MDS PREP
A periodontal probe measures
1. Amount of gingival recession
2. Amount of attachment loss
3. Amount of gingival inflammation
4. Width of attached gingiva
Pedodontics
Answer: 2
A periodontal probe measures the amount of attachment loss.
The distance between junctional epithelium and alveolar bone
1. Increase with age
2. Decrease with age
3. Remains constant
4. None of the above
Pedodontics
Answer: 3
The distance between junctional epithelium and alveolar bone remains constant with age.
Trauma from occlusion in the absence of inflammation causes
1. Only reversible changes in periodontium
2. Always irreversible changes in periodontium
3. No changes in periodontium
4. Such condition does not exist
Pedodontics
Answer: 1
Trauma from occlusion in the absence of inflammation causes only reversible changes in the periodontium.
Occlusal correction is done after periodontal therapy in which condition
1. Infrabony pockets
2. Superabony pockets
3. Trauma from occlusion
4. Pseudo pockets
Pedodontics
Answer: 3
Occlusal correction is done after periodontal therapy primarily in cases of trauma from occlusion.
All of the following are contraindications for root planing EXCEPT
1. Deficient or overhanging margins of amalgam restorations
2. Erosion and/or abrasion
3. Recession
4. Root caries
Pedodontics
Answer: 3
Recession is not a contraindication for root planing.
The instrument best suited for root planning is
1. Hoe
2. Scaler
3. File
4. Curette
The instrument best suited for root planing is a curette.
Which of the following drugs is used to eliminate all sensations?
1. Anesthetic
2. Analgesic
3. Sedative
4. Anodyne
Pedodontics
Answer: 1
Explanation: Anesthetics are drugs specifically designed to eliminate sensations, including pain, by blocking nerve signals in the body. They can be local (affecting a specific area) or general (affecting the entire body).
The objective in adjusting natural dentition by coronoplasty
1. To prevent MPDS
2. To improve esthetics
3. To achieve a favourable direction of forces
4. None of the above
Pedodontics
Answer: 3
The objective in adjusting natural dentition by coronoplasty is to achieve a favorable direction of forces.