Community dentistry: atraumatic restorative treatment: practice question

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Dentistry · Community dentistry: atraumatic restorative treatment

Sample item

In a village school without electricity, a child's cavity is cleaned with hand instruments and filled with glass ionomer. What is this approach?

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The answer and the reasoning

D. Atraumatic restorative treatment

Atraumatic restorative treatment removes soft carious dentine with hand instruments and restores with adhesive glass ionomer, suiting community settings. It needs no electricity or anaesthesia in most cases.

Option by option

  • A. Apicectomy

    Apicectomy is a surgical procedure at the root tip.

  • B. Pulpectomy

    Pulpectomy removes the whole pulp.

  • C. Crown preparation

    A crown preparation requires rotary instruments.

  • D. Atraumatic restorative treatment (correct)

    Correct. Hand excavation and glass ionomer define ART.

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What is the answer to this Dentistry question?

The best answer is D, Atraumatic restorative treatment. Atraumatic restorative treatment removes soft carious dentine with hand instruments and restores with adhesive glass ionomer, suiting community settings.

Why is "Apicectomy" not the answer?

Apicectomy is a surgical procedure at the root tip.

Why is "Pulpectomy" not the answer?

Pulpectomy removes the whole pulp.

Why is "Crown preparation" not the answer?

A crown preparation requires rotary instruments.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Community dentistry: atraumatic restorative treatment in Dentistry. It needs no electricity or anaesthesia in most cases.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Community dentistry: atraumatic restorative treatment?

Learn the dental formula, eruption ages and tooth structure once, as tables. Then use the flashcards and the other Dentistry questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.