Deck 12: Dental Implants

Question 1

What is the difference in implant success rates between the maxilla and mandible attributed to?

A) Bone density
B) Residual ridge
C) The patient's age
D) There is no difference.

Answer 1

Bone density

Question 2

How often should oral hygiene for implant patients be monitored?

A) Every 3 to 4 months
B) Every 6 months
C) Annually
D) At each visit

Answer 2

Every 3 to 4 months

Question 3

Why is titanium used for implants?

A) Is lightweight
B) Does not corrode
C) Is biocompatible
D) All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following is true concerning home care for the implant patient?

A) Home care regimens should be customized for each patient.
B) All implant patients should receive standardized instructions.
C) Plaque-disclosing agents must never be used with implant patients.
D) Wooden plaque removers must not be used because they will scratch implants.

Question 5

What is an advantage to image-guided implant planning using cone-beam computed tomography?

A) Density of the bone
B) Precise thickness and height of ridge
C) Location of nerves and blood vessels
D) All of the above

Question 6

What is an acrylic guide essential to proper implant placement called?

A) Splint
B) Splice
C) Stent
D) Screw

Question 7

During a two-stage endosseous surgical implant placement procedure,the healing abutment is placed about _____ following placement of the implant fixture.

A) 1 week
B) 1 month
C) 3 months
D) 1 year

Question 8

Failure of the implant that occurs after the initial integration is often caused by which condition(s)?
1)Bacterial infection extending from the peri-implant tissues into the bone
2)Generation of excessive heat when the implant hole is drilled into the bone
3)Overloading of the implant during function

A) 1,2,3
B) 1,2
C) 1,3
D) 2

Question 9

Which of the following should occur during the hygiene visit for routine implant assessment and maintenance?

A) Routine probing is recommended.
B) The patient should return to the dental office at 12-month intervals.
C) The implant prosthesis should be removed for cleaning and maintenance.
D) The dentist may request periodic radiographs to check the bone level surrounding the implants.

Question 10

Close adaptation of _____ to the implant surface helps develop a biological seal that prevents microorganisms from invading the tissues.

A) periodontal ligament fibers
B) sulcular epithelium
C) cementum
D) saliva

Question 11

Why are endosseous implants more successful in the mandible than in the maxilla?

A) Blood flow is better in the mandible.
B) Gravity drags maxillary implants from their sockets.
C) The bone in the mandible is generally much denser than in the maxilla.
D) There is a greater lateral component of force on maxillary teeth than on mandibular teeth.

Question 12

What is the purpose of the acrylic resin surgical guide (stent)?

A) The stent is the drill used to cut into the bone.
B) The stent holds the patient's mouth open during implant placement surgery.
C) Predetermined holes in the stent allow the surgeon to cut a hole into bone for the implant at the correct angulation.
D) The stent is placed near the back of the throat to prevent the patient from swallowing any foreign objects during surgery.

Question 13

The _____ implant is the most commonly used in dentistry today.

A) supraperiosteal
B) subperiosteal
C) transosteal
D) endosseous

Question 14

The _____ attaches to the impression abutment and is used to replicate the implant fixture for the laboratory cast.

A) cover screw
B) implant analog
C) healing abutment
D) impression abutment coping

Question 15

Which of the following metals is most commonly used for implants?

A) Nickel
B) Titanium
C) Stainless steel
D) Molybdenum

Question 16

What does the term immediate-placement surgical procedure mean?

A) The top of the implant fixture projects through the soft tissue at the time of surgery and the healing abutment is placed.
B) The implant fixture is placed directly into the new socket when the implant procedure involves the extraction of a tooth.
C) A provisional crown is placed on the implant fixture immediately after surgical placement of the fixture.
D) The healing abutment is placed during the second stage of the surgical procedure.

Question 17

Which of the following is not part of postsurgical instructions for implants?

A) Soft diet
B) Ice packs
C) Brush area gently
D) Rinse with warm salt water

Question 18

The success rate of dental implants is more than _____% with careful case selection.

A) 50
B) 70
C) 90
D) 99

Question 19

What is the most common type of implant used today?

A) Endosseous
B) Subperiosteal
C) Transosteal

Question 20

Which of the following are recommended for use with titanium implants?

A) Air polishers
B) Steel curettes
C) Ultrasonic scalers
D) Plastic or graphite curettes and scalers

Question 21

Match the items with the correct description below.
Alloplasts

A)Grafts harvested from the patient's body
B)Grafts harvested from a cadaver
C)Grafts obtained from animals
D)Grafts made from inert,synthetic materials

Question 22

Match the items with the correct description below.
Allografts

A)Grafts harvested from the patient's body
B)Grafts harvested from a cadaver
C)Grafts obtained from animals
D)Grafts made from inert,synthetic materials

Question 23

If polishing of implant attachments is deemed necessary,what would the hygienist use?

A) Flour pumice
B) Only a rubber cup
C) A slurry of tin oxide
D) Medium to coarse paste

Question 24

List and describe the different types of surgical procedures for placement of implants.

Question 25

Failure of an implant after initial integration is often attributed what cause?

A) Unnatural forces on the implant
B) Poor surgical technique
C) Poor quality of bone
D) Bacterial infection

Question 26

Match the items with the correct description below.
Autografts

A)Grafts harvested from the patient's body
B)Grafts harvested from a cadaver
C)Grafts obtained from animals
D)Grafts made from inert,synthetic materials

Question 27

Match the items with the correct description below.
Xenografts

A)Grafts harvested from the patient's body
B)Grafts harvested from a cadaver
C)Grafts obtained from animals
D)Grafts made from inert,synthetic materials