oral pathology and medicine Mcqs
201. Reduction in flow of saliva is not generally seen in______________?
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A. Patient undergoing radiation therapy

B. Patients on phenothiazine drugs

C. Elderly diabetics

D. Patients suffering from parkinsonism
202. Sjorgens syndrome includes all except____________?
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A. Arthritis

B. Xerostomia

C. Lymphoma

D. Keratoconjunctivitis

203. Odontogenic epithelium responsible for the formation of dental cyst is:___________?
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A. Cell rests of seirre

B. Enamel organ

C. Cell rests of malassez

D. Reduced enamel epithelium

205. What is non characteristic of Eagles syndrome_______________?
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A. When the jaws are closed the pain subsided

B. Stabbing type pain orginate in the tonsillar regions

C. Excessive lacrimation

D. pain during mandibular movement

206. Generalised thickening of cortical and cancellous bones is seen in_______________?
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A. Osteopetrsis

B. Osteogenesis imperfecta

C. Pagets disease

D. Infantile hyperostosis
207. The common site for narcotizing sialometaplasia____________?
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A. dorsum of tongue

B. palate

C. cheeks

D. gingival

208. Chocolate-coloured fluid is seen in the cystic space of_______________?
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A. Dentigerous cyst

B. Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum

C. Unicystic ameloblastoma

D. Odontogenic deratocyst

209. The following are the high grade salivary gland malignancies, EXCEPT______________?
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A. Adenoid Cystic carcinoma

B. Salivary duct carcinoma

C. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

D. Basal cell adenocarcinoma
210. All of the following are inherited disorders of connective tissue EXCEPT:
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A. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

B. McArdles disease

C. Alport syndrome

D. Marfan syndrome

211. Acinic cell carcinomas of the salivary gland arise most often in the_______________?
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A. Sublingual salivary gland

B. Minor salivary glands

C. Submandibular salivary gland

D. Parotid salivary gland
212. A diffuse spreading inflammatory lesion is due to bacterial enzyme
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A. Coagulase

B. Peroxidase

C. Bradykinin

D. Hyaluronidase
213. Reversible pulpitis change to irreversible pulpitis primarily because of:__________?
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A. An increase in microbial virulence

B. Reduced host resistance

C. Invasion of microorganisms

D. Vacular strangulation

214. Garres chronic non suppurative sclerosing osteomyelitis is characterized clinically by:____________?
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A. Endosteal bone formation

B. Resorption of cortical bone

C. Resorption of medullary bone

D. Periosteal bone formation
215. Pain due to acute irreversible pulpitis is:____________?
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A. Sharp- shock like

B. Spontaneous

C. Lasting for short time

D. Continuous

216. Oral diagnostic features of scleroderma include all of the following, except:__________?
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A. A hard and a rigid tongue

B. Pseudo ankylosis of the T.M joint

C. Widening of the oral aperture

D. Difficulty in swallowing

217. In the clinical evaluation, the most significant, finding of the parotid mass may be accompanying_____________?
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A. Supramental and preauricular lymphadenopathy

B. Nodular consistency

C. Facial paralysis

D. Rapid progressive painless enlargement

218. Break up time (BUT) test is done in_______________?
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A. Sjogrens syndrome

B. Myasthenia gravis

C. SLE

D. Multiple sclerosis

219. Which of the following are characteristic feature of cherubism______________?
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A. A + C

B. Premature exfoliation of primary teeth

C. Progressive painless symmetric

D. Hypoplastic defects

221. Venous malformation involving the leptomeninges of the cerebral cortex is salient feature of_____________?
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A. Angioosteohypertrophy syndrome

B. Rendu-Osler-Weber disease

C. Maffucis syndrome

D. Sturge weber syndrome
222. Immunoflourescence is seen at basement membrane as patchy distribution in:___________?
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A. Lichen planus

B. Lupus erythematosus

C. Pemphigus

D. Pemphigoid
223. Sialolith in the excretory duct, will result in______________?
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A. rupture of the duct

