DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+. 2 / 29 f tongue 1. What is an oral side effect of Prozac? (Fluoxetine, SSRI, newer generation antidepressant): xerostomia 2. How do steroids affect poor wound healing? (corticosteroidssuch as pred- nisone and Medrol): ...
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - 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? -
refer the patient to their physician immediately
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300
mg 1 hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - 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? - - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - - 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? - elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - 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? - -
caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - - 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 - rhombus shaped, central denuded area
of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - 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? - Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby
pins
, DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - yes they're normal
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