MDS PREP
Tetracycline stains appear as
1. Yellow and brown stains in enamel and dentin
2. Yellow and brown stains only in enamel
3. Yellow and brown stains only in dentin
4. Only yellow stain in enamel
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
Tetracycline stains appear as yellow and brown stains in both enamel and dentin.
A young patient who has a long standing habit of sucking lemons has loss of tooth substance affecting the anterior teeth. The correct term for this gradual loss of tooth substance is called
1. Abrasion
2. Attrition
3. Erosion
4. Intrusion
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
The gradual loss of tooth substance due to sucking lemons is called erosion.
Which of the following are characteristic feature of cherubism
1. Premature exfoliation of primary teeth
2. Hypoplastic defects
3. Progressive painless symmetric swelling of cheek bones
4. A + C
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Progressive painless symmetric swelling of cheek bones is a characteristic feature of cherubism.
Leukaemia should be high on a list of differential diagnosis when which of the following is noted?
1. Spontaneous bleeding
2. Persistent headache
3. Epigastric pain
4. Chronic or acute arthralgia
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
Spontaneous bleeding is a key indicator for considering leukemia in differential diagnosis.
Reduced salivary flow following irradiation is dose dependent. At what dose does the flow reach essentially zero?
1. 4000 rads
2. 5000 rads
3. 6000 rads
4. 7000 rads
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
Reduced salivary flow reaches essentially zero at a dose of 6000 rads.
In treatment of oral cancers, the fraction of total dose given in each appointment is in the range of
1. 150 rad
2. 300 rad
3. 400 rad
4. 500 rad
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
In the treatment of oral cancers, the fraction of total dose given in each appointment is typically around 150 rad.
Vitamin "D" deficiency causes
1. Widening of predentin
2. Defective calcification
3. Microdontia
4. Interglobular dentin formation
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
Vitamin D deficiency causes widening of predentin due to defective calcification.
Lemina dura is lost or partially lost in
1. Hypothyroidism
2. Hyperthyroidism
3. Hypoparathyroidism
4. Hyperparathyroidism
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Lamina dura is lost or partially lost in hyperparathyroidism.