Chapter 54 Practice Quiz Flashcards
Specialties
An Instrument used for final enlargement of the pulpal canal in endodontics is the ?
Hedstrom File
During endodontic treatment, the pulpal canals are irrigated with?
sodium hypochlorite diluted with water
Following irrigation, the canals are dried with
paper points.
During electronic pulp testing, the tip is never placed on
gingiva and metal restorations
After placing the dental dam on a tooth to receive pulp therapy, you would disinfect the dental dam with?
iodine solution.
A surgical procedure in which the root canal is filled from the apex is a(n)?
retrograde
The prepared canals are filled with?
gutta percha.
Endodontic treatment is not recommended when the?
diagnosis is reversible pulpitis.
patient has a medical condition that precludes any dental treatment.
tooth has severe periodontal involvement.
( all of the above )
During endodontic treatment, local anesthesia may
be difficult to obtain in the presence of infection.
be used selectively as a diagnostic test.
not be required when the tooth is nonvital.
( all of the above )
During pulp testing, if the suspected tooth is the maxillary right first premolar, the control tooth should be the
maxillary left first premolar
A ____________ is football shaped and used in a low-speed handpiece
Gates-Glidden bur
A(n) ____________ is double ended and used to remove excess gutta percha from the crown.
Glick #1
A general dentist ______ legally able to perform endodontic treatment.
is or not ?
is
The standard of care established by the American Dental Association (ADA) for endodontic treatment requires the use of _____________ during endodontic treatment.
a dental dam
An inaccurate canal measurement may result in ?
overfilling the canal.
perforating the apex.
underfilling the canal.
( all of the above )
Following endodontic treatment, the patient will be referred to a(n) __________for the placement of the final restoration.
general dentist
A(n) ____________ is the surgical removal of the apical portion of the root.
apicoectomy
____________ have tiny fishhook like barbs along the shaft and are used to remove the bulk of the pulpal tissue.
Broaches
____________ are used in the low-speed handpiece to place sealer and cements into the canals.
Lentulo spirals
The removal of the coronal portion of the dental pulp is known as a technique called
pulpotomy.
The use of an endodontic microscope allows the dentist to see the details of the root canal system ___ times larger than the naked eye
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