oral pathology and medicine MCQs – Page 6

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

oral pathology and medicine Mcqs
101. Trigeminal neuralgia_______________?
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A. Can be treated with NSAIDs

B. Is a hereditary condition

C. Does not disturb the patient during sleep

D. Always bilateral in distribution

102. Tender submandibular swelling is mostly due to________________?
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A. Ludwigs angina

B. All of the above

C. Enlarged lymph nodes

D. Stone or Sialolithiasis

103. Mikuliczs disease is____________?
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A. An autoimmune disease

B. Viral infection

C. Neoplastic disease

D. An inflammatory disease

104. Ectodermal dysplasia is:___________?
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A. X-linked recessive

B. Autosomal dominant

C. Autosomal recessive

D. X-linked dominant

105. True about caries, all except:
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A. Not due to microorganisms

B. Infectious and transmissible

C. Can develop in the absence of sucrose

D. Microorganisms play the most essential role

106. Which of the following Orofacial pain is not associated with vascular origin ?
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A. Giant cell arteritis

B. Cluster headache

C. Anaesthesia dolorosa

D. Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania

107. Nikolskys sign in positive in:_____________?
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A. herpes simplex

B. erythema multiforme

C. eipdermolysis bullosa

D. bullous pemphigus
108. The main causative agent of Ludwigs angina is:__________?
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A. Anaerobic streptococci

B. Staphylococci

C. Aerobic streptococci

D. Legionella infection

110. The most common organism involved in a periapical abscess is:__________?
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A. ? hemolytic stretococci

B. Strep. viridans

C. Non hemolytic stretococci

D. Strep. Pyogens
111. Unusual extensibility of the tongue is a characteristic feature of:__________?
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A. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

B. Epidermolysis bullose

C. Darier-White disease

D. Syphilis

112. Lichen planus:____________?
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A. Is a idiosyncrasy reaction

B. Can undergo malignant change

C. Must be excised

D. Treated only by medication

113. Lichenoid reactions are mainly due to:____________?
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A. intake of alcohol

B. intake of certain drugs

C. betel nut chewing

D. cigarette smoking

114. Lupus erythematosus is:____________?
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A. Autoimmune disorder

B. Degenerative condition

C. Reactive lesion

D. Neoplastic condition

115. Most common tumor of parotid gland is______________?
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A. Plemorphic adenoma

B. Adenoid cystic carcinoma

C. Epidermoud carcinoma

D. Cylindroma

116. Three stages in progression of acute odontogenic infection are:___________?
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A. Abscess, cellulitis, osteitis, Periapical

B. Periapical osteitis, cellulitis, abscess

C. Periapical osteitis, abscess, cellulitis,

D. cellulitis, Abscess, Periapical, osteitis

117. Lesion of facial nerve at level of stylomastoid foramen leads to____________?
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A. Paralysis of orbicularis oculi muscle

B. Loss of innervation to stapedius

C. Loss of taste sensation from Ant. 2/3 of tongue

D. Loss of lacrimal secretion

118. The recurrence of pleomorphic adenoma is attributed to____________?
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A. Presence of an incomplete capsule

B. Mixed origin

C. Absence of capsule

D. Perineural spread

120. IN MPDS which muscle is most apt to exhibit tenderness________________?
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A. Masseter

B. Buccinator

C. Temporalis

D. Lateral pterygoid