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dental assistant test review

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

what age should all 20 primary teeth have erupted?

Back (Answer)

2-3 years

#2
Front (Question)

what is the approximate age when teeth buds begin to erupt?

Back (Answer)

6 months

#3
Front (Question)

by what age are most of the 32 permanent teeth in place?

Back (Answer)

6-12 years

#4
Front (Question)

what device provides air and water during dental procedures?

Back (Answer)

try-flow syringe, air water

#5
Front (Question)

what is the name of the dental tray set up to perform a silver filling?

Back (Answer)

amalgam restoration tray

#6
Front (Question)

teeth located toward the front to include the insisors and cuspids are known as?

Back (Answer)

anterior

#7
Front (Question)

what is another word for dental decay or cavity?

Back (Answer)

carious lesion

#8
Front (Question)

the dental tray set up to preform and esthetic o white filling is what type of tray?

Back (Answer)

composite, esthetic restoration tray

#9
Front (Question)

what I the crown surface next to the teeth known as?

Back (Answer)

buccal surface

#10
Front (Question)

dental device that carries objects such as cotton to and from the mouth

Back (Answer)

cotton pliers

#11
Front (Question)

bowl or cup that the patient is allowed to spit out particles or fluid in

Back (Answer)

cuspidor

#12
Front (Question)

this device provides air pressure to operate dental hand pieces

Back (Answer)

air compressor

#13
Front (Question)

what color should a dental carious lesion be on a patient chart?

Back (Answer)

red

#14
Front (Question)

what color means treatment is needed on a dental chart?

Back (Answer)

red

#15
Front (Question)

what color means treatment is completed on a dental chart

Back (Answer)

blue

#16
Front (Question)

this device is used for cutting and shaping enemal

Back (Answer)

chisels

#17
Front (Question)

this device is used for the removal of dental caries and for refinement

Back (Answer)

excavator

#18
Front (Question)

bone like structure, softer than enamal but harder than bone

Back (Answer)

dentin

#19
Front (Question)

this device is used for examining teeth

Back (Answer)

explorer

#20
Front (Question)

dentin

Back (Answer)

bone like structure, softer than enamal but harder than bone

#21
Front (Question)

dentition

Back (Answer)

sets of teeth

#22
Front (Question)

sets of teeth

Back (Answer)

dentition

#23
Front (Question)

what device removes particles, debris, and large amounts of liquid from the oral cavity

Back (Answer)

high velocity oral evacuater

#24
Front (Question)

hardest body tissue that covers the crown

Back (Answer)

enemal