D4 Competency

Question 1

Does a verix blanch upon diascopy?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

What is the most common developmental cyst?

Answer 2

incisive canal cyst (nasopalatine duct cyst)

Question 3

Apthous ulcers occur on the ______ mucosa, where as HSV ulvers occur on the _________

Answer 3

apthous = lining mucosa…HSV = mucoperiOStium

Question 4

pyogenic granulomas consist of _______ _______ ______

Answer 4

hyperplastic granulation tissue

Question 5

What is the official term for denture stomatitis?

Answer 5

chronic atrophic candidosis

Question 6

Angular chelitis is the result of a candida infection __% of the time

Answer 6

90%

Question 7

The most common periapical lesion secondary to a devitalized tooth is a _______ _______

Answer 7

periapical granuloma

Question 8

Traumatic bone cyst shows ________ between tooth roots

Answer 8

scalloping

Question 9

Chemicals cause ________ necrosis of the cells which turns tissue clinically white

Answer 9

COAGULATION

Question 10

Amalgam tattoos are caused when the amalgam corrodes and stains which part of the cellular structure/matrix?

Answer 10

collagen fibers

Question 11

What are the 3 main BENIGN EPITHELIAL tumors?

Answer 11

1. Papallomas 2.Verucca Vulgaris (common warts) 3.Condylomata Accuminatum (vernerial warts)

Question 12

What is the most COMMON cancer affecting humans?

Answer 12

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

Question 13

Leukoplakia, if you have used the term correctly means the lesion is ________

Answer 13

PREMALIGNANT

Question 14

Leukoplakia: ___% are hyperkeratosis/acanthosis vs. ___% dysplasia or carcinoma

Answer 14

80% hyperkeratosis vs. 20% dysplasia/carcinoma

Question 15

What are the 3 most common locations for leukoplakia that are dysplastic or cancer?

Answer 15

Floor of mouth, tongue, lip

Question 16

ALMOST ALL Erythroplakias show _______ or ______ histologically

Answer 16

dysplasia or carcinoma

Question 17

Where is the most common location for oral cancer?

Answer 17

Posterior Lateral border of tongue

Question 18

_______ carcinoma is a pebbly variant of oral cancer often found in spit tobacco users

Answer 18

Verrucous

Question 19

What is the most common mesenchymal tumor seen in practice?

Answer 19

a fibroma

Question 20

Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma occurs only on _______ or ________

Answer 20

gingiva or overlying bone

Question 21

Do hemangiomas blanch?

Answer 21

yes (often)

Question 22

Lymphangiomas can commonly affect the tongue which can cause ________

Answer 22

macroglossia

Question 23

Lichen planus often presents with the characteristic of ______ of ______. Its the MOST COMMON DERMATOLOGIC condition affecting the mouth

Answer 23

striae of WICKHAM

Question 24

Lichen planus is almost ALWAYS _______ and OFTEN _______ symmetrical

Answer 24

MULTIFOCAL and often BILATERALLY symmetrical

Question 25

What are the 4 main culprits of CHRONIC DESQUAMATIVE GINGIVITS?

Answer 25

1.Lichen Planus 2.Pemphigus 3.Pemphigoid 4.Allergic Reaction

Question 26

Intraoral manifestations of LUPUS is OFTEN combinations of ____ and ____ in color

Answer 26

red and white

Question 27

Almost 90% of all pericoronal radiolucencies seen in practice are _______

Answer 27

DENTIGEROUS CYSTS

Question 28

What is the most common odontogenic cyst?

Answer 28

apical periodontal cyst (radicular cyst)..they happen secondary to a devitalized tooth

Question 29

OKC's are CLINICALLY AGRESSIVE and about ___ of them recur after surgery

Answer 29

1/3

Question 30

Gingival overgrowths: This looks like it can be a pyogenic granuloma, but it is actually an odontogenic tumor...

Answer 30

Peripheral Odontogenic Ossifying Fibroma

Question 31

What is the most common odontogenic tumor?

Answer 31

Odontoma

Question 32

What are the two types of odontomas?

Answer 32

Compound and complex

Question 33

________ is a dysplastic process affecting cells in the PDL and their ability to remodel BONE and CEMENTUM

Answer 33

COD (Cemento-osseous dysplasia)

Question 34

COD: Periapical are mainly found in which area?

Answer 34

ant mand

Question 35

COD: Focal are found where?

Answer 35

anywhere other than ant mand

Question 36

_______ COD: mutifocal lesions often in MAX and MAND

Answer 36

Florid

Question 37

Which dysplastic process has a STRONG predilection for AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?

Answer 37

COD (cemento-osseous dysplasia)

Question 38

Attrition vs abrasion

Answer 38

attrition: tooth on tooth violence. abrasion: foreign object on tooth violence

Question 39

Erosion is acid of NON-______ origin

Answer 39

non-bacterial

Question 40

Skull showing "hair on end" pattern

Answer 40

Sickle Cell Anemia

Question 41

"Punched out lesions" on a radiograph

Answer 41

Multiple Myeloma

Question 42

What cyst presents *beneath* the mandibular canal?

Answer 42

Stafne Duct Cyst

Question 43

What will typically present in the maxillary sinus, lacks a peripheral cortex, and likely originated in the sinus (not the alveolar process)?

Answer 43

Retention Pseudocyst

Question 44

What are the two pathological conditions that present with "sun ray" trabecular pattern?

Answer 44

1.hemangioma 2.osteosarcoma

Question 45

What presents with demi-lume (half-moon) shaped pulp chambers?

Answer 45

dentin dysplasia

Question 46

What condition presents with NO PULP CHAMBERS?

Answer 46

DI

Question 47

What's the official term for dense boney island?

Answer 47

En-ostosis (periapical idiopathic osteosclerosis)