1. The earliest evidence of dental prosthesis dates back to which civilization?
   1. Roman
   2. Egyptian
   3. Greek
   4. Chinese
   
   
   
2. The Etruscans are best known in prosthodontic history for:
   1. Porcelain teeth
   2. Gold wire fixed partial dentures
   3. Complete dentures
   4. Vulcanite dentures
   
   
   
3. The book “Le ChirurgienDentiste” was written by:
   1. Pierre Fauchard
   2. John Hunter
   3. Phillip Pfaff
   4. William Morton
   
   
   
4. Porcelain teeth were first introduced by:
   1. Claudius Ash
   2. Alexis Duchâteau
   3. Charles Goodyear
   4. John Greenwood
   
   
   
5. Who introduced the use of plaster of Paris for making dental casts?
   1. Phillip Pfaff
   2. Claude Mouton
   3. Pierre Fauchard
   4. John Hunter
   
   
   
6. Vulcanite as a denture base material was introduced after the discovery of:
   1. Acrylic resin
   2. Porcelain firing
   3. Rubber vulcanization
   4. Cobalt–chromium alloy
   
   
   
7. Charles Goodyear is associated with prosthodontics for his invention of:
   1. Acrylic resin
   2. Dental porcelain
   3. Vulcanized rubber
   4. Investment material
   
   
   
8. The first president of the United States to receive dentures made of hippopotamus ivory was:
   1. Abraham Lincoln
   2. John Adams
   3. Thomas Jefferson
   4. George Washington
   
   
   
9. The spherical theory of occlusion was proposed by:
   1. Hanau
   2. Gysi
   3. Monson
   4. Spee
   
   
   
10. The term “Prosthodontics” was officially adopted by the American Dental Association in:
    1. 1910
    2. 1923
    3. 1950
    4. 1948
    
    
    

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