10001. Which of the following anomalies occur during the initiation and proliferation of tooth development ?
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A. Oligodontia

B. Enamel hypoplasia

C. Amelogenisis imperfecta

D. Dentinogenesis imperfecta

10002. In a dried skull, holes on the lingual aspects of the deciduous teeth are called_____________?
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A. Canals of Hirchfeld and Zuckerland

B. Herversian canals

C. Volkmann canals

D. Gubernacular canals
10003. Dental lamina is active up to_______________?
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A. 1 year

B. 3 years

C. 4 years

D. 2 years

10005. The odontoblasts killed during cavity preparation are derived from_____________?
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A. Histocytes

B. Undifferentiated cells

C. Osteoblasts

D. Unaffected odontoblasts from the pulp

10006. Dental papilla gives rise to_____________?
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A. Pulp & Dentin

B. Pulp & Periodontal ligament

C. All of the above

D. Pulp only

10008. A supernumerary tooth results from a deviation during_____________?
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A. Differentiation

B. Initiation

C. Apposition

D. Calcification

10009. The calcified mass found in the PDL are_____________?
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A. Cementicles

B. Cementoclasts

C. Osteoclasts

D. Osteoblasts

10011. Calcium content of lamina dura is______________?
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A. Same as in other parts of alveolar bone

B. Less than the cementum

C. Less than the other parts of alveolar bone

D. More than the other parts of alveolar bone
10012. Among the following the structure that is most calcified is_______________?
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A. Enamel spindle

B. Enamel tuft

C. Enamel rod

D. Enamel lamella

10013. Pericytes are found___________?
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A. In thymus

B. In gallbladder

C. Along with heparin on surface of mast cells

D. Around capillaries of pulp
10014. Regressive changes in pulp include____________?
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A. All of the above

B. Increased fibrotic component

C. Calcification in blood vessels near apical foramen

D. Decreased cellular component

10015. Transmission of stimulus across dentin is______________?
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A. Stimulus induced fluid flow

B. There is no transmission of stimulus across dentin

C. Direct activation of nerve endings

D. Correlated with the innervation density of the dentin

10016. Narrowing of periodontal ligament in labially placed mandibular canine with age is due to_____________?
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A. Down growths of gingival epithelium

B. Reversal of function of horizontal and oblique fibres

C. Gingival cysts formed from cell rests

D. Due to deposition of cementum and bone
10017. Inorganic content of cementum is_____________?
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A. More than that of enamel

B. More than bone

C. Less than bone

D. Equal to that of bone

10018. One of the following statement is unique about circumpulpal dentine______________?
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A. Contain phosphophoryn

B. Requires matrix vesicle for mineralization

C. Collagen fibers are oriented perpendicular to DEJ

D. Vonkorff fibers are present

10019. Which of the following structures is not of ectodermal origin_______________?
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A. Enamel spindles

B. Hunter schreger bands

C. Enamel tufts

D. Enamel lamellae

10020. Which of the following is least mineralized ?
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A. Cellular cementum

B. Acellular cementum

C. Cementoid

D. Incremental line

10022. Hertwigs root sheath is formed from______________?
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A. Outer enamel epithelium

B. Stratum inter medium

C. Stellate reticulum

D. Cervical loop
10024. The cells of the enamel organ which differentiate into future ameloblasts are_____________?
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A. Cells of inner enamel epithelium

B. Cells of stratum intermedium

C. Cells of stellate reticulum

D. Cells of outer enamel epithelium

10025. Tooth develops from_______________?
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A. Ectoderm, mosoderm

B. Mesoderm

C. Ectoderm

D. Ectoderm and endoderm

10026. The type of dentin that is formed prior to root completion______________?
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A. Circum pulpal dentin

B. Peritubular dentin

C. Secondary dentin

D. Inter tubular dentin

10027. Width of PDL is_______________?
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A. 0.25 mm

B. 0.75 mm

C. 0.10 mm

D. 0.50 mm

10028. The enamel has no capacity of self repair because______________?
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A. It has no direct connection with the active cells of the dental pulp

