S1 - Chapter 1 Review Questions

Because it is associated with candidiasis, an antifungal medication is used sometimes to help in the diagnosis or treatment of:

Question 1 Options:

A. Lingual thyroid

B. Erythema migrans

C. Central papillary atrophy

D. Black hairy tongue

C. Central papillary atrophy

To determine the presence of blood dyscrasias, which one of the following would provide the most definitive information?

Question 2 options:

A. Laboratory blood tests

B. Bleeding during probing

C. Pallor of the gingiva and mucosa

D. Patient complaint of weakness

A. Laboratory blood tests

The benign stratified squamous cell papilloma is considered low risk and is associated with which types of HPV?

Question 3 options:

A. 16 and 18

B. 2 and 3

C. 6 and 11

D. 1 and 9

C. 6 and 11

What percentage of erythroplakias is diagnosed as severe epithelial dysplasia or squamous cell carcinoma?

Question 4 options:

A. 10%

B. 25%

C. 60%

D. 90%

D. 90%

Which cyst is often described as a radiolucency that scallops around the roots of the teeth involved?

Question 5 options:

A. Stafne bone

B. Traumatic bone

C. Radicular

D. Residual

B. Traumatic Bone

The identification of which one of the following is not determined by clinical diagnosis?

Question 6 options:

A. Fordyce granules

B. Tori

C. Compound odontoma

D. Retrocuspid papilla

C. Compound odontoma

A lesion is measured at 6 cm. What is the approximate size of the lesion?

Question 7 options:

A. 6 inches

B. 3 inches

C. 100mm

D. 10mm

B. 3 inches

Retrocuspid papillae are found on the:

Question 8 options:

A. Lingual gingiva between maxillary centrals

B. Buccal mucosa

C. Lingual aspects of mandibular canines

D. Lateral border of the posterior tongue

C. Lingual aspects of mandibular canines

All of the following are diagnosed without biopsy except one. Which one is the exception?

Question 9 options:

A. Fissured tongue

B. Erythroplakia

C. Central papillary atrophy

D. Erythema migrans

B. Erythroplakia

Another term for erythema migrans is:

Question 10 options:

A. Allergic tongue

B. Median rhomboid glossitis

C. Geographic tongue

D. White hairy tongue

C. Geographic tongue

Which one of the following occurs as an erythematous area, is devoid of filiform papillae, is oval to rectangular in shape, does not change its characteristics, and is located on the midline of the dorsal surface of the tongue?

Question 11 options:

A. Median rhomboid glossitis

B. Geographic tongue

C. Fissured tongue

D. Lingual thyroid

A. Median rhomboid glossitis

The cause of supernumerary teeth is most likely:

Question 12 options:

A. Genetic

B. Traumatic

C. Cystic

D. Systemic

A. Genetic

Which of the following is characterized by symptoms including dysphagia, dysphonia, and dyspnea?

Question 13 options:

A. Median rhomboid glossitis

B. Erythema migrans

C. Lingual thyroid

D. Fissured tongue

C. Lingual thyroid

Which of the following best describes the number of types of HPV? More than:

Question 14 options:

A. 35

B. 75

C. 100

D. 130

C. 100

Which one of the following terms best describes leukoplakia?

Question 15 options:

A. Clinical

B. Histologic

C. Historical

D. Microscopic

A. Clinical

Which one of the following diagnostic categories would the dental hygienist most easily apply to the preliminary evaluation of oral lesions?

Question 16 options:

A. Microscopic

B. Clinical

C. Therapeutic

D. Differential

B. Clinical

Which one of the following terms describes the base of a lesion that is stalklike?

Question 17 options:

A. Sessile

B. Lobule

C. Pedunculated

D. Macule

C. Pedunculated

Gingival enlargement is caused by which of the following groups of drugs?

Question 18 options:

A. Antiviral

B. Calcium channel blockers

C. Antibiotics

D. Hypersensitivity

B. Calcium channel blockers

Which one of the following is not considered a variant of normal?

Question 19 options:

A. Migratory glossitis

B. White hairy tongue

C. Fissured tongue

D. Hairy leukoplakia

D. Hairy leukoplakia

The most common location for lingual thyroid is:

Question 20 options:

A. Ventral tongue

B. Dorsal of anterior third of tongue

C. In the neck

D. Between the foramen cecum and epiglottis

D. Between the foramen cecum and epiglottis

The descriptive term that would best be used for a freckle is a:

Question 21 options:

A. Bulla

B. Vesicle

C. Lobule

D. Macule

D. Macule

A patient has the clinical signs of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. The hygienist has the patient begin hydrogen peroxide rinses without culturing the bacterial flora. This action applies to which one of the following diagnostic categories?

Question 22 options:

A. Therapeutic

B. Microscopic

C. Clinical

D. Final or definitive

A. Therapeutic

A small circumscribed lesion usually less than 1 cm in diameter that is elevated and protrudes above the surface of normal surrounding tissue is called a:

Question 23 options:

A. Bulla

B. Macule

C. Vesicle

D. Papule

D. Papule

Radiographic diagnosis would contribute to the definitive diagnosis of all of the following except:

Question 24 options:

A. Internal resorptions

B. Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia

C. Odontomas

D. A retained deciduous tooth

D. A retained deciduous tooth

Which of the following conditions is a benign anomaly, has a diffuse gray-to-white opaque appearance on the buccal mucosa, and is most commonly seen in adult black individuals?

Question 25 options:

A. Leukoedema

B. Linea alba

C. Ectopic geographic tongue

D. Lichen planus

A. Leukoedema