2014

DENTAL QUIZ BEE

Game mechanics
Questions are composed of 16 easy questions, 12 moderate
questions and 5 difficult questions.
All questions and answers are screened and are final.
The first group to buzz in will be given 10 seconds to answer. in
the event, that the group were not able to answer, the other 3
teams can steal.
In case the groups were not able to answer, the game master will
proceed to the next question
At the end of the 5
th
difficult question, the group with the highest
score will be announced as WINNERS.

SCORING SYSTEM
10 POINTS EASY QUESTIONS
20 POINTS MODERATE QUESTIONS
50 POINTS DIFFUCULT QUESTIONS
EASY QUESTIONS
CHEMISTRY
What is the main gas
found in the air we
breathe?

NITROGEN (78%)
PHYSICS
When light bends as it
enters a different medium
the process is known as
what?

REFRACTION
GENETICS
It is a single piece of coiled
DNA is known as a?

CHROMOSOMES
DENTAL ANATOMY
At what age is a child
expected to have 12
primary teeth and 12
permanent teeth?
8 YEARS OLD
GENERAL ANATOMY
Acromegaly is caused by
overproduction of what
hormone?
somatotropin
DENTAL MATERIALS
It occurs when impression
absorbs water which
expands the dimension of
the impression
Imbibition

MICROBIOLOGY
What type of bacteria most
frequently develops
resistance to penicillin?
Oral surgery
Type of LeFort fracture that involves
most of the nasal bone, maxillary
and palatine bones, lower two thirds
of the nasal septum and the
pterygoid plates.
LeFort 2
Staphylococcus

OMAE
A delicate thin layer of
tissue that covers the
entire crown of newly
erupted teeth

Nasmyths membrane or
primary enamel cuticle
page 63 Orbans

BIOCHEMISTRY
A TYPE OF Enzyme
that dissolves
fibrin.

PLASMIN
ORAL DIAGNOSIS
Examination of a 54 year old male
revealed a diffuse whitening of the hard
palate and many small elevated mounds
with red centers. The most likely
etiology for the condition is?

Heavy Smoking

ORTHODONTICS
Activity at the intra-
capital synchondrosis
closes at what age?
Between 3
rd
-th year
of life

ENDODONTICS
The act of attempting to move a
tooth with 2 instruments of
fingers to determine whether it
is loosely or firmly attached to
the alveolus
Mobility test

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
IT IS called number of cases
that will occur within a
population during a specified
period of time.

incidence

ORTHODONTICS
The most important
dental arch
dimension
Arch perimeter

ENDODONTICS
The surgical removal of
tissue in the periapical region
without resection of the root
itself
Apical curettage
MODERATE
CHEMISTRY
At room temperature,
what is the only metal
that is in liquid form?
MERCURY
PHYSICS
Substances that dont conduct heat
are known as what?
INSULATOR
DENTAL ANATOMY
Which cusp on permanent
maxillary molars generally gets
progressively smaller from the 1st
to the 3rd molar?

DISTOLINGUAL
CUSP
BIOCHEMISTRY
Which major typeof protein in the plasma
functions to provide colloid osmotic pressure in
plasma

A. Globulin
B. Albumin
C. Fibrinogen
D. all of the above

B. ALBUMIN
PROSTHODONTICS
Factors that can affect structural durability of
the restoration, Except:
A sufficient occlusal reduction
B correct placement of functional cusp bevel
C minimal axial reduction
D all of the above
E none of the above

C. minimal axial
reduction

Radiology
ALARA means
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
PROSTHODONTICS
The direction of resorption
of the maxillary ridge is:

Upwards and
lingually (inwards)

3rd year

1. What is the correct position for
ending a vertical releasing incision is
A. midbuccal of the tooth
B. At the line angle of the tooth
C. midlingual of the tooth
D. any
b. line angle of the
tooth


PHARMACOLOGY
This relates to the dose of a drug
required to produce the desired
effect to the dose associated with
toxicity.


Therapeutic index or
therapeutic window

PROSTHODONTICS
The maxillary denture
bearing area is
approximately?
Forensic Dentistry
He piloted the inclusion of
Forensic dentistry in
college curriculum.
Dean Arturo De Leon
22.96cm
2
COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
Sodium flouride for topical applications
possesses flouride in which concentration
a. 0.2%
b. 8%
c. 2%
d. 1.2%


2%
DIFFICULT
GENERAL ANATOMY
CN that provides motor innervation
to sternocleidomastoid muscle and
trapezius muscle
ACCESSORY NERVES
PHYSICS
Centigrade & Fahrenheit scales give same
reading at
A. - 40
B. - 32
C. - 273
D. - 100

A.-40
PROSTHODONTICS
Placement of grooves and boxes to an excessively
tapered preparation improves the retention form of
the preparation:
A increasing the surface area thus creating greater
adhesive potential of luting agent
B limiting the path of withdrawal
C create interlocking areas between the restoration
with the rough tooth surface of the preparation
D all of the above
B limiting the path of
withdrawal

ANESTHESIOLOGY
In a 2ml of local anesthesia which
has 1:100,000 epinephrine, convert
the epinephrine to micrograms

20MICROGRAMS
ORTHODONTICS
A HIGH ANGLE OF Y-
AXIS WOULD MEAN?
VERTICAL GROWER OR CLASS II
TENDENCY
And the winning
group is.