Dental System Assessment (terms)

Question 1

What term describes a collection of pus?

Answer 1

Abscess

Question 2

What term describes an inflammation of the pulp usually due to injury from dental caries or trauma?

Answer 2

Acute Pulpitis

Question 3

What is the most frequent cause of severe tooth pain?

Answer 3

Acute Pulpitis

Question 4

What term describes pain and inflammation resulting from exposed bone associated with disturbance of a blood clot after extraction of a tooth?

Answer 4

Alveoloar Osteitis

Question 5

What is another name for Alveoloar Osteitis?

Answer 5

Dry Socket

Question 6

What is the Natural opening in the root of a tooth?

Answer 6

Apical Foramen

Question 7

What term describes the common form of oral mucosal ulcer?

Answer 7

Apthous Ulcer (Canker sore)

Question 8

What term means torn or dislodged by force?

Answer 8

Avulsed

Question 9

What term describes the calcium and phosphate salts in saliva that become mineralized and adhere to tooth surfaces.

Answer 9

Calculus (tartar)

Question 10

What term describes a superficial infection caused by yeast like fungus?

Answer 10

Candidiasis (thrush)

Question 11

What term describes chalky white spots on the enamel?

Answer 11

Caries

Question 12

What term describes inflammation of cellular or connective tissue?

Answer 12

cellulitis

Question 13

What term describes a specialized external bony layer covering the dentin of the part of a tooth normally within the gum?

Answer 13

Cementum

Question 14

What term describes a fluid or semi-solid, fluid filled sac?

Answer 14

cyst

Question 15

What term describes a pitted area in the tooth caused by decay?

Answer 15

Dental Cavity

Question 16

What is the hard portion of the root that surround the pulp and is covered by enamel on the crown and by cementum on the root?

Answer 16

Dentin

Question 17

What part of the root transmits pain stimuli by way of the dental fibers?

Answer 17

Dentin

Question 18

What term describes the natural teeth in the the dental arch?

Answer 18

Dentition

Question 19

What makes up the anatomic crown of the tooth?

Answer 19

Enamel

Question 20

What is the hardest material in the body?

Answer 20

Enamel

Question 21

What is a shallow injury in the mucosa caused by mechanical trauma?

Answer 21

Dental Erosion

Question 22

What term describes a connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain a part?

Answer 22

Frenum

Question 23

What term describes the masticatory mucosa that covers the alveolar processes of the jaws and surrounds the necks of the teeth.?

Answer 23

Gingiva (gums)

Question 24

What term describes inflammation of the gingival tissue?

Answer 24

Gingivitis

Question 25

What is the most common human disease and is one of the easiest to treat and control?

Answer 25

Gingivitis

Question 26

What term describes inflammation of the tongue?

Answer 26

Glossitis

Question 27

What part of the mouth is noted for its softer texture, moist surface, and ability to stretch and be compressed, thereby acting as a cushion for underlying structures?

Answer 27

Lining

Question 28

What term describes the formation of white spots or patches on the oral mucosa?

Answer 28

Leukoplakia (aka white patch)

Question 29

What term describes a severe infection of the gingival tissue?

Answer 29

Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis (NUG) aka Trench Mouth

Question 30

What term describes the natural contact of maxillary and mandibular teeth in all positions?

Answer 30

Occlusion

Question 31

What structure is almost continuously lines the oral cavity?

Answer 31

Oral Mucosa

Question 32

What type of tissue lines the oral mucosa?

Answer 32

stratifed squamus epithelium

Question 33

What term describes the study of all diseases in the oral cavity?

Answer 33

Oral Pathology

Question 34

What term describes an alveolar abscess localized around the apex of the tooth root?

Answer 34

Periapical Abscess

Question 35

What term describes an inflammation of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth?

Answer 35

Pericoronitis

Question 36

What term describes an inflammatory reaction that is frequently caused by bacteria entrapped in the periodontal sulcus?

Answer 36

Periodontal Abscess

Question 37

What term describes infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth?

Answer 37

Periodontal Disease

Question 38

What is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults?

Answer 38

Periodontal Disease

Question 39

What term the fibrous connective tissue layer co covering the cementum of a tooth and holding it in place in the jaw bone?

Answer 39

Periodontal Ligament

Question 40

What term describes inflammatory disease of the supporting tissue of the teeth?

Answer 40

Periodontitis

Question 41

What term describes the structures that surround, support and attach to the teeth?

Answer 41

Peridontium

Question 42

How many permanent teeth are there?

Answer 42

32

Question 43

How many primary teeth are there?

Answer 43

20

Question 44

What term describes soft deposits on teeth that consists of bacterial and bacterial byproducts?

Answer 44

Plaque

Question 45

What is the soft tissue inside the tooth developed from connective tissue of the dental papilla?

Answer 45

Pulp

Question 46

What is the chief function of pulp?

Answer 46

The formation of dentin

Question 47

What is a general term used to denote inflammation of the oral mucosa?

Answer 47

Stomatitis

Question 48

What term describes the space between tooth and free gingiva?

Answer 48

Sulcus