HOSA DENTAL TERMINOLOGY
2024| 1723 QUESTIONS| WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ALARA correct answer: as low as reasonably achievable
ANUG correct answer: acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
CDA correct answer: certified dental assistant
DDS/DMD correct answer: Doctor of Dental Surgery/Doctor of Medical Dentistry
FFD correct answer: film focus distance or focal film distance
HIV correct answer: human immunodeficiency virus
HVE correct answer: high volume evacuation
MPD correct answer: maximum permissible dose
MSDS correct answer: material safety data sheet
PID correct answer: position indicating device
PDR correct answer: Physician's Desk Reference
PPE correct answer: personal protective equipment
RDH correct answer: registered dental hygienist
ZOE correct answer: zinc oxide eugenol
die correct answer: tooth or bridge pattern used in prosthetic dentistry
dye correct answer: coloring material, may be used to indicate plaque
auxillary correct answer: helping subsidiary, such as a dental assistant
axillary correct answer: underarm site, may be used to obtain body temperature
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esthetics correct answer: pertaining to beauty
anesthesia correct answer: loss of pain sensation
facial correct answer: pertaining to the face, front surface of incisal tooth
fascial correct answer: pertaining to the fibrous membrane on muscles
palpation correct answer: use of hand or finger pressure to locate/examine
palpitation correct answer: condition of racing or increased heartbeat
suture correct answer: area or line where two bones unite, such as coronal suture, also could mean a stitch or staple, repairing or closing a wound.
eponyms correct answer: terms denoting the person who develops or discovered the procedure,
area, instrument or disease. Ex: Nasmyth's membranes, Sharpey's fibers
a-/an- correct answer: without
bi- correct answer: two, double
hemi- correct answer: half
mon/o- correct answer: one
poly- correct answer: many
prim/i- correct answer: first
quad/quat- correct answer: four
semi- correct answer: half
tri- correct answer: three
uni- correct answer: one
albus correct answer: white
chlor/o- correct answer: green
cyan/o correct answer: blue
erythr/o correct answer: red
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leuk/o correct answer: white
melan/o correct answer: black
xanth/o- correct answer: white
hyper- correct answer: over/excess
hypo- correct answer: under/below
macro- correct answer: large
micro- correct answer: small, minute
pan- correct answer: all around
ultra- correct answer: extreme/beyond
ab- correct answer: away from
ad- correct answer: toward/near
ana- correct answer: apart
ante- correct answer: in front
de- correct answer: down from
dia- correct answer: complete
ecto- correct answer: outside
endo- correct answer: within
epi- correct answer: upon/over
ex/o- correct answer: out from
im- correct answer: into/position
in- correct answer: into/in
infra- correct answer: under/below
inter- correct answer: in midst of
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mes/o- correct answer: mid/among
para- correct answer: near/besides
peri/o- correct answer: around
post- correct answer: after/later
pre- correct answer: before
retro- correct answer: behind/back
sub- correct answer: lesser than
supra- correct answer: above/over
syn- correct answer: together
trans- correct answer: through
a-, an- correct answer: without
anti- correct answer: opposite
brady- correct answer: slow
con- correct answer: with
contra- correct answer: against
dis- correct answer: remove
in- correct answer: not
mal- correct answer: bad
neo- correct answer: new
tachy- correct answer: fast
un- correct answer: non/not
alveo correct answer: alveolus
apic/o correct answer: apex of a root
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