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Identify the tooth surface(s) and the restorative material shown in the following Photograph that represents the left central incisor (Example: MO amalgam). INCORRECT SPELLING WILL RESULT IN A (½) point deduction per question. Credit will not be provided for a partial answer.

Refer to the Case Study to answer the following questions. What term describes the appearance of the tongue?

Identify the type of restorative material used on tooth #3 and its G.V. Black Classification.

To determine the clinical attachment levels, all of the following measurements may be used except one. Which one is the exception?

  How many teeth have amalgam restorations?

A carious lesion appears to be the condition present in the  photograph. What is the G.V. Black classification for this condition?  

A patient presents with a probing depth that is apical to the alveolar crest. This describes a (n) ___?

The probing technique requires the clinician to place 1-2mm of the lateral side of the probe in contact with the tooth surface. The probe should be positioned parallel to the tooth as the clinician walks the instrument across the facial or lingual surface.

An intrinsic stain is located on the inside of the tooth. An extrinsic stain is found on the outside of the tooth?

What anatomical landmark is located posterior to the last molar on the maxillary arch?