NEET MDS Shorts
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ProsthodonticsOcclusal rims are also called dummy dentures.
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Dental Materials
The setting mechanism of light-cured resins involves free radical polymerization initiated by light, which causes the material to contract away from the light source (typically the external surface).
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ProsthodonticsWhich material is carried in a custom tray: metallic oxide paste.
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PedodonticsThe scope of pediatric dentistry encompasses comprehensive oral healthcare for children, which includes assessing and managing all aspects of their oral health. This involves addressing oral medical problems, managing dental caries and restorative needs, and monitoring occlusion and craniofacial growth and development. Therefore, all the listed areas are critical concerns in the diagnosis and treatment planning for a child patient.
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Oral PathologyDentinogenesis imperfecta is always associated with osteogenesis imperfecta in Type I.
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PhysiologyGhrelin increases the sensation of hunger, stimulating appetite and food intake, particularly before meals.
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Dental Materials
Microfilled composites contain very fine silica particles (0.04 to 0.2 µm in diameter), which give them excellent translucency and a high surface area for better filling of small restorations.
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Oral SurgeryPatients who are allergic to PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) are likely to be allergic to tetracaine. This is because PABA is a common metabolite of amide-type local anesthetics, and tetracaine is also an amide anesthetic. Lignocaine and prilocaine are both ester-type anesthetics, which have different chemical structures and metabolic pathways, making an allergic reaction less likely in a patient with a PABA allergy. Carbocaine is a derivative of mepivacaine, which is also an amide, but the specificity of the allergy may not necessarily cross-react with all amide anesthetics.
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PedodonticsThe hoe has a two-point contact with the tooth.
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NEETMDS
The center of rotation (COR) is the point around which a body rotates when a force is applied.For pure intrusion (bodily movement along the tooth/s long axis with no tipping), the center of rotation is located at infinity.This means the entire tooth moves vertically without any angular change.