NEET MDS Shorts
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Oral Medicine
Folic acid deficiency is most commonly due to inadequate dietary intake or increased metabolic demand, such as during pregnancy.
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PedodonticsSpheroiding is a method for correcting occlusal supracontacts that restores buccolingual width.
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General Medicine
Factor Xa is a serine protease that plays a pivotal role in the common pathway of the coagulation cascade. It, along with factor Va, forms the prothrombinase complex that converts prothrombin (factor II) to thrombin (factor IIa), which in turn activates fibrinogen to form fibrin, leading to clot formation.
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Oral Medicine
tPA is a thrombolytic agent used to dissolve blood clots. In the treatment of pulmonary embolism, it is administered to break down the clot in the pulmonary artery, thereby improving blood flow and reducing the risk of complications.
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PeriodonticsThe operator position to perform scaling on the mandibular right posterior extent on the lingual aspect is the front position.
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NEETMDS
The alveolar crest fibres attach from the cementum at the cervical line to the alveolar crest. Their primary function is to resist horizontal forces and prevent the extrusion (pushing out) of the tooth from its socket.
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RadiologyAsymptomatic mixed radiopaque and radiolucent lesions found at the lower incisor region of a middle-aged woman may be cementoma.
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Dental Materials
Barium sulfate is added to Gutta Percha to enhance its radiographic visibility.
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INI CET
Sodium Valproate is highly effective for generalized seizures, including absence seizures, as it increases GABA levels and limits repetitive neuronal firing.
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ProsthodonticsThe main drawback of metallic denture bases in distal extension situations is that they cannot be easily relined when ridge resorption occurs. Metal bases require complex laboratory procedures for relining, unlike resin bases which can be chairside relined. This limitation makes adjustment to tissue changes difficult and expensive.