Patient’s tooth shade should be taken before and after bleaching and recorded in ROS.

Occlusion refers to the points of contact between the maxillary and mandibular arches under normal function.

Your dentist has placed an amalgam filling on one of you posterior molars. After the numbness wears off, you notice sensitivity when eating ice cream. Which characteristic of amalgam explains why this is the most common problem encountered after placing an amalgam restoration?

Embrasures It is important that you carve the embrasures so you will maintain the interproximal contour of the tooth. The following illustration shows improper and proper proximal contour. Match the following letters to the description of the embrasure.

Silver diamine fluoride has both an anti-cariogenic and antimicrobial affect on a tooth.

Ground calcium sulfate dihydrate is heated at high temperatures under pressure with the presence of steam produces what product?

You have just placed the dam on a patient which is puckered between the teeth and bunched on the facial surface of the teeth in the mandibular anteriors. Your self-assessment of the punching indicates that the following mistakes made were:         1.      punching the curvature too flat          2.      punching the curvature too arched          3.      punching the holes too close          4.      punching the holes too far apart

 Finishing burs are more abrasive than

Amalgam is strongest in which of the following?

If you were transferring rubber dam forceps with a clamp attached for  restorative work, the operator would grasp the forceps with what type of grasp?