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The health of your mouth is an important part of the general health of your body. You know how to brush, you know how to floss, but what else do you know about the field of dentistry? Chin up and smile, you're going to find out!

A multiple-choice quiz by t0oth4che. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
t0oth4che

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
308,495

Updated
Jul 23 22

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10

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Tough

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The title "dentist" is synonymous with the title "dental surgeon". Who was the first person to coin the phrase "dental surgeon"? Hint

Chapin A. Harris

Horace Wells

Pierre Fauchard

Greene Vardiman Black

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Question 2 of 10

2. The dental surgeon is the most likely health care practitioner to identify and diagnose oral cancer. Besides looking at your teeth, he checks your tongue, cheek, throat, lips...the works!!! Just another reason to visit your dentist regularly. Which famous person died of oral cancer? Hint

Charles Darwin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sigmund Freud

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Question 3 of 10

3. Fear of dentistry is a common problem. Dental phobia often results in increased heart rate, raised blood pressure, hyperventilation and sometimes, fainting. What's the proper term for fainting? Hint

Syncope

Trismus

Hematochezia

Asphyxia

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Question 4 of 10

4. Fainting is one of the more common emergencies in a dental office. Thank goodness dentists are trained to manage just such an event. What position would a dentist place you in if you happened to faint? Hint

Fowler position

Prone position

Downward dog position

Trendelenburg position

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Question 5 of 10

5. In Medieval times, someone from which occupation would be most likely to extract a rotten tooth for you? Hint

Farmer

Lawyer

Builder

Barber

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Question 6 of 10

6. The rubber dam is in place and we're ready to cut tooth!! The high pitch whine of the handpiece can be heard in the parking lot. The dentist begins excavating the decayed tissue. It's really deep. He asks his assistant to get the elevator. What do you expect he's going to do? Hint

He's in way over his head and he's about to make a dash for his car

It's too deep for just a filling. He's going to initiate root canal therapy

The decay is way too extensive. He's preparing to extract the tooth

He's having a hard time seeing and needs to raise the chair

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Question 7 of 10

7. You've noticed a little bit of sensation while the dentist was working. He grabs the needle and gives you a second dose. What did he most likely inject you with? Hint

2% lidocaine, 1:100 000 epinephrine

3.5% bupivicaine 1:20 000 levonordefrin

4% prilocaine plain

2% benzocaine

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Question 8 of 10

8. As part of a root canal treatment on one of your incisors, the dentist uses a post and multi-surface composite restoration build-up (prior to the future crown). What time of material would the post most likely be made of? Hint

Stainless steel

Quartz fiber

Nickel titanium

Resin composite

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Question 9 of 10

9. You look carefully at the work the dentist has done in the mirror he gives you observing that the filling he placed doesn't match the tooth. The doctor isn't very concerned and shuffles you to the door, why? Hint

It's got the same shape as a tooth, let's not split hairs over colour

The filling material will slowly leach into the remaining tooth and bleach the tooth to a uniform blended shade

It's his first time, give him a little slack

The tooth is dehydrated, over the next few hours it will return to its normal shade and the restoration will match

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Question 10 of 10

10. Here are some famous people who are better known for contributions outside their chosen profession. Which of them is a dentist? Hint

Paul Revere

All of them

John Henry Holliday

Barney Clark

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The title "dentist" is synonymous with the title "dental surgeon". Who was the first person to coin the phrase "dental surgeon"?

Answer: Pierre Fauchard

Born in Bretagne, France in 1693, Dr. Pierre Fauchard is credited as being the father of modern dentistry. His text Le chirurgien dentiste, "The Surgeon Dentist" was published in 1728.

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud underwent over 30 oral surgical procedures to treat his affliction. Over 15 years, Freud's jaw was devastated by cancer, resulting in removal of the majority of his mandible. He eventually succumbed to the disease in 1939.

Answer: Syncope

Vasovagal syncope is caused by the efforts of the body to control the rapid increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Essentially the body is protecting itself from permanent damage!

Answer: Trendelenburg position

The Trendelenburg position is when the body is laid flat on the back (supine position) with the feet higher than the head. It was named after the German surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844-1924).

5. In Medieval times, someone from which occupation would be most likely to extract a rotten tooth for you?

Answer: Barber

Professional doctors considered dentistry to be beneath them so most people relied on barbers to carry out tooth extraction. The red on the barber's pole is often said to denote the blood spilled by the barber while acting as a surgeon.

Answer: The decay is way too extensive. He's preparing to extract the tooth

An elevator is the most commonly used instrument in the field of exodontia (tooth pullin'). It's used to place pressure on a tooth in a controlled manner to loosen it from the surrounding bone. It resembles a flat-headed screwdriver with a semi circular cross section at the tip.

7. You've noticed a little bit of sensation while the dentist was working. He grabs the needle and gives you a second dose. What did he most likely inject you with?

Answer: 2% lidocaine, 1:100 000 epinephrine

The most common local anesthetic is 2% lidocaine. The 1:100 000 epinephrine (adrenaline) is used as a hemostatic agent to minimize bleeding and prolong the anesthesia time.

Answer: Quartz fiber

Quartz fiber is the most common post material for anterior teeth. The quartz fiber has a similar tensile/contractile strength to dentin and it is a closer approximation to natural tooth colour than metal posts.

Answer: The tooth is dehydrated, over the next few hours it will return to its normal shade and the restoration will match

Isolating a tooth from the oral cavity will result in the dehydration of the enamel. Dehydrated enamel is whiter and chalkier in appearance that a hydrated tooth. That's why a dentist chooses the shade of the restorative material before he places the rubber dam.

10. Here are some famous people who are better known for contributions outside their chosen profession. Which of them is a dentist?

Answer: All of them

Although better known as a silversmith, Paul Revere was also a dentist for several years and is remembered as a patriot in the American Revolution. John Henry Holliday has gone down in history as the gamblin' and gunfightin' Doc Holliday and Barney Clark was the recipient of the first artificial heart.

Source: Author t0oth4che

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