MCQs of Oral Pathology & Medicine – Pulp And Periapical Infections

All of the following statements about the typical features of a periapical granuloma are true EXCEPT:

Phelogmon is a:

Most common cyst in oral region is:

Dental cyst

The earliest response of pulpitis is:

Garre’s chronic non suppurative sclerosing osteomyelitis is characterized clinically by:

Abscess formation is particularly characteristic of infections with which of the following microorganisms:

Organism involved in cellulitis is:

An acute apical abscess is usually a result of:

Which of the following periapical conditions is often associated with a vital pulp?

The main causative agent of Ludwig’s angina is:

The most common organism involved in a periapical abscess is:

The earliest radiographic sign of osteomyelitis is

Osteomyelitis begins as an inflammation of:

Focal sclerosing osteomyelitis is:

A tooth with a 3 month history of pain, which was worse when hot liquid were in mouth. After extraction, the tooth was split open. The pulp chamber was completely filled with pus. A few remnants of pulp tissue were found in apical end. The condition is:

Chronic hyperplastic pulpitis is:

Periapical cyst is usually preceded by:

Acute osteomyelitis is most frequently caused by which of the following microorganisms?

An asymptomatic tooth has deep has deep caries on occlusal surface. Radiograph shows radiopaque mass at apex of the tooth: this mass is most likely to be:

A person experiences throbbing pain at night. It is due to:

Pain due to acute irreversible pulpitis is:

Reversible pulpitis change to irreversible pulpitis primarily because of:

Which is not true of Ludwig’s angina?

Odontogenic epithelium responsible for the formation of dental cyst is:

The caries of enamel surface leads to accentuation of:

Constant feature associated with a radicular cyst

Which of the following differentiates between condensing osteitis and benign cementoblastoma

Best way to differentiate a periapical cyst and a perapical granuloma is:

A diffuse spreading inflammatory lesion is due to bacterial enzyme

Chronic periostitis in children is known as

Which of the following is more prone to osteomyelitis:

The chronic osteomyelitis of the jaw consists of:

The fascial spaces involved in ludwig’s angina are

Three stages in progression of acute odontogenic infection are:

The tooth most commonly involved in chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis is:

Cyst arising from rests of malassez is:

Low grade infection which leads to localized periosteal reaction is:

Tiny linear or arc-shaped bodied, amorphous, brittle and eosinophilic in reaction found in association with some odontogenic cysts, are called:

The cells most frequently found in a granuloma are:

Most used selective medium for streptococcus mutans is:

Most demineralised zone in enamel caries:

The gelatinous deposit adherent on the tooth surface is called as:

Streptococcus mutans produces an adhesive polymer from sucrose, known as:

Liquefaction foci of Miller is a histopathological observation in:

Which of the following is cariostatic?

Progression of dental caries caries on pit and fissure occurs from:

Which of the following represents soluble polysaccharide found in dental plaque and is formed from the fructose moiety of sucrose?

Plaque microflora can-split carbohydrates. What does it means?

True about caries, all except