Dental Materials Chapter 1 & 2 Quiz

Why study dental materials:

• To enhance safety and promote awareness

• All options

• To maintain materials properly

• To dispense/delivery materials correctly

• To educate patients/clients

As future dental hygienists, opinion-based dentistry is more important than evidence-based dentistry.

• True

• False

The safe interaction of a dental material with the rest of the body is defined as the material's

• radioactivity

• carcinogenicity

• biocompatibility

• chemical reaction

Which of the following materials are most likely to fracture under compressive stress:

• Amalgam

• Composite resin

• Porcelain

• Acrylic

Which of the following restorative materials is most soluble?

• Amalgam

• Glass ionomer

• Porcelain

• Acrylic

Corrosion is of concern for which of the following restorative materials?

• Gold

• Composite resin

• Amalgam

• Porcelain

Restorative materials with values of thermal conductivity similar to enamel include:

• Gold

• Composite resin

• Amalgam

• Gold foil

Microleakage may be responsible for new decay. Microleakage may also be responsible for postoperative sensitivity.

• Both statements are true

• Both statements are false

• The first statement is true and the second statement is false

• The first statement is false and the second statement is true

The term that describes the intensity of colour is:

• hue

• value

• chroma

• opacity

The most common types of forces for mastication are:

• compressive, tensile, shearing

• compressive, shearing, mechanical

• shearing, mechanical, chemical

• tensile, compressive, biomechanics