WorksheetsDental Caries
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is NOT a stage of dental carious lesion development?
a)
White Area Lesion: Early Stage
b)
Intermediate Infection: Visible Lesion
c)
Cavitated Lesion
d)
Initial Infection: Invisible Lesion
2.
Lactobacilli bacteria are most active during the initial stages of demineralization?
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The use of air/water during carious lesion detection is not necessary?
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Due to the use of fluoride in community water, incidences of caries have decreased by?
a)
75%-85%
b)
100%
c)
40%-60%
d)
35%-45%
5.
Coronal caries are lesions that have passed through the enamel into the dentin?
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Methods of detecting carious lesions include?
a)
Loupes
b)
Blunt probes
c)
Radiographs
d)
All of the above
7.
According to the picture, what type of caries is depicted?
a)
Cavitated Lesion: root caries
b)
White Area: Later Stage (White Spot Lesion)
c)
Cavitated Lesion: coronal caries
d)
Initial Infection: Invisible Lesion
8.
Which factors must NOT be present in order for a carious lesion to form?
a)
Acidogenic bacteria
b)
Fermentable carbohydrates
c)
Saliva protective factors
d)
Acid production
9.
Neutral pH minimizes remineralization while critical pH does not?
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Xerostomia increases buffering and promotes remineralization?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Fluorides mechanism of action include all but which?
a)
Enhances remineralization
b)
Inhibits demineralization
c)
Inhibits bacterial growth
d)
Enhances demineralization
12.
According to the picture, which type of carious lesion is depicted?
a)
White Area: Later Stage (White Spot Lesion)
b)
Cavitated Lesion: coronal caries
c)
Cavitated Lesion: root caries
d)
White Area Lesion: Early Stage
13.
Dental caries is infectious, transmissible, preventable, and the #1 chronic disease among American Children?
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Dental caries is a multifactorial disease?
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which type of bacteria is most active during the progression of a cavity?
a)
mutans streptococci
b)
Bifidobacteria
c)
Lactobacilli
d)
Streptococcus sobrinus
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