A patient returned one week after scaling and prophylaxis. Hard black deposits of calculus are noted in gingival margin. This indicates 1. Patient is a heavy tea drinker 2. Shrinkage of tissue due to reduction in inflammation after scalling 3. Both A and B 4. None of A and B
PeriodonticsAnswer: 2
A patient returned one week after scaling and prophylaxis. Hard black deposits of calculus are noted in gingival margin. This indicates 1) Patient is a heavy tea drinker 2) Shrinkage of tissue due to reduction in inflammation after scalling 3) Both A and B 4) None of A and B
PeriodonticsAnswer: 2
Window-shaped alveolar defect on labial alveolar bone is called 1) Dehiscence 2) Crater 3) Fenestration 4) Trough
PeriodonticsAnswer: 3
Hemidesmosomes in the basal layer of the gingival epithelium abuts within
1. lamina lucida
2. blood vessels
3. lamina densa
4. connective tissue
PeriodonticsAnswer: 1
The bacterial product(s) which evoke inflammatory response in periodontal disease is 1. Protease 2. Hyaluronidase 3. Endotoxin 4. All of the above
PeriodonticsAnswer: 4
The bacteria of oral flora which plays least role in periodontitis is 1) Actinomyces 2) Actinomycetam comitans 3) Spirochaetes 4) Bacteroides
PeriodonticsAnswer: 1
This is ideal to arrest putrefaction and destroy odours in mouth 1) Chlorine 2) Iodine 3) Phenol 4) Cresols
PeriodonticsAnswer: 2
Least likely things to occur after root planing and curettage 1. Deposition of acellular cementum 2. Formation of junctional epithelium 3. Formation of collagen fibres parallel to long axis of root 4. None of the above
