CDYE Flashcards
(119 cards)
1
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When positioning always check
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Me, my patient, my light
2
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Eye level for dental assistant
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4-6 inches above operators head
3
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Supine position
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Patient head same level as their knees
4
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Distance between patients face and operator
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12-14 inches
5
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Light position maxillary
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On an angle towards maxilla 45 degrees
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Light position mandibular
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Directly above mandible 90 degrees
7
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Which body motions are not ideal
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Class IV and V
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Body motions class I
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Movement of fingers only
9
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Motions class II
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Fingers and wrist motion only
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Motions class III
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Fingers wrist and elbow (reaching for hand piece)
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Motion class IV
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The entire arm and shoulder
12
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Motion class V
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Entire upper torso
13
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Patients head is towards which clock position
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12 o’clock
14
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Operators zone
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Where person completing procedure is seated: right handed 7-12 left 12-5
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Transfer zone
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Where instruments and materials are exchanged over patients chest: right handed 4-7 left 5-8
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Assistants zone
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Right handed 2-4 left handed 8-10
17
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Static zone
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Directly behind patient. Countertop space, or portable equipment: right hand 12-2 left 10-12
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Two handed transfer
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Bulky instruments, rubber dam forceps, surgical instruments, hinged. (Mouth mirror right hand, explorer left hand)
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Single handed exchange
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Two last finger on left hand to retrieve instruments. Hand instruments, A/W syringe and hand pieces
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If fogging occurs on the mouth mirror
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Rub the reflecting surface against the patients buccal mucosa, blow a gentle stream of air across it or wipe it with a sterile gauze
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Intra oral fulcrum
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Tip of ring finger rests on a stable structure, is unbent, supporting the weight of the hand and instrument inside patients mouth
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Extra oral fulcrum
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Tip or side of finger rests against structure finger may be bent or straight outside the patients mouth
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Saliva ejector
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Fluoride treatment, sealants, under dental dam, cementation of crown or bridge, during orthodontic bonding
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HVE
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Keeps mouth free of saliva, blood, water and debris, retracts tongue and cheek away from the field of operation, reduces aerosol cause by high speed
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Isolation techniques
Cotton rolls, dry angles, dental dam
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Indications for dental dam
Controls moisture, improves visibility, improves client management
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Dental dam lubricant
Water soluble lubricant placed on the underside of the dental dam to help material slide over teeth
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Dental dam frames
Plastic u frame places under dam, young frame stainless steel placed on outside of dam, ostby frame round and plastic places outside dam
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Sublingual clamps used for
Partial erupted/ class V
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Cervical clamps used for
Class v
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Universal clamps
Placed on same tooth in the opposing quadrant as the jaws are same size on both sides
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Dental dam placement
Make sure teeth are free of plaque and debris and check chart for latex sensitivity
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Dental dam placement techniques one step method
Dam and clamp placed at the same time
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Dental dam placement techniques two step method
Clamp placed first then dam material is stretched over it
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Punching dam: how far are holes punched away from eachother
3-3.5mm
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Punching dam to flat or wide results in
Folds or bunching and stretching on lingual
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Punching the dam to curved or narrow results in
Folds and stretching on the facial
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Hand instruments design
Handle shank and working end
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Working end can have a
Point blade or nib
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There number formula 1st number
Width of blade in tenths of mm
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3 # formula second number
Length of blade in mm
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3 # formula third number
Angle of blade in degrees to the long axis of handle
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Four # formula first number
Width of blade
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4 # formula second number
Degree of the angle of cutting edge
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4 # formula third number
Length of blade
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4 # formula fourth number
Angle of blade to long axis of handle
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Allow operator to examine health of oral cavity
Examination instruments
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Assist in design of the cavity prep, refines and defines the walls (6 total)
Hand cutting
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Allow operator to place, condense and carve dental materials to the original anatomy
Restorative instruments
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Miscellaneous instruments and items used to complete a procedure
Accessory instruments
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Mouth mirror used for
Indirect vision, light reflection, retraction, transillumination (anterior)
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Allows operator to use tactile sense to distinguish areas of calculus, decay or other irregularities
Explorer
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Used to carry, place, and retrieve small objects such as cotton products to and from the mouth
Cotton pliers
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Excavators (spoon)
Used primarily to remove carious material and debris from teeth can also be used for removing excess cement, inverting rubber dam
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Use in a downward pushing motion to form and define point angles and sharpen line angles (4 numbered instrument)
Angle former
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Used to shape and plane enamel and dentin walls of cavity preparation
Chisels
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Clean and smooth the walls in a cavity prep, to remove enamel not supported by dentin
Hatchet
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Used to bevel the gingival margin wall of the cavity prep
Gingival margin trimmers
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Mesial gingival margin trimmer numbers
Angle 85 degrees or less
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Distal gingival margin trimmer number
Angle 90 degrees or more
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Used to clean and smooth the floor of the cavity prep (blade is perpendicular with handle)
Hoe
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Designed to carry and dispense amalgam (smallest end used to start the filling process)
Amalgam carrier
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Used to pack filling material into cavity preparation
Condensers (pluggers)
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Used to smooth rough margins of the restoration and shape metal matrix bands once placed.