B. Pleomorphic adenoma

C. Mucous retention cyst

D. Chronic sialadenitis

224. Intra-epithelial bulla are found in:__________?
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A. pemphigus

B. Bullous lichen planus

C. Bullous pemphigoid

D. Pemphigoid

226. False about cherubism________________?
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A. Bilateral

B. Unilocular lesion

C. Delayed eruption of permanent teeth

D. Presence of Giant cell

227. Mosaic pattern of bone is seen in radiographic features of_____________?
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A. Osteopetrosis

B. Osteogenesis imperfecta

C. pagets disease

D. fibrous dysplasia

228. Histopathologically reversal lines are seen in_____________?
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A. Pagets disease of the bone

B. Fibrous dysplasia

C. Craniofacial dysplasia

D. Cherubism

230. The cells most frequently found in a granuloma are:___________?
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A. Lymphocytes

B. Mast cells

C. Giant cells

D. Neutrophilis

231. Osteosarcoma characteristically may develop in some causes of______________?
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A. Acromegaly

B. Osteogenesis imperfecta

C. Osteopetrosis

D. Osteitis deformans
232. Easy fatigability of muscles seen in______________?
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A. Cerebral palsy

B. Epilepsy

C. Myasthenia gravis

D. MPDS

233. Target lesions are observed in case of:___________?
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A. Pemphigus vulgaris

B. Lichenplanus

C. Psoriasis

D. Erythema multiforme
234. Fish Net pattern is pemphigus vulgaris is seen in which of the following tests?
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A. Histopathology

B. FNAC

C. Tzanck smear

D. Direct immunofluorescence
235. Commonest salivary gland tumour in children______________?
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A. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

B. Adenoid cystic carcinoma

C. Lymphoma

D. Pleomorphic adenoma

236. The earliest response of pulpitis is:__________?
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A. Formation of dental granuloma

B. Calcification

C. Cyst formation

D. Hyalinization
237. All of the following are true about trigeminal neuralgia EXCEPT______________?
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A. occurs in bouts

B. it is of throbbing nature

C. it is unilateral

D. it is triggered by touching cheeks, mucosa etc

238. Which of the following is an odontogenic tumor?
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A. Ameloblastoma

B. Astrocytoma

C. Arrhenoblastoma

D. Granular cell tumor

240. Which of the following statements about sjogrens syndrome is incorrect______________?
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A. MRI shows salt and pepper appearance

B. Pilocarpine is the most useful and convenient drug in its treatment

C. Minor salivary gland biopsy is diagnostic test

D. Lacrimal gland enlargement is common
241. The following are the high grade salivary gland malignancies, EXCEPT________?
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A. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

B. Adenoid Cystic carcinoma

C. Salivary duct carcinoma

D. Basal cell adenocarcinoma
242. Phelogmon is a:__________?
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A. Se*ually transmitted disease

B. Venereal disease

C. Type of osteomyelitis

D. Type of cellulites
243. A child with Downs syndrome has Moon facies, retarded mentally and which of the facial characteristic________________?
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A. Maxillary hypoplasia

B. Maxillary prognathism

C. Mandibular retrognathia

D. Mandibular prognathism

244. The tooth most commonly involved in chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis is:___________?
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A. Mandibular first molar

B. Maxillary first molar

C. Maxillary second molar

D. Maxillary third molar

245. Serum alkaline phosphatase levels are increased in________________?
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A. Dentinogenesis imperfecta

B. Pagets disease

C. Osteorthritis

D. Rheumatoid arthitis

246. Fine Needle aspiration biopsy is indicated to diagnose:_____________?
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A. Pemphigus

B. Chronic gingivitis

C. Necrotic pulp

D. Traumatic ulcer

248. Pleomorphic adenoma arises from______________?
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A. Connective tissue

B. Myoepithelial cells

C. Aciner cells

D. Stem cells

249. Constant feature associated with a radicular cyst
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A. A missing both

B. An anomalous tooth

C. An impacted tooth

D. A non-vital tooth