NEET MDS Shorts
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Oral PathologyChemotherapy can be successful in the treatment of leukemia.
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Physiology
Answer: 2) The primary neurotransmitter involved in the sympathetic nervous system's response at the neuromuscular junction is norepinephrine, which acts on alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors.
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PharmacologyAlbendazole is not effective against Schistosomiasis, which is caused by a parasitic worm.
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Dental Materials
Fabrication of ceramics and metals like titanium that are difficult to cast, is done by CAD-CAM process and copy milling.
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ProsthodonticsOf the four factors affecting balanced occlusion in complete dentures, which of the following can be altered by only a slight amount: incisal guidance.
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Oral PathologyAnalgesics are not effective in reducing pain in trigeminal neuralgia.
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Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryPolydioxanone (PDS) is designed to retain a significant amount of its tensile strength for an extended period, making it ideal for situations where prolonged wound support is necessary.
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Oral PathologyHair-on-end appearance is caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis leading to expansion of diploe and perpendicular trabecular pattern. This occurs in severe chronic hemolytic anemias: Thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and Cooleys anemia (which is actually thalassemia major). Pagets disease shows a cotton-wool appearance with mixed lytic and sclerotic lesions, not the characteristic hair-on-end pattern.
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Oral SurgeryWhile the buccal nerve block is used to anesthetize the buccal mucosa and buccal gingival tissues of the maxillary molars, the actual technique does not typically produce any specific subjective symptoms in the patient other than the sensation of the needle. The patient may feel numbness if the anesthetic solution is inadvertently placed in the oral mucosa or if the block is done improperly.
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Conservative DentistryThe discoloration of amalgam restorations is often due to the formation of silver sulfide on the surface, which can occur due to the reaction of silver with sulfur compounds in the oral environment. The gamma I phase is a strong component of amalgam, while the gamma II phase is weaker and less stable. Oxides can form as well, but sulfides are more directly associated with the discoloration observed in clinical settings.