Exam 1

Question 1

1. Which of the following is known as a supernumerary tooth?

Answer 1

a. Mesiodens

Question 2

2. You patient has gross incoordination of muscle movements. What does he have?

Answer 2

a. Ataxic gate

i. It’s the least common form of cerebral palsy. We see this with people who have had a stroke, MS, or alcohol abuse

Question 3

3. Freezing gait is common of what disease

Answer 3

a. Parkinson’s

Question 4

4. Which of the following is not a risk factor for oral cancer?

Answer 4

a. Xerostomia

b. (The 4 are: #1 tobacco, #2 alc, sun exposure, viruses)

Question 5

5. which of the following is not a symptom of Marfan’s syndrome?

Answer 5

a. Hypokinesia (this is a symptom of Parinsonian gait)
i. Marfans symptoms are arachnodactyly, spine abnormalities (kyphosis), dilation of aorta and heart murmur, pectus excavatum

Question 6

6. When interacting with a wheelchair patient, which is best?

Answer 6

a. Ask them how they want to be transferred

i. Leave in wheelchair if possible

Question 7

7. Your patient has sulfur-colored lesions that are asymptomatic. What are these called?

Answer 7

a. Fordyce granules

Question 8

8. Which term is used to describe a healthy lymph node?

Answer 8

a. Compressible

Question 9

9. Which of the following is NOT a sign of routine infection when palpating lymph nodes?

Answer 9

a. Firm, rubbery

i. Also fixed/attached to underlying tissue is sign of cancer

Question 10

10. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common cell type of oral cancers. Oral cancers are most often diagnosed in stages I-II

Answer 10

a. Both statements are false

i. Squamous cell and stages III-IV would make this be true

Question 11

Picture of wart/cauliflower like lesion* What term would you use to describe this lesion?

Answer 11

a. Verrucose

Question 12

12. Which of the following would NOT be a risk factor for a skin lesion?

Answer 12

a. Uniform color

i. Risk factors would be: chronic, non-healing, changes in pre-exisiting lesion, sun exposure

Question 13

13. Hypertelorism is a term used to describe

Answer 13

a. Excess spacing between the eyes

Question 14

14. Which of the following is not a common treatment for TMD?

Answer 14

a. surgery

Question 15

15. Exophthalmos is a symptom of

Answer 15

a. None of the above (answer had hypothyroidism instead of hyperthyroidism/grave’s disease)

Question 16

16. which lymphadenopathy is most common location?

Answer 16

a. Cervical lymph nodes

Question 17

17. When giving an extra oral exam, you ask the patient to swallow. What are you palpating?

Answer 17

a. Thyroid gland

Question 18

18. Which of the following does not have a quick onset? (don’t know answer)
    a. Leukoedema
    b. Lichen planus
    c. Erythema multiforme
    d. Canker sore
    e. Linea alba ?

Answer 18

a. Leukoedema

Question 19

19. Tenderness of the masseter is from forces from

Answer 19

a. Molars (posterior teeth)

i. Temporalis is generally anterior teeth

Question 20

20. Which of the following is not a risk factor for candida?

Answer 20

a. Sun exposure

Question 21

21. When palpating a dental abscess, sometimes you can notice that its?

Answer 21

a. Collapsing (alters it shape)

Question 22

22. Which of the following is a small (<1cm) area of color change that is not elevated or depressed?

Answer 22

a. Macule

i. Patch is a large >1cm

Question 23

23. What has whickam?

Answer 23

a. Lichen planus

Question 24

24. Which of the following disappears when stretched?

Answer 24

a. Leukoedema

Question 25

25. Which of the following is caused by the Epstein-barr virus?

Answer 25

a. Hairy leukoplakia

Question 26

26. Which is the most common form of candidiasis?

Answer 26

a. Acute pseudomembraneous

Question 27

27. Which of the following is not a treatment for candidiasis?

Answer 27

a. Listerine | i. Treatment = yogurt/acidophilus, nystatin rinse or tablets, ketaconozole fluconozole

Question 28

28. What is not a cause of recurrence of herpes simplex?

Answer 28

a. Xerostomia | i. Reoccurs with immune weakness