MDS PREP
Success in direct pulp capping is more in
1. Elderly patients with pin-point exposure
2. Women patients
3. Small pin-point exposure in a young patient
4. None of the above
Endodontics
Answer: 3
Night guard bleaching refers to
1) Laser activated bleaching
2) Dentist prescribed home applied technique
3) Thermo bleaching
4) Photo bleaching
Endodontics
Answer: 2
A pulp is inflammed as a result of deep caries and cavity preparation, which of the following helps the best to resolve the inflammation
1. Calcium hydroxide
2. No medication/material available presently which can promote pulp healing
3. Mineral trioxide aggregate
4. Poly antibiotic preparation
Endodontics
Answer: 2
Peripheral pain impulses in the dental pulp are transmitted centrally via which of the following pathways
1) Peripheral nerve, trigeminal nucleus, trigeminal ganglion, thalamus and cortex
2) Peripheral nerve, trigeminal ganglion, trigeminal nucleus, thalamus, & cortex
3) Both A and B
4) None of the above
Endodontics
Answer: 2
A patient had undergone pulpectomy 1 yr back on a maxillary premolar. Tooth was restored with post crown. Now the tooth is asymptomatic but increase in periapical radiolucency is noted. You would like to do
1. Do not treat
2. Apical curettage only
3. Apical curettage apicectomy
4. Conventional root canal treatment