RAD Quiz 23

A Maryland bridge consists of a pontic with one or two metal clasps or wings on one or both sides that are cemented or bonded to adjacent natural teeth.

• True

• False

A broken dental instrument tip will appear radiopaque on a dental radiograph.

• True

• False

A dental implant will only be found within the bone in an area of a missing tooth.

• True

• False

A retention pin penetrates dentin only.

• True

• False

Amalgam tattoos are often found in edentulous areas of the mandibular arch.

• True

• False

Amalgam fragments could become embedded in tissue resulting in an amalgam tattoo.

• True

• False

Composite restorations vary from radiolucent to slightly radiopaque. 

• True

• False

Dental materials represent normal physiologic structures. 

• True

• False