oral pathology and medicine MCQs – Page 24

Practise focused oral pathology and medicine questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

oral pathology and medicine Mcqs
461. The inheritance pattern of dentinogensis imperfecta is______________?
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A. Recessive

B. Autosomal dominant

C. X-linked recessive

D. Homozygous

462. Ectopic sebaceous glands in the mouth are called________________?
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A. Fordyce spots

B. Lingual verices

C. Linea alba buccalis

D. Hecks disease
463. Peripheral giant cell granuloma occurs most commonly on the_______________?
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A. Alveolar ridge

B. Floor of the mouth

C. Palate

D. Gingiva
464. Lactobacilli are numerous in caious lesions because they______________?
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A. Are the main causative agent

B. Can attack to smooth enamel surfaces

C. Are secondary invaders

D. Can produce insoluble extracellular polysaccharides

465. In a caries-free individual the saliva has_____________?
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A. Independent of buffering capacity for acids

B. Medium buffering capacity for acids

C. High buffering capacity for acids

D. low buffering capacity of acids

466. For a bacterium to be seriously considered in the etiology of dental caries, it must______________?
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A. Produce extracellular amylopectins

B. Be lethal for gnotobiotic animals

C. Produce intracellular dextrans

D. Exist regularly in the dental plaque
467. Mobility of teeth in carcinoma of Maxillary sinus is due to involvement by tumor of_________________?
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A. Roof of the sinus

B. Posterior wall of the sinus

C. Floor of the sinus

D. Anterior wall of the sinus

468. Which of the following is not hereditary________________?
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A. Dentinogenesis imperfecta

B. Amelogenesis imperfecta

C. Cleidocranial dysostosis

D. Regional odontodysplasia

469. Which of the following dental sequel is likely in child with a history of generalized growth failure (failure to thrive) in the first 6 month of life_______________?
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A. Retrusive Mandible

B. Retrusive maxilla

C. Dentinogenesis imperfecta

D. Enamel hypoplasia
470. Chemico-parasitic theory of dental caries is proposed by______________?
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A. Miller

B. G.V black

C. Schwartz

D. Gottlieb

471. Prolonged administrator of broad spectrum antibiotics results in the formation of_______________?
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A. Geographic tongue

B. Median rhomboid glossitis

C. Black hairy tongue

D. Fissured tongue

472. Globulamaxillary cyst is______________?
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A. A cyst present in the incisive canal

B. Soft tissue cyst present often between maxillary Lateral incisor and cuspid teeth

C. Often present between incisor and cuspid teeth but is a bone cyst

D. A cyst present between the midline of the palate

473. Hairy tongue is characterized by____________?
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A. Hypertrophy of filiform papillae

B. Hypertrophy of fungiform papillae

C. Hypertrophy of circumvallate papillae

D. Hypertrophy of foliate papillae

474. Pain, muscle tenderness, clicking or popping noise in T.M joint and limitation of jaw motion are the four cardinal signs and symptoms of_____________?
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A. Ostearthritis

B. Costens syndrome

C. Myofacial pain dysfunction syndrome

D. Traumatic arthritis of T.M J

475. Cavity formation in a tooth, due to dental caries is due to______________?
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A. Mastectomy force and unrelated to the extent of carious process

B. Destructive potential of streptococcus mutans

C. Lateral spread of caries along DE junction and weakening of the outer covering enamel

D. Destructive potential of lactobacillus acidophilus

476. Tumors metastatic to the jaw bones are most likely to be found in the _________________?
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A. Maxillary tuberosity

B. Mandibular condyle

C. Anterior maxilla

D. Posterior moral region
477. Clear cells are seen in__________________?
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A. Chondrosarcoma

B. Ewings sarcoma

C. Fibrosarcoma

D. Osteosarcoma

478. Which of the following conditions is least likely to present as an eccentric osteolytic lesion ______________?
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A. Fibrous cortical defect

B. Aneurysmal bone cyst

C. Simple bone cyst

D. Giant cell tumour

479. Tumor represented T2 N2 M0 is classified as_______________?
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A. Stage II

B. Stage I

C. Stage III

D. Stage IV
480. Estesin pearls are cysts that arise from_________________?
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A. Connective tissue of the mucosa

B. Squamous tissue of the mucosa

C. Rests of malassez

D. Dental lamina