DASA FINAL
EXAM STUDY
GUIDE
Endodontist - answer- primarily concerned with the health of the dental pulp. Root canal
treatments are done by this specialist.
Enamel is made up of - answer- rods and prisms
Free gingiva - answer- What is the movable tissue surrounding the crown of the tooth
above the CEJ of the tooth?
Gingival crest - answer- What is the term for the peak of the free gingiva?
Gingival sulcus - answer- What is the space that exist between the tooth and the free
gingival from the attached gingiva?
Free gingival groove - answer- What is located below the sulcus, this line separates the
free gingiva from the attached gingiva?
Interdental papilla - answer- What is the triangular shape of gingival tissue located
between the teeth?
Fissure - answer- A fault that occurs along a development groove during the incomplete
or imperfect union of 2 lobes
Pit - answer- A pinpoint depression located at the junction of the developmental grooves
or fissures
Mamelon - answer- A lobe found on the incisal edge of anterior teeth usually 3 in
number
, Fossa - answer- A rounded or irregular depression found on the surface of a tooth
Dentin - answer- Contains odontoblasts
Cementum - answer- Covers the root surface of the tooth
70% - answer- How much is inorganic matter is in dentin?
Periodontium - answer- What are tissues that surround and support the teeth?
Frontal bone - answer- bone that forms the forehead and part of the orbits and nasal
cavity
Parietal bone - answer- Bone forms the largest portions of the roof and sides of the skull
Occipital - answer- Bone contains the foremen magnum and external occipital
protuberance
Temporal bone - answer- Bone contains glenoid fossa
Maxillary sinus - answer- Floor of this sinus is sometimes perforated with the apices of
some maxillary teeth
Nasal bone - answer- forms the bridge of the nose
Ethmoid - answer- Front portion of the craniums base
Sphenoid - answer- Located in the front portion of the skulls base
Mandibular ( glenoid ) fossa - answer- the depression in the temporal bone into which
the condyle of the mandible fits
Local inflammation - answer- Limited to the area of injury
Systemic inflammation - answer- Not limited to the area of injury
Acute inflammation - answer- Immediate localized protective response of the body to
physical injury or the invasion of pathologic organism
Chronic inflammation - answer- A slow ongoing process that may lead to permanent
tissue damage
Regeneration and repair - answer- The restoration of injured tissue to its original state
Hepatitis c - answer- Chronic disease
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