1.

The main ingredient in traditional acrylic resin temporary materials for

intraoral fabrication is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Ethyl Methacrylate
Isobutyl Methacrylate
Bis-GMA
Methyl Methacrylate

ANSwER:
D. Methyl Methacrylate
EXPLANATION:
For both inlays and onlays, plastic (acrylic) provisional restorations are
fabricated due to final restoration being cemented. Their physical properties enable
them to withstand occlusal forces and adverse oral environment for short period of
time. Their temporaries must: restore and maintain proximal contacts, restore and
maintain occlusion, restore and maintain tooth contours and the margins should be
closed and flush with tooth.
Methyl Methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, and ethylene imine resins have been
employed to produce provisional restorations. However, methyl methacrylate is by
far the most common.

2. Which restorative material has the lowest thermal conductivity and

diffusivity?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Amalgam
Gold
Unfilled resin
Filled resin

Answer:
C. Unfilled resin
Explanation:
This characteristic probably offsets to some degree the undesirable effects of
the relatively high coefficient of thermal expansion, which is 7 to 8 time that much
of the tooth. Due to this low thermal conductivity and diffusivity, the unfilled resins
restoration changes temperature slowly. Therefore, it takes considerably longer for
the unfilled resins restoration to become hot or cold, as compared to metallic
restoration, which have a high thermal conductivity and diffusivity.

3. Acid etching enamel prior to placement of a composite restoration is reuired

for all of the following EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Conserves tooth structure

Reduces microleakage
Provides micro-mechanical retention
Increases esthetic

Answer:
D. Increases esthetics
Explanation:
This is FALSE: acid etching does not increase the esthetic of the enamel
margin. Do not be confused by the fact that you acid etch the bevel, which itself
function for retentions and esthetics.

4. Enamel etching is typically completed with?

a.
b.
c.
d.

37%
13%
37%
13%

Phosphoric acid
Phosphoric acid
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid

Answer:
A. 37% Phosphoric acid
Explanation:
Standard acid etching of enamel involves the application of 37% Phosphoric
acid for 15 seconds with a 15 second rinse and a 15 second drying to roughen the
surface of the enamel. This forms the little tags approximately 7-25 micrometers in
length, providing mechanical retention. When using the acid etch technique all
enamel cavosurface margins should be chamfered or beveled.
5. When preparing a Class V composite preparation you can have _______
rounded internal line angles because it is _______ to compress composite into
them than amalgam.

a.
b.
c.
d.

More, easier
Less, harder
More, harder
Less, easier

Answer:
A. More, easier

Explanation:
When restoring teeth with composite resin, it is much easier to compress the
material in rounded line angles.
The outline form of Class V restoration is not always uniform, it will vary depending
on the location and amount of caries or decalcification, the size and location of the
carious lesions determines the outline form of the cavity preparation. When the
carious tissue has been removed and margins are on reliable enamel or dentin, the
outline ill usually be rectangular with the corners round, ovoid or kidney shaped,
very much resembling the amalgam Class V preparation except that the line angles
are much more rounded.