A union of the roots of adjacent teeth through the cementum is referred to as
1. Fusion
2. Sclerosis
3. Gemination
4. Concrescence
Oral PathologyAnswer: 4
Coxsackie virus causes 1) Infectious mononucleosis and herpes labialis 2) Infectious mononucleosis and hand, foot and mouth diesease 3) Herpangina and hand, foot and mouth disease 4) Herpes labialis and herpes zoster
Oral PathologyAnswer: 3
Which of the following is an essential feature of autosomal dominant inheritance?
1. A 50% risk for each offspring to be affected
2 The risk is 50% for each male offspring of a female carrier to be affected
3. The risk is 50% for each female off spring of a female carrier to become a carrier
4. A 25% risk for each offspring to be ho mozygous for the abnormal gene
Oral PathologyAnswer: 1
The specific feature of oral candidiasis sometimes seen in otherwise healthy patients is 1) Hairy tongue 2) Fissured tongue 3) Geographic tongue 4) Median rhomboid glossitis
Oral PathologyAnswer: 4
Which of the following produces osteoblastic secondaries 1. Carcinoma lung 2. Carcinoma breast 3. Carcinoma urinary bladder 4. Carcinoma prostate
Oral PathologyAnswer: 4
Criteria which have often been used for the diagnosis of epithelial dysplasia include all of the following, except 1. Increased and particularly abnormal mitosis 2. Loss of polarity and disorientation of cells 3. Poikilokaryosis 4. Basilar hypoplasia
Oral PathologyAnswer: 4
Most common missing tooth in permanent dentition is 1. Maxillary canine 2. Maxillary first molar 3. Mandibular second premolar 4. Mandibular first molar
Oral PathologyAnswer: 3
Which of the following parotid malignancies shows parineural spread 1) Pleomorphic adenoma 2) Adenoid cystic carcinoma 3) Warthin"s tumour 4) Ductal papilloma
