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Exam questions answers (Sample 11): 1. Which ONE of the following is the most important property for dental cement to guarantee long term clinical success? a. Compressive strength b. Resistance to solubility and disintegration c. Low coefficient of thermal expansion d. Radiopacity similar to tooth structure e. Setting contraction 2. Microleakage of bacterial endotoxins will result in: a. Pulpal inflammation b. Sensitivity c. Cement dissolution d. Loss of adhesion to dentin 3. Which one of the following is the reason that dental cement cannot be set by light curing methods alone? a. Inadequate access b. Oxygen inhibition of thin films c. Excessive polymerization shrinkage d. Visible light heating effects on the pulp e. Dentin absorption in the visible light range 4. The overall reaction and properties of dental cements are most appropriately analyzed in terms of: a. Non-crystalline ceramics b. Non-crystalline polymers c. Rule-of-mixtures for composites d. Griffith-Orowan theory e. Brannstrom theory 5. Which ONE of the following dental cements does NOT contain zinc oxide as part of its powder composition? a. Zinc phosphate cement b. Zinc silico-phosphate cement c. ZOE cement d. Durelon cement e. Silicate cement 6. Which ONE of the following dental cements does NOT contain water as part of the composition of the liquid component? a. Flecks cement b. IRM cement c. Polycarboxylate cement d. Tenacin cement e. Geristore cement 7. Eugenol does NOT have which ONE of the following characteristics? a. Oily liquid b. Same composition as oil of cloves c. Aromatic Odor d. High reactivity toward ZnO e. Obtundent effect on pulp 8. Phosphoric acid SOLUTIONS which are used as the liquid component of zinc phosphate and silico-phosphate cements have an INITIAL pH value of: a. 0.1 to 1.0 b. 1.0 to 2.0 c. 2.0 to 3.0 d. 3.0 to 5.0 e. 5.0 to 7.0 9. Which of the cement powders for the following dental cements does NOT have a basic pH value? a. ZOE