HCT Chapter 33: Dental Careers

What does the term halitosis mean?

• a dental assistant

• periodontal

• scraping a tooth

• offensive or bad breath

Bony cavities in maxilla and mandible in which the roots of the teeth are attached

• dentition

• alveoli

• plaque

• arveoli

________________ is when proper care of the mouth and teeth or maintenance of health and the prevention of disease.

• caries

• halitosis

• plaque

• hygiene

What is the irregularly shaped bone that forms the upper jaw?

• maximilla

• caries

• gingiva

• alloy

The dental team includes the __________, dental _________, dental __________, and dental ___________ technitian,..

• dentist

• anesthesiologist

• hygenist

• assistant

• laboratory

Which are some of the responsibilities of a dental assistant?

• answering the phone

• performing oral surgery

• making appointments

• working with billing accounts

When your tooth is divided into two sections they're called...

• crown, tip

• abscess, crown

• crown, root

• root, dentures

What does odontology mean?

• a career in dentistry

• the responsibilities of a dentist

• descriptions of tooth anatomy

• laboratory technitians

Label a and e

• upper lip, crown

• enamel, uvula

• hard palate, tongue

• crown, pulp

Label b and c

• soft palate, tongue

• root, enamel

• root, crown

• dentin, pulp