Burnishers (beaver tail, acorn, football, t ball, and ball shape)
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Used to remove excess restorative material and carve anatomy in restoration before it hardens
Carvers
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Carver used on occlusal surface
Discoid-Cleoid
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Carver used interproximal
Hollenback carver
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Discoid end is shaped
Disc shaped
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Cleoid end is shaped
Pointed
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Designed to carry, place, condense and carve composite material in cavity prep
Plastic filling instruments (PFI)
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Trim excess filling material, working end has sharp knife like blade often used inter proximal along the margin
Finishing knife
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Accessory instruments: used to mix dental materials
Spatula
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Accessory instruments: used for cutting dental dam, retraction cord and stainless steel crowns
Brown and bridge scissors
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Accessory instruments: hold dental materials/ liquids
Dappen dish
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Accessory instruments: newly mixed amalgam is placed in here then picked up in the amalgam carrier for transfer
Amalgam well
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Accessory instruments: carry cotton products to and from oral cavity, removing matrix band, placing and removing wedges
Howe pliers/ 110
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Straight and short, speed ranges from 10,000 to 40,000 rotations per minute, operates the rotary instrument in either forward or back ward movement
Low speed
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Operates at speeds up to 450,000 rpm, maintains a water coolant system, operate with a friction grip device, some have a light
High speed hand piece
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High speed use
Rotary instruments used to remove decay and old or faulty restorations
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Small version of sandblaster, produces a high pressure delivery of aluminum oxide particles through a small probe
Air abrasion
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Operates at speeds up to 20,000 rpm, provides greater torque than hand pieces that are used intraorally
Laboratory hand piece
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3 basic parts to rotary instruments
Shank, neck, head (working end)
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Portion that fits into hand piece
Shank (latch type: low speed. straight shank: laboratory. Friction grip: high speed.
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Used for tooth prep, excavations decay, finishing cavity walls, finishing surfaces , drilling out old fillings, finishing crown prep, separating crowns and bridges, adjusting acrylic temporary crowns
Dental burs
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What are cutting burs made of
Tungsten carbide
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Burs: Used as initial entry into lesions, excavation of caries and placement of retentive features
Round bur (low speed) latch
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Burs: Used for refining internal features of cavity prep, creating line angles and retention/ undercuts, flattening internal walls and removing decay (low speed)
Inverted cone (latch)
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Plain cut initial entry into tooth and helps in forming the internal walls of prep
Straight fissure plain
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Cross cut helps in forming internal walls of preparation
Straight fissure cross cut
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Burs: used for the bulk of cavity prep extension to final outline form and smoothing of internal cavity walls
Straight fissure burs
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Plain and cross cut help in providing angles to the walls of the prepared tooth
Tapered fissure burs
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Burs: used in providing initial entry into tooth and a conservative cavity prep with rounded internal line angles
Pear burs
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Burs: creates a shoulder for the margin of a crown prep
End cutting burs
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Similar to cutting bur, except the number of blades or flutes are increased, the greater the number of flutes the greater it’s polishing capability
Finishing rotary instruments
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Brownie finishing instrument for amalgam does what
Smooths
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Greenie finishing instrument in amalgam does what
Polishes (slow speed)
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Used for final finishing and polishing of composite
Cuttlebone adhered to discs and points
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Used to attach the abrasive disc to the hand piece
Mandrel
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Cavity wall that does not extend to the external tooth surface
Internal wall
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Surface of the tooth prep that extends to the external tooth surface, named according to the tooth surface involved: distal mesial facial lingual and gingival
External wall
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Type of internal wall/ surface of the prepared tooth that runs parallel to the long axis of the tooth
Axial wall
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Internal wall of a prepared tooth that is perpendicular to the long axis of the tooth (wall that overlies the pulp)
Pulpal wall
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Angle formed by the junction of 2 walls / surfaces in a cavity prep
Line angle
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Initial cavity prep resistance form:
Dentist determines the primary shape and placement of cavity walls
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Initial cavity prep: retention form
Dentist knows where to place retention to prevent displacement (vertical forces)
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Initial cavity prep: convenience form
Accessibility in preparing and restoring (opens tooth to have enough visibility to decay)
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Removal of decayed dentin or old restorative material, insert retention notches needed, placing materials such as liners, bases or binding agents
Final cavity prep
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Where decay has extended beyond normal size or shape
Complex restorations
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Retention pins placed
When decay has extended into the cusp of tooth (1 pin per cusp affected)
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Matrix system must be used when
A wall of a tooth is affected (mesial or distal)
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Thin layer of tooth coloured material that is placed chairside to the facial surface of a tooth
Direct veneers (composite)
112
Porcelain fabricated in the dental lab (2 appointments)
Indirect veneers
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If restoration extends onto buccal what type of tofflemire is placed with a slight bend to accommodate to positioning from lingual
Contra angle tofflemire
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Diagonal slot on tofflemire always faces towards the
Gingiva
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Matrix band is
Properly contoured piece of stainless steel material to give support and form to the restorative material
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Extension matrix bands are used for
Class II with more extensive preparation and requires extensions to compensate for loss of cusp
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Matrix band loop placed towards the flat side for which quadrants
2 and 4
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Matrix band loop placed towards the screw when used with what quadrants
1 and 3
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The wedge is placed
Lingual side where the interproximal wall is missing
