CDAMP Module VI
VOCABULARY WORKSHEET
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Directions: Using Delmar’s “Dental Assisting, a Comprehensive Approach, 4th Edition”
By Phinney & Halstead, 2013, Chapters 17, 18, 19, 20, 33 & 34, define the following
terms:
SECTION 1 – Introduction to the Dental Office, Chapter 17
Reception room –
Sterilization area –
Dental office laboratory –
DarkroomOperatory/treatment room –
Dental chair design –
Supine –
Subsupine –
Dental unit –
delivery systems –
Mobile carts –
Air-water syringe –
Dental handpiece controls –
Ultrasonic scaler –
Saliva ejector –
High volume evacuation (HVE)
Operator stool adjustments –
Dental assistant stool adjustments –
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Introduction to the Dental Office –2Operating light –
Sink controls –
Small equipment found in treatment room –
Communication system –
Computerized equipment –
Dental air compressor –
Central vacuum system Opening the office –
Closing the office –
Four-handed dentistry –
Six-handed dentistry –
Activity zones –
Classification of motion –
Class I –
Class II –
Class III –
Class IV –
Class V Preparation of the treatment room for the patient –
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Introduction to the Dental Office –3 –
Greet and escort –
List steps in seating the dental patient –
Ergonomics –
for operator –
for assistant –
Patient dismissal –
Special needs patients:
children –
seniors –
pregnant –
hearing impaired/blind –
with wheelchairs or walkers –
non-English speaking -
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SECTION 2 - BASIC CHAIRSIDE INSTRUMENTS & TRAY SYSTEMS
Chapter 18
Types of working ends on an instrument –
Shaft –
Shank –
Basic classification of dental instruments –
Black’s Formula –
three number –
four number –
Cutting instruments –
Non-cutting instruments –
Basic examination instruments:
mouth mirror, types & uses –
explorers, types & uses –
cotton pliers, types & uses –
Periodontal probe –
Plastic filling instrument –
Composite instrument –
Amalgam carrier –
Amalgam gun –
Amalgam condenser (plugger ) –
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BASIC CHAIRSIDE INSTRUMENTS & TRAY SYSTEMS –2 Amalgam carvers –
Burnisher –
File –
Finishing knife –
Spatula, types & uses –
Articulating forceps –
Scissors, types & uses –
Rotary instruments –
Bur –
Types of bur shanks –
Neck –
Head –
Functions of the following burs:
round –
inverted cone –
plain fissure straight –
plain fissure cross-cut –
tapered fissure straight –
tapered fissure cross-cut –
end cutting –
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BASIC CHAIRSIDE INSTRUMENTS & TRAY SYSTEMS –3 –
wheel –
pear –
diamond bur –
finishing bur –
surgical bur –
laboratory bur –
fissurotomy bur –
Abrasives –
Mandrels –
Discs, types & uses –
Stones –
Rubber wheel & points –
Care and storage of rotary instruments –
Dental handpiece –
high speed –
low speed –
fiber optic –
electric –
Rpm –
Frictional heat from handpieces -
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BASIC CHAIRSIDE INSTRUMENTS & TRAY SYSTEMS –4 –
Maintenance & sterilization of handpieces –
Air abrasion –
Microetcher –
Contra-angle –
Right-angle –
Bur tool –
Rheostat –
Tray systems:
preset –
cassette –
color-coding –
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INSTRUMENT TRANSFER & MAINTAINING A CLEAR OPERATING FIELD,
Chapter 19
Basic instrument positioning considerations –
Instrument transfer zone –
Fulcrum –
Tactile sensation –
Instrument grasps and examples of use –
Eight basic rules of instrument transfer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
One-handed transfer –
Two-handed transfer –
Transfer modifications with:
mirror & explorer –
cotton pliers –
scissors –
handpieces –
air-water syringe –
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INST. TRANSFER & MAINTAINING A CLEAR OPERATING FIELD –2-
mixed cement –
use of gauze during surgery –
Requirements for maintaining a clear operating field –
Evacuation system –
HVE tip –
Oral evacuation grasps –
Guidelines for oral evacuation tip placement –
Saliva ejector –
Three way syringe –
uses –
tissue retraction –
mouth props –
Isolite system types of moisture control –
