Coronal Polishing

Contamination

The presence of microbes on objects

Spores

Bacteria that can survive as inactive dormant life forms

Cross-Infection

The direct spread of disease from one person to another

Gown, Mask, Eye Wear, Gloves

Examples of personal protection

Parental Exposure

Exposure to a patient's infectious blood by sticking yourself with a sharp instrument

Saliva, Blood, Gingival Fluids

Body fluids that are a concern in dentistry

Engineering Controls

The clinical use of sharps containers

Infectious Disease

A patient’s medical history is limited in it’s ability to identify patients who have or have had

Carrier

A patient who is infectious without signs or symptoms of a disease

Universal Precautions

Precautions done to reduce the spread of disease by treating all patients as if they are carriers of an infectious disease

Direct and Indirect Contact

Both allow infection

The disadvantage of the snap on attachment for the prophylaxis angle

The risk of it coming off due to lateral pressure

What makes supragingival calculus harden

Minerals from saliva

What you do not need to remove in order for gingival tissues to heal

acquired pellicle

What you need to remove in order for gingival tissue to heal

Plaque and calculus

Stains that can be removed with coronal polishing

Extrinsic coffee and extrinsic tobacco

Stains that cannot be removed with coronal polishing

INTRINSIC STAINS like FLUOROSIS

What is the range of a normal BP?

100-140 / 60-90

What is the range of a normal pulse rate?

60-90

normal rate of respiratory breaths per minute

10-20 respiratory breaths per minute

the last set of natural teeth

Permanent DENTITION

first set of natural teeth

DECIDUOUS or PRIMARY DENTITION

How many primary teeth are there?

20

How many permanent teeth there are

32

tooth surface towards the lips

LABIAL

How many molars are in the permanent dentition

12

What is another word for premolar?

Biscuspid

Name the 3 roots of a maxillary molar.

MESIOBUCCAL + DISTOBUCCAL + LINGUAL

The tissue that forms the soft tissue outer wall of the gingival sulcus

MARGINAL GINGIVA

The tissue that is loosely attached to the underlying bone

ALVEOLAR MUCOSA

tissue that is firmly attached to the underlying bone

ATTACHED GINGIVA

The tooth tissue that allows for the attachment of tooth to bone

CEMENTUM

Small depressions (like an orange peel) seen in the gingival tissue

Stippling

The gingival tissue filling the space in-between teeth

INTERDENTAL PAPILLA

The coronal edge of the gingiva

GINGIVAL MARGIN

what the attached gingiva firmly attaches to

ALVEOLAR BONE

The assistant sits at _____o’clock when working with a right-handed clinician.

2-5 o’clock

Where a left handed clinician sits to a patient

12-4 o’clock

What can a dental mouth mirror be used for

INDIRECT VISION + ILLUMINATION + RETRACTION

The Mirror Cannot

Retract gingiva

Things that contribute to maintaining balanced posture include which of the following

Head and neck in same plane, Feet flat on the floor, Lower back slightly arched

cementoenamel junction

WHERE THE ENAMEL MEETS THE CEMENTUM