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Chairside Assisting Final

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Supine Position   Reclined position with the nose and knees on the same plane  
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Subsupine Position   Reclined position with the head lower than the feet  
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Air-water syringe   Provides air, water, or a combined spray of air and water. The tip of the syringe is removable and made of disposable plastic or autoclavable metal  
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Control for Handpiece   Controlled by a foot pedal called rheostat  
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Class I motion   Involves only finger movement  
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Class II Motion   Involves movement of the fingers and wrist  
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Class III Motion   Involves finger, wrist,elbow movement  
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Class IV Motion   Involves movement of the entire arm and shoulder  
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Class V Motion   Involves movement of the arm and twisting of the body  
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How to close an office   the responsible person stays after the last patiuent and makes sure that everything is turned off and the office is ready for patients the next day  
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Flush Vacuum Lines   At the end of the day  
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air compressor   Provides compressed air for the handpiece and air for the air water syringe  
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Central Vacuum System   Provides suction for saliva ejections and oral evacuators at each dental unit  
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Assistant positioned-operator   4 to 6 inches. Asstant is positioned across from the operator on the opposite side of the patient  
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Four-Handed Dentistry   When the dentist and assistant are working at the dental chair together  
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Six-handed Dentistry   An additional assistant is needed to bring items to the treatment room, assist the assistant in mixing materials, or the help with a patient  
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Treatment mandibular Arch dental light   The light is raised and the beam is directed downward  
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Treatment maxillary Arch dental light   The light is lowerted and the beam is directed upward  
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Assistant Feet   resting on a flat ring or tabular bar around the base of the stool just above the casters (wheels), and his or her thighs are parallel to the floor  
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Operatory Room   Also called the dental treatment rooms  
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Treatment Room   Also called the operatory room  
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Class I Caries   3 sides pits & fissure of the teeth occlusal surfaces of the posterior teeth  
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Class II Caries   proximal (mesialor distal) surfaces on the posterior teeth (premolars & molars)  
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Class III Caries   Interproximal surfaces (mesial & distal) of anterior teeth (canines, lateral incisors & central incisors)  
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Class IV Caries   interproximal surfaces (mesial or distal) of anterior teeth & include the incisal edge  
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Class V Caries   cervical third of the facial or lingual surface of the tooth. Caries V caries occur because the patient regularly sucks on sweets (gingival third)  
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Class VI Caries   Caries were not part of original standard classification. of cavities. involve the incisal or occlusal surface that has been worn away due to abrasion  
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Palmer   permanent teeth are #red 1 through 8 in each quadrant bracket is used to denote which quadrant it is referring to  
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FDI   Permanent dentition is identified by a 1 for the upper right quadrant, 2 for the upper left quadrant, 3 for the lower left quadrant, 4 for the lower right quadrant  
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Universal   Each permanent tooth has its own #, Starting form the maxillary right 3rd molar as 1 to maxillary left 3rd molar as 16 drops to mandibular left 3rd molar as 17 to mandibular right 3rd molar as 32  
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Red   Work to be done  
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Blue   Work completed  
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Crowns made of?   Gold, porcelain, gold and porcelain  
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Amalgam   Outlined & filled solid blue or red  
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Composite   Outlined in red or blue  
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Completed RCT   line straight through root red or blue  
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Implant   Lines on root blue or red  
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Parts of a Dental Hand Instrument   Working end, shank, handle  
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Hand Cutting Instruments   Angle formers, chisels, excavators, gingival margin trimmers, hatchets, hoes  
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Excavator   Also known as "spoon excavators" are instruments used to remove various material and debris from the teeth.  
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Uses of Mouth mirror   Indirect vision, reflection of light, retraction, transillumination  
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Plastic Filling Instruments   Used to place and condense pliable restorative materials and to place cement bases in the cavity preparation.  
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Round bur   Used first to open the cavity & remove carious tooth structures  
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Contra-angle headpiece- shank   Latch type  
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Inverted Cone Bur   Removes caries & makes undercuts in the preparation  
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Abrasive materials: garnet, sand, emery, & cuttlefish   Sandpaper discs  
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Bur placed where in hand piece   The chuck hold the shank portion of the bur in place  
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Bur for the high speed   Friction-grip shank  
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Tapered Fissure straight   Forms divergent walls of the cavity preparation  
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Plain fissure cross cut   Forms the cavity walls of the preparation  
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Diamond Burs   Rapid reduction of tooth structures during cavity preparations, polishing & finishing composite restorations, and occlusal adjustment  
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Operator signals they are ready for exchange   Usually, this signal occurs when the operator tilts the instrument back away from the patient while still maintaining a folcrum  
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Instrument transfer: right/ left handed operator   Assistant's left hand w/ a right handed operator Assistant's right hand w/ a left handed operator  
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Pen grasp   Same manner as a pen or pencil. Used w/ angled shanks  
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Modified Pen Grasp   Held with the same fingers as the pen grasp except that the pad of the middle finger is placed on the top of the inst. w/ the index finger. Proffered provides more control & strength used w/ angled shanks  
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palm grasp   Holds inst. In the palm of the hand & fingers grasp the handle of the inst. Used w/ surgical pliers, rubber dam forceps, & other forceps  
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Palm Thumb Grasp   Grasps handle of the inst. in the palm of the hand w/ the four fingers wrapped around the handle while the thumb is extended upward from the palm. Used w/ straight shanks & blades, such as chisels or the wedelstaedt chisel  
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DA holds inst. to be transferred   Hold inst. to be passed parallel to the inst. held by the operator  
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Maintaining the operation field-Requirements   Determined by the type of procedure, thru tooth or teeth being treated, oral anatomy of the patient, & the preferences of the operator  
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Tissue retracted- field of vision   Retraction of the tongue cheeks lips & tissue is used to increase the field of vision in the oral cavity  
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Stinson's duct-saliva   Dry angles  
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During indirect Vision keep mirror cleared how?   Directing air w/ air/water syringe  
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Grasp for posterior HVE   Thumb to nose grasp  
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Grasp for anterior HVE   Pen or modified grasp  
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Palpation   Feeling w/ fingers  
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Etiology   Cause of disease  
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Inflammatory Process   Erythema (redness), heat, edema (swelling), pain  
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Blister   Raised area, usually oval or circular, filled w/ fluid that protects the damaged tissue  
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Abscess   Concentrated area of pus formed as a result of infection by microorganisms  
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Shingles   Herpes Zoster painful lesions that can last up to 5wk  
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leukoplakia   White leathery patch that cannot be identified as any other type of lesion  
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Kaposis Sarcoma   AID's patients present w/ an usual malignant vascular tumor  
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Anodontia   Occurs when teeth are congenitally missing  
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Hyperplasia   Ill-fitted dentures cause small ulcers that, after continued irritation become folds of excess tissue in the palatial area the rugs palatine become inflamed & swollen  
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Bells palsy   Temporary paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face  
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Ankylosis   Condition in which the tooth cementum or Dentin fuses w/ the alveolar bone, restricting movement of the tooth as well as eruption  
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Gingival Hyperplasia   Occurs when the connective tissue grows over the tooth (Dilantin hyperplasia)  
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Cancer warning signs   -sores,- lumps &swelling in lips & neck,- white lesions or rough,- Dryness in mouth, - numbness in or around mouth,- soreness or burning sensation,- difficulty chewing, speaking, or swallowing,- repeated bleeding  
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Coolant from hand piece   Air, water, or an air water spray is used  
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Classification for caries developed by?   G.V. Black (the "grand old man of dentistry")  
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Upright Position    
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During Inst. Tranfer    
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