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A patient who suffered a myocardial infraction 3 months previously and on anticoagulant therapy, requires full mouth extractions. The dentist should
1. simply extract the teeth under local anesthesia
2. hospitalize the patient, control prothrombin time and extract the teeth under local anesthesia
3. hospitalize the patient and perform the extractions under general anesthesia
4. delay the extractions until after 6 months of the myocardial infarction
Oral Surgery Answer: 4

The optimum length of screw, for fixation of plate in mandible is 
1. 2 mm
2. 3 mm
3. 4 mm
4. 6 mm

Oral Surgery Answer: 3

Among the following which results in sudden swelling in the area of a dental injection?
1) Drug incompatibility
2) Paravascular injection
3) Infection
4) Vascular penetration
Oral Surgery Answer: 4

How would a lowered tissue fluid pH affect a local anesthetic block?
1. No effect on the block
2. Effectiveness of block will be increased
3. Effectiveness of block will be decreased
4. Effectiveness of block will be slightly increased
Oral Surgery Answer: 3

Hydrocortisone injected to provide relief from a painful arthritic temporomandibular joint
1. decreases muscle spasm
2. provides an antiinflammatory response
3. removes calcium from the meniscus
4. produces vasodilation in the area
Oral Surgery Answer: 2

Extraction of an isolated residual maxillary offers the technical harzard of
1) The development of maxillary sinusitis
2) Displacement into the infratemporal fossa
3) Fracture of the tuberosity or floor of the antrum
4) Producing a nasal oral fistula
Oral Surgery Answer: 3

"Panda facies" is one of the terms to describe the patients face after mid face trauma. The appearance is due to
1) Gross swelling of the face
2) Oedema & ecchymosis around the eyes
3) Subconjunctival haemorrhage (Bilateral0
4) None of the above
Oral Surgery Answer: 1

A patient returns several days after extraction of three adjacent mandibular molars and complains of pain similar to dry socket. The first step is to
1) Curette the socket area throughly in an attempt to establish new blood duct
2) Explore the sockets gently with curet
3) Irrigate the socket and place the dresssing
4) Radiographic examination of the area
Oral Surgery Answer: 2

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