Preferable patient position in recovery room after ambulatory general anaesthesia is 1. Supine 2. Sitting 3. Prone 4. Lateral
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 4
The following two laboratory tests should be considered before deciding whether to use general anaesthesia or not 1) Total WBC count and prothrombin time 2) Total WBC count and urine analysis 3) Bleeding time and clotting time 4) Complete blood count and urine analysis
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 4
A diabetic patient taking insulin therapy may suffer a hypoglycemic episode when undergoing an extraction be cause the patient
1. did not take insulin that morning
2. omitted breakfast that morning
3. forgot to exercise in the morning
4. had a heavy meal just before the ex traction
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 2
Which of the following does not suggest postoperative infection? 1) Increase in temperature 2) Swelling 3) Pain 4) Pitting oedema
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 4
In depressed zygomatic arch fracture, difficulty in opening the mouth is caused by impingement of 1) Condyles 2) Ramus 3) Petrous temporal 4) Coronoid process
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 4
Three days after extraction of teeth for an immediate denture, patient complains of a diffuse, non painful yellow, submandibular and supra sternal discolouration of the skin. The dentist should 1) Advise antibiotics 2) Apply heat and advise analgesics 3) Apply cold compressions 4) None of the above
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 4
When the mandible is fractured in the canine region, both on the right and left sides, the fractured segment is displaced posteriorly by the pull of the
1. masseter, medial pterygoid and mylohycid muscles
2. buccinator, mylohyoid and genioglossus muscles
3. geniohyoid, thyroglossus and mentalis muscles
4. geniohyoid, genioglossus and anterior belly of digastric muscles
Oral SurgeryAnswer: 4
Of the following conditions, where an incisional biopsy is indicated 1) 4 cm haemangioma of the tongue 2) 3 cm leukoplakia of the soft palate 3) 0.5 cm papillary fibroma of the gingiva 4) 1.5 cm exostosis of jaw