RDA WRITTEN EXAM REVIEW
SECTION 1: Patient Screening and Education
TOPIC E: Education – Part 1: Nutrition and Dental Health
1. Nutrition plays a key role in the health of the teeth and oral cavity.
2. Dehydration can lead to decay. True
False
True
False
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3. The proper term for dry mouth is ______________________________.
4. What two segments of the population did I mention that may suffer from xerostomia?
a. ___________________________________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________________________________
5. Carbohydrates are a chief source of _______________.
6. Refined sugar is also called ____________ sugars and include ________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________.
7. The key nutrient that causes decay is _______________________ and specifically __________ carbohydrates.
8. Cariogenic means that it ___________________________________________.
9. What type of carbohydrates are the most cariogenic?
_______________________
10. The two main contributing factors that cause decay are:
a. ________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________
11. Explain why decay is caused from bug poop.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
12. The bacteria most responsible for decay is called ______________________________ _____________.
13. Where do we get cariogenic bacteria? _________________________________________________________
14. There is a truth to the statement “bad teeth run in the family.”
15. Decay is contagious.
True
False
True
False
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16. Why is it important that parents/caregivers take care of their own oral hygiene? ________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
17. Deficiency of protein causes lowered resistance to ___________________ and sores that do ______ heal.
18. Water is critical to good health.
True
False
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19. Fat soluble vitamins are _________________ and the water soluble vitamins are ____________.
20. Fat soluble vitamins are stored in _______________ and are _______ destroyed by cooking.
21. Vitamin ____ is essential for optimal ____________________________ and development of ______________.
22. Deficiency of vitamin A leads to increased susceptibility to ______________________.
23. Vitamin ____ enables the body to deposit calcium and phosphorus in the ____________ and bones.
24. A deficiency of vitamin D can cause the disease ________________.
25. Vitamin D is often called the ________________ vitamin.
26. Vitamin E helps to promote __________________ and may be used for our patients on ___________ tissue to
help healing.
27. Vitamin ____ is essential for the formation of _________________________.
28. If a patient seems to have excessive bleeding after dental surgery or procedures, they may be deficient in
vitamin ____.
29. A deficiency of vitamin ____ can lead to cheilitis which is a condition where there is _____________ at the
____________ of the mouth.
30. A deficiency of vitamin ____ can lead to a disease called ______________. This disease is often referred to in
conjunction with _______________ as they rarely got fresh fruits and vegetables and were often deficient in
vitamin ____.
31. Low protein / high carb diets during pregnancy can cause reduction in the _____________________, delayed
__________________________, and a greater susceptibility to ________________.
32. The three essential minerals to the health of the teeth are ______________, ________________, and
________________________.
33. What additional mineral is a derivative of other minerals that is important to the strength of the teeth?
_____________________
34. Demineralization is caused from ______________, _____________________, ______ ____________, and
_________________________________.
35. Remineralization comes from _____________, ____________________, and controlling__________________.
36. Another term for demineralization is _____________________________.
37. _____________ + ___________________ + ____________ + poor ____________________ = demineralization
38. _____________ + ___________________ + ____________ + ____________________ = __________________