Dental Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is put on your teeth to correct a "bad bite"?
Answer:
Braces
2.
How many times a day should you brush your teeth?
Answer:
Twice A Day
3.
What is the sticky bacteria that forms on teeth and gums?
Answer:
Plaque
4.
What can be used as a replacement if your natural teeth are missing?
Answer:
Dentures
5.
What do you call the white string that you use in between your teeth?
Answer:
Floss
6.
What helps reduce tooth decay?
Answer:
Fluoride
7.
What does "halitosis" mean?
Answer:
Bad Breath
8.
What is used in sports to protect your teeth and mouth from injury?
Answer:
Mouth Guard
9.
Which teeth are frequently removed by dentists due to poor positioning?
Answer:
Wisdom teeth
10.
How many teeth should the average child have by the time they are three years old?
Answer:
20
11.
Who would you call if you needed dental work done?
Answer:
Dentist
12.
What is also known as a "fixed partial denture"?
Answer:
Bridge
13.
What is bruxism?
Answer:
Griding your teeth
14.
What is added to your teeth by a dentist to act as a barrier against tooth decay?
Answer:
Sealant
15.
When plaque hardens on your teeth what does it form?
Answer:
Tartar
16.
What is a small hole in a tooth also known as?
Answer:
Cavity
17.
What is the correct term for the inflammation of one's gums?
Answer:
Gingivitis
18.
What is your lower jaw called?
Answer:
Mandible
19.
What is maxilla?
Answer:
Upper Jaw
20.
Periodontal deals with what area of your mouth?
Answer:
Gums
21.
What does prophylaxis mean?
Answer:
Cleaning your teeth
22.
What is used in the mouth once braces are removed?
Answer:
Retainer
23.
What is the hard ceramic that covers the part of the tooth that is exposed?
Answer:
Enamel
24.
What is the name of the silver and mercury mixture that is used for fillings?
Answer:
Amalgam
25.
Who specializes in root canals?
Answer:
Endodontist
26.
What does diastema?
Answer:
The spacing between teeth
27.
What is it called when your upper teeth cover your lower teeth when you bite down?
Answer:
Closed bite
28.
What area does an orthodontist specialized in?
Answer:
Your Bite And Smile
29.
What do you bite into to leave your bite mark to show how your teeth are aligned?
Answer:
Wax
30.
What is a crown?
Answer:
An Artificial Tooth
31.
What is the more common term for odontalgia?
Answer:
Toothache
32.
What is cariology?
Answer:
The study of tooth decay
33.
What is the titanium device that is used that looks like tooth?
Answer:
Dental implant
34.
Other than Enamel, cementum, and pulp, what is also an another major components of a tooth?
Answer:
Dentin
35.
How many types of dentin are there?
Answer:
Three
36.
Swollen gums, gums that are tender and bleeding are signs of what disease?
Answer:
Gingivitis
37.
Listerine and Scope are types of what dental product?
Answer:
Mouthwash
38.
In what source can fluoride be found?
Answer:
Water
39.
What is xerostomia?
Answer:
Dry mouth
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