Exam 1: Introduction to the Dental Profession

The specialty that is concerned with preventing oral disease and diagnosing and treating oral care issues for children from birth through adolescence is _________.

The specialty concerned with the pathology and morphology of the dental pulp and surrounding tissues is __________.

The specialty concerned with the diagnosis, supervision, guidance, and correction of malocclusion in the dentofacial structures is __________.

Aristotle described the four fluids in the body as blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm.

Dr. ____ is credited with hiring the first female dental assistant.

Beginning in the very earliest of times, dental work was done by physicians.

Beginning in the earliest times, an Egyptian doctor of teeth, named _________, was the first dentist recorded, and he practiced in 3000 BC.

The dental specialty that deals with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of the oral region is ________.

Depending on the dental school, a DDS or a DMD degree is granted.

The specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating the diseases of the supporting and surrounding tissues of the tooth is ___________.

In 1840, the first dental college in the world was established in ____________.

The dental specialist who corrects malocclusion is the _______.

Lucy Beaman Hobbs Taylor was a teacher first and then became interested in medicine.

All dental laboratory technicians work in dental offices.

The dental specialist who replaces missing teeth is the ________.

The American Dental Association was established in New York in _____.

An endodontist treats pathologies of the dental pulp and surrounding tissues.