Dental Hygiene Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Dental Hygiene is the study of oral health practices and preventive care techniques fundamental to maintaining healthy teeth and gums. This course covers the anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity, assessment and diagnosis of oral diseases, dental cleaning procedures, patient education strategies, and infection control protocols. Students will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the promotion of oral health, disease prevention, and the advancement of overall well-being. The course prepares students for professional roles in clinical, educational, and community settings within dental healthcare teams.
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Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist 7th Edition by Olga A. C. Ibsen
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Preliminary Diagnosis of Oral
Lesions
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Q1) The human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with what condition?
A) Thrush
B) Tuberculosis
C) Verruca vulgaris
D) Herpangina
Answer: C
Q2) The term erythroplakia is best used in which context?
A) Microscopic
B) Laboratory
C) Surgical
D) Clinical Answer: D
Q3) Ectopic geographic tongue can be found in which location?
A) On the lateral border of the tongue
B) Within bone
C) On mucosal surfaces other than the tongue
D) The dorsal surface of the tongue
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Inflammation and Repair
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Q1) Which choice is most likely to result in frictional keratosis?
A) High-fiber diet
B) Chewing on an edentulous ridge
C) Malignancy
D) Daily use of mouthwash
Answer: B
Q2) A tooth must be extracted if internal root resorption is present and a perforation occurs.
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.
Answer: A
Q3) Resorption of tooth structure from outside the tooth is termed
A) internal resorption.
B) external resorption.
C) idiopathic tooth resorption.
D) condensing osteitis.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Immunity and Immunologic Oral Lesions
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Q1) The acute disseminated form of Langerhans cell disease is termed
A) eosinophilic granuloma.
B) Hand-Schüller-Christian disease.
C) Letterer-Siwe disease.
D) Reiter syndrome.
Answer: C
Q2) Which protein molecule is produced by plasma cells and is also termed an immunoglobulin?
A) An autoimmune disease
B) A natural killer (NK) cell
C) Rheumatoid factor
D) An antibody
Answer: D
Q3) An example of natural passive immunity occurs when
A) antibodies from a mother pass through the placenta to the developing fetus.
B) a microorganism causes a disease.
C) a person receives a vaccination.
D) a person is immunized.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Infectious Diseases
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Q1) Epidemic parotitis characterized by bilateral swelling of the parotid glands
A)Herpangina
B)Measles
C)Acute lymphonodular pharyngitis
D)Hairy leukoplakia
E)Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
F)Mumps
Q2) White, papillary exophytic lesion resembling a papilloma
A)Impetigo
B)Tuberculosis
C)Actinomycosis
D)Syphilis
E)Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis
F)Verrucous vulgaris
G)Condyloma acuminatum
Q3) Which condition does not contribute to the overgrowth of Candida albicans?
A) Antibiotic therapy
B) Dentures
C) Cancer chemotherapy
D) Angioedema
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Chapter 5: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) The body of the tongue develops from the A) frontal process.
B) first branchial arch.
C) second branchial arch.
D) third branchial arch.
Q2) Which is not true about the thyroglossal tract cyst?
A) It is found in individuals younger than 20 years.
B) No sex predilection exists.
C) Clinically, it is located below the hyoid bone.
D) Conservative nonsurgical treatment is sufficient.
Q3) Proliferation is defined as
A) congenital lack of teeth.
B) formation of dentin.
C) multiplication of cells.
D) disposition in favor of something.
Q4) The _____ cyst has a strong predilection for females.
A) lateral periodontal
B) nasopalatine canal
C) nasolabial
D) gingival
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Chapter 6: Genetics
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Q1) Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is characterized by
A) hypodontia, hypotrichosis, and hypohidrosis.
B) hyperdontia, hypotrichosis, and hypohidrosis.
C) hypodontia, hypertrichosis, and hyperhidrosis.
D) hyperdontia, hypertrichosis, and hyperhidrosis.
Q2) Cri du chat
A)Characterized by multiple abnormalities in various organs
B)Down syndrome as a result of nondisjunction
C)Nondisjunction of the X chromosome in the paternal gamete
D)Deletion on the short arm of chromosome 5
E)Fertilized ovum has two X chromosomes plus a Y chromosome
Q3) The gap 1, S, and gap 2 phases are part of what type of cell division?
A) First meiosis
B) Second meiosis
C) Mitosis
D) Hypohidrosis
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Chapter 7: Neoplasia
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Q1) Osteosarcoma occurs more often in the _____ and more often in _____.
A) maxilla; males
B) maxilla; females
C) mandible; males
D) mandible; females
Q2) Which is the most common salivary gland neoplasm?
A) Adenoid cystic carcinoma
B) Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
C) Pleomorphic adenoma
D) Monomorphic adenoma
Q3) Mitosis is uncontrolled with rapid division.
A)Benign
B)Malignant
Q4) The granular cell tumor
A) most often occurs on the tongue followed by the buccal mucosa.
B) appears as a painful, ulcerated nodule.
C) occurs most commonly in children.
D) occurs most often in men.
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Chapter 8: Nonneoplastic Diseases of Bone
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Q1) Early lesions of periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia are well circumscribed and radiolucent and may resemble which condition?
A) Periapical abscess
B) Benign cementoblastoma
C) Odontoma
D) Osteoma
Q2) Why is treatment with radiation therapy for polyostotic fibrous dysplasia contraindicated?
A) It is too severe of a treatment for a young child.
B) An association exists with malignant transformation to osteosarcoma.
C) Because of the defined borders of the lesions, surgery is the treatment of choice.
D) The lesions remain asymptomatic and localized.
Q3) Osteomalacia is a disease of bone that develops over a long period of time as a result of deficiency of which substance?
A) Connective tissue
B) Calcium
C) Fluoride
D) Vitamin A
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Chapter 9: Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
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Q1) Osteoporosis
A)Severe pain in a joint
B)Reduction of the number of red blood cells
C)Chronic excessive thirst and intake of fluid
D)Small, flat, hemorrhagic patch larger than a petechia on the skin
E)Cell surface protein to which a specific molecule (e.g., a hormone) can bind
F)Stoppage or cessation of bleeding
G)Decrease in number of granulocytes
H)Muscle pain
I)Insoluble protein that is essential for the clotting of blood
J)Platelet
K)Enlargement of the liver
L)Increase in the total red blood cell mass in the blood
M)Abnormal rarefaction of bone
N)Decrease in the number of platelets in circulating blood
Q2) Which clinical feature is associated with hyperthyroidism?
A) Gigantism
B) Exophthalmos
C) Myxedema
D) Hypercalcemia
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Chapter 10: Orofacial Pain and Diseases Affecting the
Temporomandibular Joint
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Q1) Symptom
A)Method for evaluating and manipulating a joint via the insertion of a camera and instruments
B)Dry, crackling sound
C)Surgical puncture of a joint followed by lavage of joint space
D)Physical examination using pressure of the hand or fingers
E)Inability to fully open the mouth
F)Radiography of a joint after injection of opaque contrast material
G)Noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses radio waves to produce computerized images of internal body tissues
H)Listening to sounds within the body, using a stethoscope
I)Subjective evidence of disease or a physical disorder that is observed by the patient
J)Objective evidence of disease that can be observed by a health care provider rather than by the patient
K)Joint
L)Induced inadvertently by a medical or dental care provider or by medical treatment or a diagnostic procedure
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