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DENTISTRY EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -33 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Who originated the title of " surgeon dentist" and dispelled the theory that tooth decay was caused by a toothworm and was also known as the " father of modern dentistry"

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Pierre Fauchard Question 2: Who was the first to describe the differneces between molars and premolars

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Leonardo da Vinci Question 3: Who was it that described a toothache as "the most atrocious pain that can torment a man without being followed by death" and was also known as the"father of modern surgery"

Answer:

Ambroise Pare

Question 4: study under the guidance of a dentists or other professional

Answer:

preceptorship

Question 5: What was the name of the first dental college in the world

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Baltimore college of dental surgery Question 6: Who was it that used arsenic to treat decayed teeth and developed a silver amalgam paste for fillings

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the Chinese Question 7: infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth

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periodontal disease Question 8: more than ________ years ago , a cleft palate was repaired on a child in China

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2200 Question 9: a solemn obligation to refrain from wrongdoing and to treat patients with confidentiality and to the best of one's ability is also know as what

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The Hippocratic Oath

Question 10: who was known as the father of medicine

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Hippocrates

Question 11: Who was the first author to mention the nerves of the teeth

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Claudius Galen Question 12: commission that accredits dental , dental assisting, dental hygiene, and dental laboratory educational programs

Answer:

commission on dental accreditation of the american dental association

Question 13: who was the first black woman in the country to earn a formal DDS degree, and the first black woman to practice dentistry in Chicago

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Ida Gray ( Ida Gray-Rollins )

Question 14: who discovered x-rays, or radiographs in 1895

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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Question 15: Who was known as the"Grand Old Man of Dentistry"

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G.V. Black Question 16: who developed tooth-cleaning powders made from eggshells, bones, and oyster shells mixed with honey

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The Romans

Question 17: which 2 men are listed as being George Washington's Dentist

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John Baker and John Greenwood

Question 18: a mixture of mercury, silver, and tin

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silver amalgam paste

Question 19: What were the 2 major contributions to dentistry from G.V. Black

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the principle of extension for jprevention and the standardized rules of cavity preparation and filling Question 20: Who mistakenly stated that the gingiva was responsible for tooth formation and thought that men has 32 teeth and women had only 30

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Aristotle

Question 21: Today women represent ____ % of students in some dental schools

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50

Question 22: formal article or book based on dental evidence and facts

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dental treatise

Question 23: who was the first dental hygienist

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Irene Newman

Question 24: who was regarded as the first native-born american dentist

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Isaac Greenwood Question 25: who was the earliest dentist that practied about 3000 B.C. and was called " Chief of the toothers and the physicians"

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Hesi-Re

Question 26: In the 1900's what postion did dental staff work in

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standing

Question 27: Who was the first female dental assistant

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Malvina Cueria

Question 28: the first dental college in the world is now known as what

Answer:

University of maryland , school of dentistry