DGPD 722 Name: _________________________ Quiz 4 February 11, 2011

1. You have completely removed all the caries (with no pulp exposure) from a deep carious lesion on a primary second molar with a normal pulp on a 3 year-old child. Which of the following treatments would you perform prior to placing the final restoration?

a. Indirect Pulp Treatment b. Therapeutic Pulpotomy c. Protective Liner d. Direct Pulp Cap

2. If you have a carious pulp exposure in a primary tooth, which of the following is not recommended?

a. Therapeutic Pulpotomy with Ferric Sulfate b. Direct Pulp Cap c. Therapeutic Pulpotomy with Formocresol d. Rubber Dam Isolation

3. Which of the following is an example of nonvital pulp treatment for primary teeth diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis or a necrotic pulp?

a. Indirect Pulp Treatment b. Therapeutic Pulpotomy c. Direct Pulp Cap d. Pulpectomy

4. Which of the following is not an indication for extraction of a primary tooth?

a. Radiographic caries near pulp in tooth with reversible pulpitis b. Inadequate tooth structure remaining for a restoration c. Excessive root resorption exists radiographically d. Infectious process cannot be arrested by pulp therapy

5. When performing a partial pulpotomy for a traumatic exposure (Cvek pulpotomy) in a young permanent tooth, which of the following is true?

a. Treatment must be initiated within one hour of the traumatic accident b. Never remove more than 1-3 mm of inflamed pulp tissue beneath the

exposure c. Neither time between the accident and treatment nor size of the

exposure is critical if inflamed superficial pulp tissue is amputated to healthy pulp

d. Gray MTA is recommended for anterior teeth

6. Which of the following is not an example of vital pulp therapy for young permanent teeth diagnosed with a normal pulp or reversible pulpitis?

a. Apexification b. Partial Pulpotomy for Carious or Traumatic Exposures c. Protective Liner d. Apexogenesis

7. A 7 year-old patient with a history of pain (short duration) only when eating has deep occlusal caries on tooth #19. Which of the following techniques is not a technique to be implemented for continued apexogenesis?

a. Indirect Pulp Treatment b. Pulpectomy c. Direct Pulp Cap d. Partial Pulpotomy for Carious Exposure

8. Which medicament/treatment for pulpotomies in primary teeth has less long-term success?

a. Zinc oxide/ eugenol (ZOE) b. Electrosurgery c. IRM d. Gluteraldehyde

9. Of the following medicaments, which is best for pulp therapy in permanent teeth?

a. Zinc oxide/ eugenol (ZOE) b. IRM c. Calcium hydroxide d. Gluteraldehyde

10. In which of the following scenarios would you consider pulp therapy over extraction of a primary tooth?

a. Large carious lesion into the pulp on a primary second molar in a seriously ill child with leukemia

b. Large carious lesion into the pulp on a primary second molar in a 10 year-old child

c. Large carious lesion into the pulp on a primary second molar in a 4 year-old child

d. Swollen, abscessed primary second molar with spontaneous pain in a 7 year-old child