MDS PREP
Clinical changes that may be apparent after scaling and root planning
1. Gain in attachment and reduction of pocket depth
2. Reduction in inflammation and pocket depth
3. Both A and B
4. None of A and B
Pedodontics
Answer: 2
Reduction in inflammation and pocket depth is a clinical change that may be apparent after scaling and root planing.
A gingival index of score 2 means
1. Gingiva is healthy
2. Porbing elicits bleeding
3. Unprovoked spontaneous bleeding
4. No bleeding on probing
A gingival index score of 2 means probing elicits bleeding.
Band and loop space maintainer is a
1) Passive appliance
2) Active appliance
3) Both of the above
4) None of the above
Pedodontics
Answer: 1
A band and loop space maintainer is a passive appliance used in pediatric dentistry to maintain space for a permanent tooth when a primary tooth is lost prematurely. It does not exert any active forces on the teeth, hence categorized as a passive appliance.
All of the following are contraindications for root planing EXCEPT
1. Deficient or overhanging margins of amalgam restorations
2. Erosion and/or abrasion
3. Recession
4. Root caries
Pedodontics
Answer: 2
Erosion and/or abrasion are not contraindications for root planing.
The instrument best suited for root planning is
1. Hoe
2. Scaler
3. File
4. Curette
The instrument best suited for root planing is a curette.
All of the following signs of periodontal except
1. Pain
2. Mobility
3. Hypersensitivity
4. Bleeding
Pain is a sign of periodontal disease.
Major disadvantage of temporary intracoronal splinting is
1. Not esthetic
2. Less rigid
3. Enhanced gingival irritation
4. Commitment to a permanent splinting
Pedodontics
Answer: 4
The major disadvantage of temporary intracoronal splinting is the commitment to a permanent splinting.
A patient has cheilosis, angular stomatitis, glossitis, red, itching eyes. The periodontal surgery that was performed one week ago has not healed properly. Deficiency of which of the following vitamins is most likely
1. Thiamin
2. Riboflavin
3. Tocopherol
4. Calciferol
Pedodontics
Answer: 2
Deficiency of riboflavin is most likely in a patient with cheilosis, angular stomatitis, and glossitis.