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Prosthodontics

Leon William's classification, also known as the typal form theory, proposes that the shape of a person's anterior teeth (incisors and canines) should harmonize with the shape of their face (square, tapering, ovoid) to achieve a natural and aesthetically pleasing appearance

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NEETMDS

Minocycline is available in a sustained-release, encapsulated microsphere form (Arestin) for use as an adjunctive treatment for chronic periodontitis.

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Prosthodontics

FPDs are generally contraindicated for several reasons:

  1. Growth and Development: Children are still in their growth phase, and their jaws and teeth are developing. Placing a fixed prosthesis can interfere with normal growth patterns and may require adjustments or replacements as the child grows.

  2. Eruption of Permanent Teeth: In younger patients, especially those under 10, many of the permanent teeth have not yet erupted. Using FPDs in this age group can complicate future dental treatments, as the position of the teeth may change with the eruption of permanent teeth.


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Medicine

1. Ochronosis (alkaptonuria)

Leads to bluish-black pigmentation of cartilage due to homogentisic acid deposition.

It causes degeneration but not calcification.

2. Chondrocalcinosis

Refers to calcification of cartilage, especially fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage.

Commonly associated with deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals.

Classic radiological finding: linear calcification in articular cartilage.

3. Hypervitaminosis D

Causes hypercalcemia and ectopic calcification in soft tissues, kidneys, vessels.

Not specifically cartilage calcification.

4. Hypoparathyroidism

Causes hypocalcemia, tetany, and sometimes basal ganglia calcification.

Cartilage calcification is not typical.

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Oral Pathology

The most probable etiology for the man’s symptoms is Diabetes mellitus, given the signs of abscesses and polyuria.

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Pedodontics

The major disadvantage of temporary intracoronal splinting is the commitment to a permanent splinting.

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Physiology

Ultraviolet B (UVB) light is primarily responsible for the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) in the skin.

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Oral Pathology

Myositis ossificans would NOT cause pathologic fractures of maxilla or mandible because it involves ossification within muscle tissue, not weakening of existing bone structure. Bone cysts, multiple myeloma, and giant cell tumor all cause bone destruction and weakening, predisposing to pathologic fractures. Myositis ossificans actually adds calcified tissue rather than destroying bone.

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Oral Surgery

The most difficult mandibular impacted molar to remove is generally the distoangular impaction. This is because the tooth is angled backward towards the jaw joint, making access difficult and often requiring significant bone removal and sectioning of the tooth for extraction.

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Periodontics

Osteoconduction refers to the ability of a material to provide a scaffold for new bone growth to occur on its surface.

An autogenous graft (bone harvested from the patient's own body) possesses osteoconductive properties because it provides a natural scaffold for new bone formation. It also has osteoinductive and osteogenic properties.

Hydroxyapatite is a ceramic material used as a bone substitute and is known for its osteoconductive properties.

Plastic materials are generally not osteoconductive and are used for other purposes in medicine, such as implants where bone integration is not desired.

Cartilage is a different type of connective tissue and does not inherently possess osteoconductive properties for bone regeneration.

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