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Dental Assistant: Dental Science Practice Exam|143 Q’s and A’s
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Dental Assistant: Dental SciencePractice Exam|143 Q’s and A’s
G.V Black - -Who is known as the Grand Old Man of Dentistry?
- Wilhem Conrad Roentgen - -Who discovered potential of x-ray beam
- C. Edmund Kells - -_________________ employed the first dental assistant
- Pierre Fauchard - -Known as the "father of modern dentistry."
- Horace wells - -Who used nitrous oxide for relief of dental pain
- Paul Revere - -First forensic dentist
- Ida Gray Rollins: - -First African American woman to earn a Formal DDS
degree
- Emeline Roberts Jones - -First women to establish a regular dental practice
in the U.S.
- Malvina Cueria - -Who was hired by Kells, and first female dental assistant
- Irene Newman - -Who was the first dental hygienist
- Lucy B. Hobbs Taylor - -________________ was the first female graduate of a
dental school
- Juliette A. Southard - -Who founded the American Dental Assistant's
association
- Alabama (1841) - -What state enacted the first laws regulating the
practice of dentistry?
- An undergraduate education and graduation from a dental school
approved by the ADA commission on Dental Accreditation - -What are the
requirements set forth for dentistry?
- 3 to 4 years - -How long is undergraduate school for dentists?
- 4 years (5 at Harvard) - -How long is dental school?
- DMD or DDS - -After completion, what degree is granted to the dentist?
, - Two or more - -Specialist training includes ____________ additional years of
postgraduate education in an approved, specialized training area
- One academic year in length - -How long is training for a dental assistant?
- Didactic, laboratory, and clinical content - -What does training of a dental
assistant include?
- Dental Assistants - -Who enables the dentist to care for many more
patients and to produce more dentistry than they could alone
- dental assistant - -Who is the person working directly with the dentist
during patient procedures?
- DANB, ADAA - -Board associated with Dental Assistants
- Juliette Southard - -Founded the American Dental Assistants Association
And was its first president
- Education, Efficiency, service, loyalty - -What four principles was the ADAA
founded on?
- Dental chair - -What is the center of all clinical activities?
- Operating light - -What is attached to the dental chair or mounted to the
ceiling?
- Subscriber - -The individual who has dental insurance through
employment or an individual plan
- Assignment of benefits - -The patient assigns benefits to be paid directly
to the dentist
- Carrier - -Usually the dental insurance company that pays the agreed
benefits for the patient treatment
- Dependents - -Children covered under dental insurance (normally up to
age 18)
- Deductible - -The amount paid before benefits take effect
- Eligibility - -Determining if the patient is eligible for dental benefits
- Exclusions - -Items that the dental insurance does not cover
- Provider - -Dentist who performs the dental service
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