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Vet 292
Dentistry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| You are looking at a dental radiograph and notice that the tooth is elongated. This happened because the beam was perpendicular to the | Tooth |
| Another term for neck lesions often seen on feline teeth is | Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions |
| Luxation of a tooth cannot be termed as | Attrition |
| The term that best describes a dog with an abnormally short mandible is | Brachygnathism |
| After plaque bacteria have formed on the tooth, the bacteria will absorb calcium from the saliva to form what substance | Calculus |
| Hypodontia is defined as | Absence of only a few teeth |
| The following statements are all true except | A sulcus depth ≤3 mm is normal in a cat |
| What term identifies the loss of tooth structure by an outside cause | Abrasion |
| To prep a patient for surgical tooth extraction, which of the following should occur | Scale, polish, rinse with chlorhexidine, then extract |
| Dry socket is more likely to occur if | The tooth socket is overirrigated so that no clot can form |
| When assessing and quantifying gingivitis, the modified Löe and Silness index is often referred to. According to this index, a gingival index 3 indicates | Moderate gingivitis, with gentle probing resulting in bleeding |
| The most common dental procedure performed on a horse is | Floating |
| When taking radiographs of the canine tooth in a large breed dog, what size of dental film should be used to ensure that the whole tooth is included | 4 |
| How does tracheal rupture occur in feline dental patients | Overinflation of the endotracheal tube cuff |
| The normal adult canine mouth has how many permanent teeth | 42 |
| When assessing and quantifying gingivitis, the modified Löe and Silness index is often used. According to this index, a gingival index 0 indicates | Clinically healthy gingiva |
| The pulp of the tooth has which of the following functions | Contains blood vessels and nerves that provide nutrition and sensation to the tooth |
| The flap side of the dental film should face | Away from the tube head |
| Mrs. Walker comes to collect her dog after a dental cleaning has been performed. Which of the following topics would be least helpful to discuss as a part of the discharge instructions | How to give injections |
| At what age do the permanent canine and premolar teeth in dogs generally erupt | 4-6 months |
| What mineralized tissue covers the root of the tooth | Cementum |
| Which of the following statements is false regarding patient safety during dentistry | The endotracheal tube should be uncuffed so that the tube can be easily manipulated when performing dentistry |
| When using hand instruments to clean teeth, you should | Use a modified pen grasp with overlapping pull strokes that are directed away from the gingival margin |
| An older dog with dental disease is presented to the clinic with a draining tract below his right eye. What is the most likely cause | Right-sided maxillary carnassial tooth root abscess |
| What drug should not be given to pregnant dogs because it may cause discoloration of the puppies' teeth | Tetracycline |
| The range for acceptable gingival sulcus measurements in cats is | 0.5-1 mm |
| Which of the following statements is false with respect to polishing an animal's teeth following scaling | Polishing is a means for removing stubborn plaque that occurs below the gumline |
| The most common dental problem found in rodents is | Malocclusion |
| You have an instrument in your hand that has two sharp sides: a rounded back and a rounded point. Which instrument are you holding | Universal curette |
| Which of the following teeth are not normally present in the adult cat | Maxillary P1 and Mandibular P1 and P2 |
| As part of normal tooth development, what part of the tooth widens | Dentin |
| The free or marginal gingiva | Forms the gingival sulcus around the tooth |
| All of the following are complications that may result from extraction except | Stomatitis |
| The crown of a tooth is defined as | The portion above the gumline and covered by enamel |
| Dental film should be placed in the mouth with the dimple facing | Up and pointing rostrally |
| A dog exposed to distemper as a puppy may develop which of the following oral conditions | Enamel hypoplasia |
| Malocclusions can lead to dental disease for all of the following reasons except | Presence of resorptive lesions leading to the destruction of teeth |
| What is the most common dental disease found in dogs and cats | Periodontal disease |
| The upper fourth premolar communicates with what sinus | Maxillary |
| When grading tooth mobility, which of the following grades corresponds to a Grade 3 | Vertical and horizontal movement |
| Which of the following statements is false when performing an ultrasonic scaling during routine dental prophylaxis | The ultrasonic scaler can be used for supragingival scaling only |
