MDS PREP
A multilocular cyst of the jaw is more likely
1. Dental cyst
2. Dentigerous cyst
3. Keratocyst
4. Simple bone cyst
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
Which of the following statements is true for syphills ?
1. It is caused primarily by nonmotile bacteria
2. Only the lesions in the primary stage are contagious
3. The microorganisms disseminate rap idly throughout the body within 24 hours of contact
4. Mulberry molars occur in the tertiary stage of syphilis
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
A patient notices a well demarcated are of depapillation on his tongue which has been there for as long as he can remember. The most probable diagnosis
1) Median rhombold glossitis
2) Geographic tongue
3) Black hairy tongue
4) Moeller glossitis
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
Recurrent aphthae resemble recurrent herpes in that
1. Symptoms are similar
2. Life long immunity results
3. Vesicles occur with both disease
4. Intranuclear inclusion bodies are present
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
Dilaceration refers to
1. Curvature of the root tip
2. Cemental union of root
3. Calcified root canals
4. Dysplasia of dentine
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
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
Which of the following diseases of the bone characteristically exhibits (in contrast to the other three conditions) a single lesion in a single bone?
1. Central giant cell granuloma
2. Osteopetrosis
3. Paget"s disease of the bone
4. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia