Exam 15: Preventive Dentistry

A dietary analysis using a food diary includes everything a patient consumes each day for:

Which of the following is acceptable regarding bottles and sippy cups?

Dental floss should be used _____ brushing teeth.

The goal of preventive dentistry is to:

The type of toothpaste that should be suggested that shows a major effect on reducing supragingival calculus is ______ toothpaste.

Things to consider when you are teaching a patient how to brush most effectively include:

Xylitol has been shown to:

The major effects of water fluoridation have been proven to be:

As a dental assistant,your first step as a partner in prevention with your patients is to:

Since the 1950s,_____ has been the primary weapon in combating dental caries.

_____ is not used to clean a denture.

Patients should be cautioned about abnormal _____ of tooth structure over time,caused by vigorously scrubbing the teeth with any toothbrush.

Patients with acute oral inflammation should not be instructed to:

A preventive care dental program is a partnership between the:

An oral irrigation device is used:

To avoid spreading bacteria that cause caries in a baby,a parent should not put anything into the baby's mouth:

The first step in patient education is to:

For patient education to be effective,it should not be:

A _______ is a plastic-like covering applied over pits and fissures to protect the tooth against decay.

One part per million (ppm) of fluoride is approximately equivalent to one drop of fluoride in a _____ of water.