| What members of the veterinary staff make up the oral health care team | All of the above |
| A malocclusion that causes the canines to erupt lingually displaced as a result of an abnormally narrow mandible or the delayed exfoliation of the deciduous mandibular canine teeth is known as | Base-narrow mandibular canines |
| The pulp canal of a tooth contains | Blood vessels, nerves, and connective tissues |
| A client would like to know what chew toy would be safest for her dog's teeth. You suggest that she is best to give "Fido" a | Dense rubber exerciser |
| While performing a routine prophylactic dentistry, the veterinary technician notes a large, red raised lesion on the lip of her feline patient. The client noted that the lesion "comes and goes." What is a reasonable differential for this lesion | Eosinophilic ulcer |
| What is the most common clinical sign of feline stomatitis | Erythematous, ulcerative, proliferative lesions affecting the gingiva, glossopalatine arches, tongue, lips, buccal mucosa, and/or hard palate |
| The bisecting angle technique is a method for radiographing the oral cavity. The description that adequately describes this technique is | The central radiation beam is directed perpendicular to the line that bisects the angle formed by the film and the long axis of the tooth |
| A malocclusion, where one side of the mandible or maxilla is disproportionate to its other side, is known as | Wry mouth |
| Which teeth on each side of the dog's mouth have three roots | Maxillary: fourth premolars and first and second molars |
| A malocclusion in which one or more of the upper incisor teeth are palatal to the lower incisors is known as | Rostral/anterior crossbite |
| A bulldog would be described as having what type of head shape | Brachycephalic |
| Why would thermal bone injury be a complication of tooth extraction | The bur will overheat and damage the soft tissue and bone |
| An oronasal fistula can often occur secondary to | Abscess of the maxillary canine tooth |
| Abbreviations are commonly used in veterinary practice and some abbreviations are exclusive to dental terminology. Which abbreviation best aligns with a complicated crown and root fracture | CCRF |
| Between patients, it is best to maintain instruments in the following order | Use, wash, sharpen, and sterilize |
| When grading tooth mobility, which of the following grades corresponds to a Grade 2 | Horizontal movement >1 mm |
| When scaling gross calculus from the teeth, you should | Hold the scaler using a modified pen grasp |
| The thin film covering a tooth that is composed of bacteria, saliva, and food particles is | Plaque |
| Sometimes a 0.12%-chlorhexidine solution is sprayed in the patient's mouth before beginning dental prophylaxis. What is the benefit of this activity | Reduces the bacterial load in the mouth to reduce exposure to the technician who performs the procedure |
| Which of the following statements about the eruption of permanent teeth is false | The permanent lower canines erupt buccal to the deciduous canines |
| Prognathism is a normal condition in brachycephalic breeds but is considered a genetic defect in other breeds. It is best characterized as | A mandible that is longer than the maxilla |
| What stage of periodontal disease shows no change to the alveolar height but includes mild gingival inflammation | Stage I |
| A malocclusion in which the upper fourth premolar lies palatal to the first molars is known as | Posterior/caudal crossbite |
| Mandibular Brachygnathism is a genetic defect best characterized as | A maxilla that is longer than the mandible |
| A hand scaler is used to | Scale large amounts of calculus from the tooth surface |
| Normal scissor occlusion occurs when the maxillary fourth premolars occlude | Buccally to the mandibular first molar |
| When polishing teeth using an air-driven unit, at what speed should the hand piece be set | Low speed |
| Feline cervical line lesions/feline neck lesions/feline resorptive lesions are of great concern to veterinarians. Which of the following statements regarding these lesions is false | Feline resorptive lesions are effectively managed with steroid administration |
| Which tooth has three roots | Upper fourth premolar |
| Which of the following is a complication that might develop if a curette is used improperly | Torn epithelial attachment |
| Abbreviations are commonly used in veterinary practice and some abbreviations are exclusive to dental terminology. Which abbreviation best aligns with the complicated crown fracture | CCF |
| Using the Triadan system, the proper way to describe a dog's first maxillary left permanent premolar is | 205 |
| Perioceutics refers to which of the following | Application of time-released antibiotics directly within the oral cavity |
| A curette is used to | Scale calculus from the tooth surface subgingivally |
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