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, Dental Science Exam I || With Dental
Assistant & Dental Surgery Test
Questions & Solutions (Graded A+)
Who is known as the Grand Old Man of Dentistry? - ANSWER - G.V Black

Who discovered potential of x-ray beam - ANSWER - Wilhem Conrad Roentgen

_________________ employed the first dental assistant - ANSWER - C. Edmund
Kells

Known as the "father of modern dentistry." - ANSWER - Pierre Fauchard

Who used nitrous oxide for relief of dental pain - ANSWER - Horace wells

First forensic dentist - ANSWER - Paul Revere

First African American woman to earn a Formal DDS degree - ANSWER - Ida Gray
Rollins:

First women to establish a regular dental practice in the U.S. - ANSWER - Emeline
Roberts Jones

Who was hired by Kells, and first female dental assistant - ANSWER - Malvina
Cueria

Who was the first dental hygienist - ANSWER - Irene Newman

________________ was the first female graduate of a dental school - ANSWER -
Lucy B. Hobbs Taylor

Who founded the American Dental Assistant's association - ANSWER - Juliette A.
Southard

What state enacted the first laws regulating the practice of dentistry? - ANSWER -
Alabama (1841)

What are the requirements set forth for dentistry? - ANSWER - An undergraduate
education and graduation from a dental school approved by the ADA commission on
Dental Accreditation

How long is undergraduate school for dentists? - ANSWER - 3 to 4 years

How long is dental school? - ANSWER - 4 years (5 at Harvard)

After completion, what degree is granted to the dentist? - ANSWER - DMD or DDS

,Specialist training includes ____________ additional years of postgraduate
education in an approved, specialized training area - ANSWER - Two or more

How long is training for a dental assistant? - ANSWER - One academic year in
length

What does training of a dental assistant include? - ANSWER - Didactic, laboratory,
and clinical content

Who enables the dentist to care for many more patients and to produce more
dentistry than they could alone - ANSWER - Dental Assistants

Who is the person working directly with the dentist during patient procedures? -
ANSWER - dental assistant

Board associated with Dental Assistants - ANSWER - DANB, ADAA

Founded the American Dental Assistants Association And was its first president -
ANSWER - Juliette Southard

What four principles was the ADAA founded on? - ANSWER - Education, Efficiency,
service, loyalty

What is the center of all clinical activities? - ANSWER - Dental chair

What is attached to the dental chair or mounted to the ceiling? - ANSWER -
Operating light

The individual who has dental insurance through employment or an individual plan -
ANSWER - Subscriber

The patient assigns benefits to be paid directly to the dentist - ANSWER -
Assignment of benefits

Usually the dental insurance company that pays the agreed benefits for the patient
treatment - ANSWER - Carrier

Children covered under dental insurance (normally up to age 18) - ANSWER -
Dependents

The amount paid before benefits take effect - ANSWER - Deductible

Determining if the patient is eligible for dental benefits - ANSWER - Eligibility

Items that the dental insurance does not cover - ANSWER - Exclusions

Dentist who performs the dental service - ANSWER - Provider

, The set amount the insurance will pay. They will not go over this amount. Example: if
the maximum amount is $2000 but the patient has ten crown costing $400 each
($4000 total) the insurance company will only pay $2000 - ANSWER - Maximum

The percentage of the bill for services that the policy holder must pay - ANSWER -
Co-insurance

What a patient tells you regarding how they feel - ANSWER - Symptom

What you observe in a patient - ANSWER - Sign

Caused by a decrease in blood flow to the brain. -the most common and least life
threatening emergency that could occur - ANSWER - Syncope (fainting)

lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet - ANSWER -
Trendelenburg position

What do you do if the patient is not breathing - ANSWER - Tip the head back and lift
the chin

What would you do if the patient becomes unconscious - ANSWER - Break a vial of
spirits of ammonia and pass it under the patient's nose

How do you treat a. Patient with syncope? - ANSWER - 1. Position the patient in a
Trendelenburg position
2. Establish that the airway is open (head tilt)
3.Breathing normally begins spontaneously within the first 10 to 15 seconds
4. Administer oxygen as a precautionary only

Occurs when an individual loses consciousness or a level of consciousness when he
or she sits in an upright position rapidly - ANSWER - orthostatic hypotension
(postural hypotension)

How do you treat postural hypotension? - ANSWER - Have the patient rise up with
the chair and sit in the chair a few minutes before standing

chest pain, normally lasts for 5 minutes, pain can radiate to the jaw area - ANSWER
- angina pectoris

Placed sublingually (under the tongue) to allow them to dissolve and be absorbed
rapidly - ANSWER - Nitroglycerin pills

Helps dilate the coronary arteries allowing the heart to receive more oxygenated
blood (Doses in increments of 3 to 5 minutes if the patient needs more) - ANSWER -
Nitroglycerin spray

Myocardial infarction (heart attack) - ANSWER - Mi

cerebrovascular accident (stroke) - ANSWER - CVA

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