MDS PREP
A thin bluish line around the gingival margin is due to the absorption of
1. Silver
2. Mercury
3. Drugs like tetracylines
4. Lead
Periodontics
Answer: 4
A thin bluish line around the gingival margin is due to the absorption of lead.
The alveolar bone
1. contains fibrous bone
2. follows the slope of the adjacent cementoenamel junctions
3. comprises only of red bone marrow
4. regenerates easily after periodontal therapy
Periodontics
Answer: 2
"Tuberous sclerosis" is seen in
1. Vascular fibroma
2. Leprosy
3. Tuberculosis
4. Bone disorders
Tuberous sclerosis is associated with vascular fibroma.
Psychosomatic factors play an important role in the etiology of
1. acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
2. acute herpetic gingivostomatitis
3. juvenile periodontitis
4. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Periodontics
Answer: 1
Psychological stressors can contribute significantly to the onset and
exacerbation of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, which often occurs in
individuals under stress or with compromised immunity.
Systemic conditions which can affect the health of the gingiva are
1. agranulocytos
2. leukemia
3. granulocytopenia
4. all of the above
Periodontics
Answer: 4
agranulocytosis, leukemia, and granulocytopenia—can significantly impact the
health of the gingiva by affecting the immune response and increasing
susceptibility to infections.
A black line on the gingiva which follows the contour of the margin is due to
1. Lead
2. Argyria
3. Iron
4. Mercury
Periodontics
Answer: 4
A black line on the gingiva which follows the contour of the margin is due to mercury.
The best way to prevent exposure of dehiscene during surgical procedure is to
1. Elevate a double flap
2. Elevate full thickness flap
3. Elevate partial thickness flap
4. Elevate coronally repositioned flap
Periodontics
Answer: 3
The best way to prevent exposure of dehiscence during a surgical procedure is to elevate a partial thickness flap.
Ostectomy procedure is indicated in
1. Physiological architecture of alveolar bone
2. Correction of tori
3. Reverse architecture bone defects
4. Correction of bone ledges
Periodontics
Answer: 3
Ostectomy procedures are indicated for reverse architecture bone defects.