sucrose (20%), and 0.2 Bacitracin (MSB), suppress the growth of most non-S. mutans colonies.

• mitis salivarius agar

Drinking fruit juice causes fewer cavities than drinking soda.

• True
• False

Tooth brushes are inexpensive. What does inexpensive mean?

• dentist
• care
• expensive
• cheap

Poor oral hygiene can cause a lot of oral problem, EXCEPT

• Tooth decay
• Gum disease
• Bad breath
• Fluorosis

Radiation related caries may develop in 3 months after ________ due to radiation therapy

• radiation-induced hyposalivation

This method of S. mutans screening test is undiluted paraffin-stimulated saliva in poured on a special plastic slide, coated with MSA containing 20% sucrose

• Plaque/tooth pick method
• Saliva/tongue blade method
• Dip-slide method
• Albans test

Proximal root surface near the CEJ is often unaffected by the action of hygiene procedures such as flossing and favor the formation of mature, cariogenic biofilm and proximal root surface caries due to: (select the correct one/s)

A simplified substitute for the Snyder test.

• Albans test
• Swab test
• Dewar test
• Buffer capacity test

I love flossing my teeth, they always feel so ________ after.

• fresh

Measure the mount of calcium dissolved. Milligram of powdered enamel dissolved in for hours by acid formed when the patient's saliva is mixed with glucose and powdered enamel.

• Buffer capacity test
• Snyder test
• Dewar test
• Fosdick calcium dissolution test

What is DMD?

• one of two doctoral degrees for dentists
• an organization on dentistry
• a consultation that allows a check up
• a certification that is completed online

Caries activity test provides an index of the success of therapeutic procedures, and monitors the effectiveness of education program

• First statement is CORRECT, second statement is INCORRECT
• BOTH statements are CORRECT
• First statement is INCORRECT, second statement is CORRECT
• BOTH statements are INCORRECT

How often should you clean your teeth?

• It isn't that important
• At least 2 times a day
• 5 or more times a day
• Whenever you think of it

If you have good dental hygiene you...

Poor oral hygiene and frequent exposures to sucrose-containing or acidic food can produce noncavitated initial lesion in ____ weeks.

• 3

Forceful probing of the lesion a this stage can result in damage to the weakened porous enamel nd accelerate the progression of the lesion

• TRUE
• FALSE

Choose the item that is pricey.

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How do we maintain a healthy oral cavity?

________________ is when proper care of the mouth and teeth or maintenance of health and the prevention of disease.

• caries
• halitosis
• plaque
• hygiene

False teeth are also called...

• dentures
• crowns
• bridges
• implants
• all of the above

By brushing our teeth, we can prevent

• tartar buildup
• glossitis
• tongue thrush
• sordes

Materials used in Buffer Capacity Test

• Titration equipment
• 0.05 N lactic acid and 0.05 N base
• Paraffin
• Sterile glass containing a small amount of oil
• All of the above

Tick the correct steps for Flossing

What are cavities?

• holes in your teeth
• black spots
• silver spots

Keeping your teeth clean can reduce the risk of a heart attack.

• True
• False

The dentinal tubule become partly or completely filled with mineral deposits consisting of both __________ and whitlockite crystals

• hydroxyapatite

Caries lesion originating on the root are alarming because they: (choose the correct one/s)

______ is the pink area around my teeth.

• tooth
• gums
• plaque
• cavity

I see a dental hygienist to remove _______ off of my teeth.

• plaque

What causes a tooth to ache?

• The nerve in the tooth is exposed
• The tooth has a hole in it
• Not brushing
• Sugary food

What does it mean if your gums are inflamed?

• They are happy and pink
• They are angry and red
• They are dying and black

____________ due to demineralization of the inorganic phase, and denaturation and degradation of the organic phase

• Dentin cavitation

What can tooth decay cause?

• Bad breath
• Tooth ache
• Infection
• All of the above

This test evaluates the quantity of acid requires to lower the pH of saliva through an arbitrary pH interval

• Swab Test
• Colorimetric Snyder Test
• Buffer capacity test
• Dewar Test