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DA Chapter 17 Intro to the dental office FINAL
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In which areas would a dental unit be located? | The treatment room or operatory |
When seating a dental patient, where does the dental assistant place the patient's personal items? | Within sight of the patient |
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Which of the following areas are considered sterile? ›
A normally sterile site is defined as:
- blood.
- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
- pleural fluid. includes: chest fluid. ...
- peritoneal fluid. includes: abdominal fluid. ...
- pericardial fluid.
- bone. includes: bone marrow.
- joint fluid. includes: synovial fluid. ...
- internal body sites. specimen obtained from surgery or aspirate from one of the following:
Which of the following is an example of hot work? ›
"Hot work" means riveting, welding, flame cutting or other fire or spark-producing operation.
Which of the following regions would you expect to have the highest levels of seawater salinity? ›
The saltiest locations in the ocean are the regions where evaporation is highest or in large bodies of water where there is no outlet into the ocean. The saltiest ocean water is in the Red Sea and in the Persian Gulf region (around 40ppt) due to very high evaporation and little fresh water inflow.
What are the 2 types of dental units? ›
There are two types of the module depending on the dental instrument delivery system: up-mounted or down-mouted. For the up-mouted, it is more convenient for the dentist to return the instruments to their original position due to secure fixturing.
What are units in dentistry? ›
The cost of a dental cleaning can vary greatly. The reason is that scaling and polishing are billed according to the amount of time (or number of "units") taken to provide complete service. Units are 15 minute packets of time. If a hygienist scales your teeth for 30 minutes, that is 2 units of time.
What is an example of a sterile area? ›
During an operation, certain sterile 'zones' exist in the operating theatre. These are usually centred around the operating table, and are easy to identify. For example, all the green or blue drapes are sterile.
What are sterile areas? ›
More Definitions of Sterile area
Sterile area means a public area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property.
Where is the sterile area located? ›
Sterile Area – An area of the airport which provides access for boarding onto and off of aircraft (also referred to as the Gate Area). Access to this area is highly restricted, and only ticketed passengers and individuals with an Airport Security ID Card may enter this area via the TSA Passenger Screening Checkpoint.
What is an example of hot? ›
Examples from Collins dictionaries
It was too hot even for a gentle stroll. It was a hot, humid summer day. My small greenhouse gets very hot when the sun is shining. I was too hot and tired to eat more than a few mouthfuls.
Hot work means work involving electric or gas welding, cutting, brazing, or similar flame or spark-producing operations (§68.3).
What is an example of hot work OSHA? ›
OSHA defines hot work as: “work involving electric or gas welding, cutting, brazing or similar flame or spark-producing operations.”
Which of the following areas might have the highest salinity? ›
The highest salinity is found at Tropic of cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Freshwater, in the form of water vapour, moves from the ocean to the atmosphere through evaporation causing a higher salinity. Due to active evaporation, owing to clear skies, high temperature and steady trade winds, salinity is higher.
What regions have high salinity levels? ›
Salinity is higher at the equator compared with the polar regions, though salinity is actually highest in the global ocean in the horse latitudes of 30 to 38 degrees north or south. This is due to the influence of the global atmospheric circulation on climate.
In which of the following areas is salinity likely to be the highest? ›
The Atlantic Ocean has the highest salinity of the five oceans.
What does a dental unit consist of? ›
A dental unit comprises several integral parts that work together seamlessly to facilitate dental procedures. These parts include the dental chair, dentist stool, operating light, delivery unit, foot control, suction cannulae, cuspidor, and optional accessories.
What are the zones in a dental clinic? ›
Great dental design starts with an understanding of the three functional zones of a dental practice: public, clinical, and team.
What is dental operation unit? ›
Published November 2022 Dental units, or dental delivery systems, are a piece of equipment that is used during a dental procedure. The dental unit provides tubing for water and compressed air to travel through to operate certain instrumentation that is used in dental procedures.
Which of the following areas in a dental office is considered the nerve center? ›
The office is both the nerve center and the operational body of your practice. In a single visit, you can be responsible for storing everything related to the patient — files, impressions, data, records — as well as having the space and time to move them in and out, clean equipment and tools, and process their visits.