Dental Hygiene Clinic Solved Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Dental Hygiene Clinic provides students with supervised, hands-on experience in delivering comprehensive oral health care to patients. Emphasizing patient assessment, preventive and therapeutic procedures, infection control, and patient education, the course enables students to apply theoretical knowledge in a clinical setting. Students learn to use dental instruments, perform oral health assessments, develop treatment plans, and deliver prophylactic care while fostering effective communication and professionalism within a dental team.
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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) Diagnosis of anemia is best accomplished through:
A)laboratory tests.
B)evaluation of the color of the gingiva.
C)bleeding on probing.
D)the patient's medical history.
Answer: A
Q2) Leukoedema is a generalized opalescence appearing on the buccal mucosa; linea alba is a dark pigmented line appearing on the buccal mucosa.
A)Both statements are true.
B)Both statements are false.
C)The first statement is true, and the second statement is false.
D)The first statement is false, and the second statement is true.
Answer: C
Q3) Which one of the following is not considered a variant of normal?
A)Fordyce granules
B)Leukoedema
C)Linea alba
D)Pyogenic granuloma
Answer: D
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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) Which one of the following is not a cause of abrasion?
A)Pipe placement by pipe smokers
B)Playing wind instruments
C)Holding needles or pins with the teeth
D)Frequent sucking on lemons
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Immunity and Immunologic Oral Lesions
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Q1) Which one of the following is an example of type I hypersensitivity?
A)Immune complexes formed between microorganisms and antibody in the circulating blood
B)Asthma
C)Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
D)Serum sickness
Answer: B
Q2) The classic triad of symptoms seen in 25% of patients with Hand-Schüller-Christian disease includes all of the following except:
A)well-defined or punched-out radiolucent areas in the skull.
B)exophthalmos.
C)cyclic neutropenia.
D)diabetes insipidus.
Answer: C
Q3) Which one of the following is not a component of Reiter syndrome?
A)Arthritis
B)Geographic tongue-like lesions
C)Urethritis
D)Wickham striae
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Infectious Diseases
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Q1) The most characteristic form of which of the following diseases is the formation of abscesses that tend to drain from the mandible to the skin by the formation of sinus tracts, with sulfur granules in the pus draining from the sinus tracts?
A)Actinomycosis
B)Tuberculosis
C)Syphilis
D)Impetigo
Q2) Which antigen is injected into the skin to determine exposure and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
A)HLA-B27
B)PPD
C)VDRL
D)IgE
Q3) Deep fungal infections include all of the following except:
A)histoplasmosis.
B)coccidioidomycosis.
C)blastomycosis.
D)actinomycosis.
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Chapter 5: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) What is the name of the pseudocyst filled with salivary gland tissue that may be an extension of the sublingual gland?
A)Ranula
B)Static bone cyst
C)Lymphoepithelial cyst
D)Traumatic bone cyst
Q2) Which term best describes a disorder caused by abnormalities in the genetic makeup transmitted from parent to offspring?
A)Anomaly
B)Inherited
C)Congenital
D)Developmental
Q3) Which one of the following tumors frequently arises from a dentigerous cyst?
A)Sarcoma
B)Ameloblastoma
C)Odontoma
D)Dens en dente
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Chapter 6: Genetics
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Q1) Primitive germ cells have _____ chromosomes and are called _____.
A)23; diploid
B)46; haploid
C)23; haploid
D)46; diploid
Q2) Pegged or absent maxillary lateral incisors:
A)affect the secondary but not primary dentition.
B)have a prevalence of 10% in the white population.
C)are accompanied by congenitally lacking premolar teeth in 10% to 20% of the population.
D)are generally an autosomal-recessive trait with variable expressivity.
Q3) Blood group _____ is an example of gene codominance.
A)O
B)A
C)B
D)AB
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Chapter 7: Neoplasia
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Q1) A benign cementoblastoma has all of the following radiographic characteristics except one. Which one is the exception?
A)Well circumscribed
B)Radiopaque
C)Attached to root
D)Multilocular
Q2) Which of the following choices is not regarded as an initiating factor in the development of oral cancer?
A)Cigar, pipe, and cigarette smoking
B)Snuff dipping and tobacco chewing
C)Consumption of alcohol
D)Chronic irritation
Q3) 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
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Chapter 8: Nonneoplastic Diseases of Bone
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Q1) For which of the following diseases of bone is surgical recontouring most often recommended as its treatment modality?
A)Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia
B)Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia
C)Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
D)Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia
Q2) Which of the following types of lesions typically arises in the posterior mandible and appears as an isolated, well-delineated radiolucent-to-radiopaque lesion that is less than 1.5 cm in size?
A)Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia
B)Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia
C)Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia
D)Monostotic fibrous dysplasia
Q3) Paget disease of bone:
A)typically occurs in children under the age of 18.
B)is painless.
C)may reveal a "cotton-wool" appearance on radiographs.
D)results in shrinkage of affected bone.
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Chapter 9: Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
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Q1) Byetta is:
A)an oral product for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.
B)a form of insulin derived from pigs.
C)a medication that has the potential to help restore the response of the body's insulin-producing cells.
D)delivered with a pump that provides the medication on the hour over a 24-hour period.
Q2) The most common cause of hyperpituitarism is:
A)hepatomegaly.
B)hypercalcemia.
C)pituitary adenoma.
D)hyperglycemia.
Q3) All of the following statements are true regarding type 2 diabetes mellitus except one. Which one is the exception?
A)It is non-insulin-dependent.
B)The majority of patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
C)Contributing factors include a decrease in metabolic rate and weight gain.
D)Complications include polydipsia, polyuria, and polyphagia.
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Chapter 10: Diseases Affecting the Temporomandibular
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Q1) Caution is recommended with long-term use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) because of what type of complications?
A)Gastrointestinal
B)Cardiovascular
C)Psychiatric
D)Arthritis
Q2) Of the various surgical techniques used to treat TMDs, _____ involves surgical repositioning of the condyle.
A)arthrocentesis
B)arthroscopy
C)condylotomy
D)open joint surgery
Q3) Opening, or depressor function, of the mandible is accomplished primarily by the _____ muscle.
A)medial pterygoid
B)lateral pterygoid
C)masseter
D)temporalis
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