Guidelines for expanded duty assistant working solo on a patient -
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SECTION 3 – ANESTHESIA & SEDATION, Chapter 20
Sedation –
Conscious sedation –
IV –
oral –
inhalation –
intramuscular –
Analgesia –
General anesthesia –
Topical anesthesia –
Local anesthesia –
Anesthetic hypersensitivity –
Toxic reactions –
Anesthetic cartridge/carpule –
Amides –
Esters –
Duration –
short –
intermediate –
long –
Vasoconstrictor –
Ratios –
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ANESTHESIA & SEDATION –2Local anesthetic complications –
Local infiltration –
Field block anesthesia –
Nerve block anesthesia –
Maxillary injection sites –
Mandibular injection sites Aspirating anesthetic syringe –
thumb ring –
finger bar/grip –
barrel piston rod/plunger –
harpoon –
threaded end –
Injection needle –
lumen –
bevel –
shank –
hub –
syringe end –
Care & handling of the dental needle –
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ANESTHESIA & SEDATION –3Protection against needle stick injury –
Parts of the anesthetic cartridge:
glass cartridge –
rubber stopper/plunger –
aluminum cap –
diaphragm –
Care & handling of the anesthetic cartridge –
Charting anesthesia administration –
Intraosseous anesthesia –
Periodontal ligament injection –
Intrapulpal injection –
Electronic anesthesia –
Computer-controlled local anesthesia –
Nitrous oxide & oxygen sedation –
indications –
contraindications –
Safety & precautions:
personnel –
patient –
Equipment -
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SECTION 4: DENTAL CEMENTS, BASES, LINERS, & BONDING AGENTS
Chapter 33
ADA Seals –
pH scale Acidity –
Adhesion –
Biting forces –
Types of stress & strain:
tensile –
compressive –
shearing –
Corrosion –
Dimensional change –
Elasticity –
Flow –
Galvanism –
Hardness –
Microleakage –
Retention –
mechanical –
chemical Bonding –
Solubility -
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DENTAL CEMENTS, BASES, LINERS, & BONDING AGENTS –2Thermal conductivity –
Thermal expansion –
Viscosity –
Wettability –
Dental cements:
self-cure –
light-cure –
dual-cure –
luting cement –
liner –
base –
Sedative/palliative effect –
Varnish –
Zinc phosphate cement; properties & uses –
Exothermic Zinc oxide eugenol (ZOE); composition & properties –
used as a luting cement –
used as a base –
NOT to be used where?
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DENTAL CEMENTS, BASES, LINERS, & BONDING AGENTS –3Polycarboxylate cement; composition & properties –
uses –
Glass ionomer cement; composition & properties –
uses –
Resin-modified Calcium hydroxide; composition & properties –
use –
Cavity varnish –
copal –
universal –
Resin cement –
types –
uses –
Compomer cement –
Etchants –
Bonding agents/adhesives –
Enamel bonding –
Dentin bonding –
Smear layer –
Techniques for detecting cavities –
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RESTORATIVE MATERIALS, DENTAL DAM, MATRIX & WEDGE Chapter 34
Cavity cleaners/disinfectants Desensitizer –
Amalgam –
composition –
types –
properties –
Alloy Mercury –
safety considerations –
Trituration –
Amalgamation –
Amalgam bonding –
Composite restorative material properties –
macrofill –
microfill –
hybrid –
flowable –
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RESTORATIVE MATERIALS, DENTAL DAM, MATRIX & WEDGE -2-
packable Glass ionomer restorative material –
Resin-modified Compomer restorative material –
Dental dam isolation –
advantages –
contraindications Dental dam material/sheet –
Napkin –
Frame –
types Punching guide –
Punch –
Clamps –
bow –
jaws –
points –
forceps holes –
wings –
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RESTORATIVE MATERIALS, DENTAL DAM, MATRIX & WEDGE -3cervical clamps –
Anchor tooth –
Dental dam forceps –
Uses of floss –
Lubricant –
Scissors –
Inverting/tucking instrument –
Stabilizing cord –
Ligatures –
Septum –
Pediatric placement of the dental dam Quickdam –
Matrix band –
stainless steel automatrix –
plastic strip –
crown matrix form –
sectional matrix Tofflemire matrix retainer –
parts –
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RESTORATIVE MATERIALS, DENTAL DAM, MATRIX & WEDGE -4-
Interproximal wedge –
types –
purpose -