Clinic I Unit VIII Knowledge Par-tay

Name the primary role of the acquired pellicle in oral health?

• To provide nutrients to oral bacteria

• To protect enamel from acids

• To increase plaque formation

• To cause tooth discoloration

Which biofilm formation stage involves bacteria's initial attachment to the tooth surface?

• Maturation

• Colonization

• Initial adherence

• Dispersion

Which one is a risk factor for dental caries?

• Frequent tooth brushing

• Irregular tooth surfaces

• Low sugar diet

Critical pH for enamel demineralization

• 4.5 to 5.5

• 6.2 to 7.0

• 6.0 to 6.4

• None of these are correct

Name the inorganic component of calculus?

• Desquamated epithelial cells

• Mucin from saliva

• Leukocytes

• Calcium

Enamel hypomineralization resulting from ingestion of excessive fluoride during tooth mineralization.

• abnormal dentin

• antibiotics damage

• Fluorosis

• yellowing of the teeth

What are the steps for calculus formation?

• biofilm formation, mineralization, pellicle formation.

• mineralization, pellicle formation, biofilm formation.

• mineralization, biofilm formation, pellicle formation.

• pellicle formation, biofilm formation, mineralization.

Which one is not a step in the preventive program?

• create the setting.

• implement interventions.

• educate about oral disease.

• Identify an approach that will motivate the patient.

Which of the following is the goal of the Health Behavioral Model?

• To explain change and maintenance of health behavior and to provide a guiding framework for health behavior interventions

• To suggest a health behavior change that involves six stages of change

• To provide personal centered goal-directed methods of communication for eliciting and strengthening intrinsic motivation for positive change

Which one is NOT preventive counseling?

• The patient placed in a supine position in the dental chair.

• The clinician sitting face-to-face with the patient.

• The clinician is attentive and listening.

• The clinician builds a trusting relationship.