Dental Materials Bonding Principles Practice Quiz

Bonding is the process of attaching restorative materials to the tooth by adhesion. The bonding process involves preparing the surface of the tooth or restoration.

• Both statements are true

• Both statements are false

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

When a resin bonding agent cures, it forms _________that adhere to the etched surface of the tooth.

• resin tags

• tissue tags

• chemical tags

• amalgam tags

A chemical bond can be considered as a primary bond

• True

• False

• Partially true

Good wetting of a surface increases contact of the material and the tooth. Poor wetting prevents complete contact.

• Both statements are true

• Both statements are false

• One statement is true and the other is false

Bond strength is:

• determined by the amount of force needed to break the two materials apart

• accomplished by pulling the two materials apart of by applying force until the bond fails

• stronger on enamel than a dentinal bond

• composed of all listed options

Enamel etching:

a) removes a small portion of the surface enamel

b) removes the smear layer

c) has various etching times

d) can only be placed on molars

• a, b, c

• a, b, d

• b, c, d

The smear layer is mainly made up of:

• bacteria and other viral microbes

• bacteria, saliva, and/or tooth dust

• saliva, calcium, magnesium

• tooth dust, amalgam and primer

__________ leaves a frosty appearance, is supplied as a liquid and a gel, and has various rinsing times

• Dental implants

• Temporary crowns

• Enamel etching

• A tongue scraper

Dentin etching is different from enamel etching as enamel contains a larger amount of water.

• True

• False

For enamel bonding, the resin is cured by a chemical process or light curing, it locks into the microscopic spaces and irregularities producing:

• light saber tags

• glass tags

• amalgam tags

• resin tags