Clinical Dental Hygiene Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Clinical Dental Hygiene is an in-depth course designed to equip students with the foundational knowledge, practical skills, and professional behaviors necessary for effective patient-centered dental hygiene care. The course emphasizes the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of preventive and therapeutic dental hygiene interventions in clinical settings. Students engage in hands-on practice with patient assessment, dental charting, infection control, instrumentation, radiographic techniques, and patient education. Additionally, the course covers communication strategies, ethical considerations, and collaboration within the dental team, preparing students to deliver safe, evidence-based oral healthcare in diverse clinical environments.
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Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist 6th Edition by Olga A. C. Ibsen
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Preliminary Diagnosis of Oral
Lesions
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Q1) A Stafne bone cyst contains:
A)salivary gland tissue.
B)an empty void.
C)inflammatory cells.
D)an epithelium-lined cyst containing serous fluid.
Answer: A
Q2) A lesion with a pedunculated base is best described as:
A)an ulcer.
B)stemlike.
C)pallor.
D)broad and flat.
Answer: B
Q3) Which papillae are elongated in the condition called black hairy tongue?
A)Circumvallate
B)Foliate
C)Filiform
D)Fungiform
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Inflammation and Repair
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Q1) Each of the following statements regarding the atrophy of tissue cells is true except one. Which one is the exception?
A)Atrophied cells are capable of returning to their normal size after stress is removed.
B)Atrophy can occur with changes in cellular growth, malnutrition, ischemia, or hormonal changes.
C)Atrophy can be present in the muscular wasting that occurs in some chronic diseases that do not allow for mobility.
D)Atrophy occurs in the smooth muscles of the uterus and the mammary glands in response to pregnancy.
Answer: D
Q2) The enlargement of lymph nodes is called:
A)atrophy.
B)lymphadenopathy.
C)hyperplasia.
D)leukocytosis.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Immunity and Immunologic Oral Lesions
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Q1) Which one of the following is not a specific component of immunity?
A)A humoral response
B)A cell-mediated response
C)Memory
D)Pavementing
Answer: D
Q2) Which one of the following has not been associated with erythema multiforme?
A)Herpes simplex
B)Histoplasmosis
C)Tuberculosis
D)HLA-B27
Answer: D
Q3) The diagnosis of lichen planus is made on the basis of:
A)clinical and radiographic appearance.
B)clinical and histologic appearance.
C)history of the condition.
D)therapeutic medication.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Infectious Diseases
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Q1) Pericoronitis is most often associated with the:
A)maxillary canines.
B)mandibular third molars.
C)maxillary second molars.
D)mandibular first molars.
Q2) Which of the following is the name of the soft tissue flap that covers the distal-occlusal part of an incompletely erupted third molar?
A)Operculum
B)Gingival flap
C)Pericoronitis
D)Partial eruption flap
Q3) Focal epithelial hyperplasia, characterized by the presence of multiple whitish-to-pale pink nodules distributed throughout the oral mucosa, is also called:
A)osteomyelitis.
B)lymphadenopathy.
C)Heck disease.
D)angioedema.
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Chapter 5: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) Which term defines the joining of two adjacent teeth by cementum only?
A)Twinning
B)Concrescence
C)Cementogenesis
D)Fusion
Q2) Odontogenesis in the human embryo takes place at approximately:
A)five weeks.
B)two months.
C)three months.
D)at birth.
Q3) Clinically, the lingual thyroid nodule appears as a smooth nodular mass:
A)at the base of the tongue posterior to the circumvallate papillae.
B)on the anterior ventral tongue.
C)on the lateral borders of the middle third of the tongue.
D)anterior to the circumvallate papillae.
Q4) Which term describes a disorder present at and existing from the time of birth?
A)Anomaly
B)Inherited
C)Congenital
D)Developmental
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Chapter 6: Genetics
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Q1) Set of signs or symptoms occurring together
A)Autosomes
B)Gamete
C)Locus
D)Mutation
E)Phenotype
F)Syndrome
Q2) The gap 2 (G<sub>2</sub>) phase of mitosis:
A)begins when mitotic division ends.
B)ends when mitotic division begins.
C)precedes the S phase.
D)is when replication of DNA takes place.
Q3) Cases of facial clefting occur in about 1 in _____ births.
A)80
B)200
C)800
D)2000
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Chapter 7: Neoplasia
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Q1) The _____ is a unique type of monomorphic adenoma.
A)verrucous carcinoma
B)mucoepidermoid carcinoma
C)cylindroma
D)papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum
Q2) All of the following carcinomas are malignant tumors that originate from squamous epithelium except one. Which one is the exception?
A)Adenoid cystic
B)Basal cell
C)Verrucous
D)Squamous cell
Q3) The ameloblastoma:
A)occurs exclusively in the mandible.
B)is a benign, encapsulated tumor.
C)is commonly known as a Pindborg tumor.
D)may cause expansion of bone.
Q4) The majority of these neoplasms are encapsulated.
A)Benign
B)Malignant
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Chapter 8: Nonneoplastic Diseases of Bone
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Q1) Fibrous dysplasia is characterized by:
A)necrosis and sloughing of bony sequestra.
B)replacement of bone with normal fibrous connective tissue with no calcification.
C)replacement of bone with abnormal connective tissue with no calcification.
D)replacement of bone with abnormal connective tissue with varying amounts of calcification.
Q2) The most common type of fibrous dysplasia, characterized by involvement of a single bone, is referred to as:
A)Paget disease.
B)polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.
C)monostotic fibrous dysplasia.
D)central giant cell granuloma.
Q3) Osteitis deformans and leontiasis ossea are other names for what chronic metabolic bone disease?
A)Central giant cell granuloma
B)Jaffe-Lichtenstein
C)Paget disease
D)Albright syndrome
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Chapter 9: Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
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Q1) In aplastic anemia, patients experience a dramatic decrease in all the circulating blood cells because of a severe depression of bone marrow activity.
A)Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
B)Both the statement and reason are correct but not related.
C)The statement is correct, but the reason is not.
D)The statement is not correct, but the reason is correct.
E)Neither the statement nor the reason is correct.
Q2) Insulin is manufactured by:
A)fatty tissue in long bones.
B)beta cells of the pancreas.
C)the liver.
D)the gallbladder.
Q3) Elevated blood levels of calcium, low levels of blood phosphorus, and abnormal bone metabolism are characteristic of which type of endocrine disorder?
A)Hyperpituitarism
B)Hyperthyroidism
C)Hypothyroidism
D)Hyperparathyroidism
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Chapter 10: Diseases Affecting the Temporomandibular Joint
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Q1) The temporomandibular joint exhibits ginglymoarthrodial, or _____, movement.
A)rotational and translational
B)opening
C)closing
D)maximal interdigitation
Q2) During opening of the jaw:
A)rotational movement precedes translation.
B)rotational movement follows translation.
C)there is only rotational movement; translation occurs only during closure.
D)there is only translational movement; rotation occurs only during closure.
Q3) Which type of dental radiography is best for identifying bone abnormalities such as osteophytes, condylar erosion, fractures, ankylosis, and condylar hyperplasia?
A)Panoramic imaging
B)Transcranial imaging
C)Computerized tomography (CT)
D)Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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