B. Its formative cells are lost once it is completely formed

C. It is essentially a keratin tissue and has no blood vessels

D. It has only a small percent of organic content

10029. Intermediate cementum is___________?
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A. Apical third

B. Coronal third

C. Found at dentinocemental junction

D. Between enamel and cementum

10030. Neonatal lines are found in all of the following except____________?
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A. Dentin of permanent mandibular incisors

B. Enamel of permanent canines

C. Enamel and dentin of permanent first molars

D. Enamel of primary incisors

10031. Odontoblasts are derived from______________?
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A. Lymphocytes

B. Histocytes

C. Macrophages

D. Undifferentiated mesenchymal
10032. Accessory canals result from____________?
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A. Adherent epithelial rests

B. Break in Hertwigs root sheath

C. Defects in cementogenesis

D. Dividing epithelial bridges

10033. The formation of which of the following does not represent normal physiologiacl process of dentin formation_______________?
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A. All of the above

B. Tetiary dentin and sclerotic dentin

C. Primary and secondary dentin

D. Secondary dentin and circumpulpal dentin

10034. Unmyelinated nerve fibres of pulp are____________?
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A. Respond to hot and cold

B. Sensory in nature

C. carry pain sensation

D. Associated with blood vessels and are sympathetic in nature
10035. Nutrition for ameloblasts after 1st layer of enamel is laid is______________?
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A. Odontoblastic process

B. Dental sac

C. Ree

D. Dental Papilla

10036. The main function of horizontal fibres of P.D ligament is____________?
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A. Prevent rotation

B. Maintains the mesiodistal width

C. Prevent extrusion

D. All of the above

10037. The fibroblasts associated with capillaries are__________?
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A. Lymphocytes

B. Pericytes

C. Histocytes

D. Plasma cell

10038. Width of the periodontal ligament is least at______________?
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A. Fulcrum of rotation

B. Apical third

C. Cervical third

D. It has uniform width

10039. Enamel pearls are found in_____________?
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A. Occlusal surface of premolars

B. On the incisal edges of incisors

C. None of the above

D. Furcation areas of permanent molars
10040. Size of pulp chamber____________?
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A. Increases with age

B. Increased in some cases and decreases in some cases

C. Decreases with age

D. None of the above

10042. The hertwigs epithelial root shealth is essential to development of the root because it_______________?
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A. Remians as an essential constituents of the periodontal ligament

B. Given rise to odontoblasts that lay down dentin of the root

C. Moulds the shape of roots and stimulates differentiation of odontoblasts

D. Gives rise to cementoblasts that produce cementum of the root

10043. Outer and inner enamel epithelium first seen in____________?
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A. Advanced bell stage

B. Bud stage

C. Bell stage

D. Cap stage
10044. During the formation of primary teeth_______________?
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A. Dentin forms faster than enamel

B. Enamel forms faster than dentin

C. Enamel forms more cervically than dentin

D. Processes of their cells remain in content with each other

10045. Cementum_____________?
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A. Does not contain collagen fibres

B. Often overlaps the enamel

C. Is derived from the sheath of hertwig

D. Is acellular in the apical third of the tooth

10046. Disturbance during the morphodifferentition stage of tooth development will result in______________?
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A. Change in number of teeth

B. Ameloblastoma

C. Change in form and shape of the teeth

D. Hypoplasia

10047. Incremental lines of Retzius appear_____________?
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A. As lines in the enamel running at right angles to the enamel surface

B. As lines in the dentin running at right angles to the dentino-enamel junction

C. In dentin and follow the appositional pattern

D. In enamel and follow the apposition pattern
10048. Which of the following statement is true______________?
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A. The apical foramen is surrounded by cementum

B. Cementum is thinnest at CEJ (20-50?m)

C. Cementum is thickest towards the apex (150-200?m)

D. All of the above
10049. Blunt cell processes seen on the developing ameloblasts are celled as________________?
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A. Tomes fibres

B. Tomes layer

C. Odontoblastic processes

D. Tomes processes

10050. 1st formed dental tissue______________?
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A. Enamel

B. Bone

C. Dentin

D. Cementum