What type of retraction cord is no longer recommended to use? (pg 204)

This embrasure is located between the marginal ridge and contact area and can be formed by a sickle explorer in soft amalgam at a 45 degree angle.

When restoring a maxillary tooth, best visual access can be obtained with the patient reclined in a supine (chair horizontal) position. The plane of the maxillary arch is:

An undercontoured Class V restoration:

Unfilled sealant material would need occlusal adjustment. Filled sealant material does not need occlusal adjustment.  (Pg. 192)

Which of the following gives you the most desirable surface smoothness with a class IV composite?

You have just condensed a large MODS complex amalgam on tooth #30 and you are ready to carve the facial surface which is overcontoured. What is your instrument of choice? 

Which of the following BEST characterizes dentin conditioning (etching) with composite?

Which tooth would be least likely to need a sealant?

When carving a Class V amalgam restoration, with a Hollenback carver, the gingival margin is carved with the ___________of the carver on the tooth surface.