MDS PREP
The specific feature of oral candidiasis sometimes seen in otherwise healthy patients is
1) Hairy tongue
2) Fissured tongue
3) Geographic tongue
4) Median rhomboid glossitis
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Which of the following blood dyscrasias has a racial predilection?
1) Purpura
2) Leukaemia
3) Haemophilia
4) Sickle cell anaemia
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Characteristic dental findings of cleidocranial dysostosis include
1) Increased caries susceptibility
2) Enamel hypoplasia and lack of enamel formation
3) Juvenile periodontitis and subsequent premature loss of teeth
4) All of the above
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Dentinogenesis imperfecta is
1) Autosomal dominant
2) Autosomal recessive
3) Sex linked recessive
4) Not a heritable trait
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
A White blood cell count of more than 1,00,000 cells/cc of blood indicates
1) Leukopenia
2) Leukocytosis
3) Leukaemia
4) Polycythaemia
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
Dentinogenesis imperfecta differs from amelogenesis imperfecta in that, the former is
1) A hereditary disturbance
2) The result of excessive fluoride ingestion
3) The result of faulty enamel matrix formation
4) Characterized by obliteration of pulp chambers and the root canals of the teeth
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Histopathologic study of lichen planus shows
1. Mixed cellular inflammatory infiltrate
2. Presence of T-lymphocytes predominantly
3. Antiepithelial antibodies
4. Scattered infiltrate with ill-defined lower border
Oral Pathology
Answer: 2
All of the following features are seen in asbestosis except:
1. Diffuse pulmonary interstitial fibrosis
2. Fibrous pleural thickening
3. Emphysema
4. Calcific pleural plaques