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Review Test Submission: Examination 3 1-7-11
Content
User Alan Halls
Submitted 1/7/11 8:27 AM
Name Examination 3 1-7-11
Status Completed
Score 39 out of 60 points
Instructions
Question 1
0 out of 1 points
What percentage of the Black, White, Chinese and Latino (mainly Mexican American)
Adolescent population has a “mal-occlusion”?
Answer
Selected Answer: 32-53%
Correct Answer: 69-96%
Question 4
0 out of 1 points
The lower left permanent second bicuspid would be designated in the Palmer Notation
Method as:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
In the article “Orthodontics in 3 millennia. Chapter 8: The cephalometer takes its place
in the orthodontic armamentarium”, who was the most highly decorated dental officer in
the history of the US Army. During World War II, and his leadership of a National
Institutes of Health-funded program in craniofacial growth and development led to a
broader understanding of the form-function relationship in the craniofacial
region?
Answer
Selected Answer: Dr. Downs
Correct Answer: Dr. Moyers
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
In the article “Orthodoncia: Its Outlook” by Dr. Behrents, Dr. Angle characterized the
teaching of orthodontics in his time as:
Answer
Selected Answer: defective
Correct Answer: defective
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
The descriptive term for the necrosis that occurs in a pressure zone of the periodontal
ligament (PDL) as a result of excessive orthodontic force is:
Answer
Selected Answer: Biochemical zone
Correct Answer: Hyalinized zone
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Answer
Selected Answer: Class II division 2
Correct Answer: Class II division 2
Question 24
1 out of 1 points
In the article “Mesial force from unerupted third molars” by Southard et. al., based on
the results of this article, the following reasons could be used to remove third molars
EXCEPT:
Answer
Selected Answer:
To prevent mandibular incisor crowding
Correct Answer:
To prevent mandibular incisor crowding
Question 25
1 out of 1 points
Based on the lecture, the last synchondrosis to fuse (about age 20) in the cranial base is
the:
Answer
Selected Answer: Spheno-occipital
Correct Answer: Spheno-occipital
Question 26
1 out of 1 points
Answer
Selected Answer: Overjet
Correct Answer: Overjet
Question 27
0 out of 1 points
Morphologic factors that could affect an eruptive force were measured for a third
molar from a radiograph. These factors included:
Answer
Selected Answer: The length of the third molar root
Correct Answer: All of the above
Question 28
1 out of 1 points
At birth, the palate is relatively flat; in adults it is vault shaped. By which of the
following does this change occur?
Answer
Selected Answer: Deposition of the alveolar crestal bone
Correct Answer: Deposition of the alveolar crestal bone
Question 30
0 out of 1 points
At birth, which of the following structures is nearest the size it will eventually
attain in adulthood?
Answer
Selected Answer: Nasal capsule
Correct Answer: Cranium (Cranial vault)
Question 31
1 out of 1 points
Which term is used to describe the position of the chin in this profile?
Answer
Selected Answer: Retrognathic
Correct Answer: Retrognathic
Question 33
1 out of 1 points
Which derm layer forms all connective and muscle tissue and some epithelial tissue?
Answer
Selected Answer: Mesoderm
Correct Answer: Mesoderm
Question 34
0 out of 1 points
From the lecture, what percentage of maxillary permanent canine impaction can be
prevented with early intervention?
Answer
Selected Answer:
≈ 30%
Correct Answer:
≈ 95%
Question 40
1 out of 1 points
Of all facial clefts, cleft lip and palate represent approximately:
Answer
Selected Answer: 45%
Correct Answer: 45%
Question 41
0 out of 1 points
What is the relationship between the growth curves of the lymphoid tissues and sexual
characteristics?
Answer
Selected Answer: Both curves slope upward in parallel form
Correct Answer: Lymph tissue regresses as genital tissue develop
Question 42
0 out of 1 points
Answer
Selected Answer:
Complex open bite
Correct Answer: Compound open bite
Question 43
1 out of 1 points
In the review article “The etiology of late lower arch crowding alternative to mesially
directed forces: A review” by Richardson, which single factor contributed the most to
late lower arch crowding?
Answer
Selected Answer: Late mandibular growth
Correct Answer: No single factor contributes
Question 47
0 out of 1 points
When evaluating a smile, the maxillary incisal edges should follow the shape of the:
Answer
Selected Answer: Curvature of the upper lip
Correct Answer: Curvature of the lower lip
Question 48
1 out of 1 points
Answer
Selected Answer: Class II division 1
Correct Answer: Class II division 1
Question 49
1 out of 1 points
Answer
Selected Answer: Overbite
Correct Answer: Overbite
Question 51
1 out of 1 points
The timing of the first screening for orthodontic problems should include all of the
following EXCEPT:
Answer
Selected Answer:
When the eruption of the primary second molars begin
Correct Answer:
When the eruption of the primary second molars begin
Question 52
1 out of 1 points
How much extrusion is needed to properly restore a fractured tooth with a fracture line
2mm below the alveolar crest?
Answer
Selected Answer: 5mm
Correct Answer: 5mm
Question 55
0 out of 1 points
In the article “Orthodoncia: Its Outlook” by Dr. Behrents, after a look back at our history,
consideration of our present, and a glance forward into the future of orthodontics, the
future is described as:
Answer
Selected Answer:
in need of reorganization
Correct Answer: the best is yet to come
Question 56
0 out of 1 points
In the article “Orthodontics in 3 millennia. Chapter 8: The cephalometer takes its
place in the orthodontic armamentarium”, which doctor’s “analysis, published in
1953, offered specific guides for the use of cephalometric measurements in treatment
planning, based on what compromises in incisor positions would be necessary to achieve
normal occlusion when the ANB angle was not ideal”?
Answer
Selected Answer: Dr. Moyers
Correct Answer: Dr. Steiner
Question 57
1 out of 1 points