Periodontology

Test Your Periodontology Knowledge

Welcome to the Periodontology Quiz! This engaging assessment will challenge your understanding of periodontal health, history, and practices. Whether you're a student, a professional, or a dental enthusiast, this quiz is designed to deepen your knowledge and sharpen your skills.

You'll find questions covering a range of topics including:

Clinical Techniques
Historical Perspectives
Oral Anatomy
Pathology
Disease Prevention

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A heavy ledge of calculus is most efficiently removed by engaging the edge of the ledge with which part of the cutting edge?:

Entire length

Lower third .

Middle third

Upper third

In order to open the angulation of a curet blade in relation to the tooth surface, the shank must be moved:

Toward the tooth.

Away from the tooth.

More parallel to the long axis.

More perpendicular to the long axis.

On lingual surfaces, proper working angulation is achieved by positioning the handle so that it is:

Buccal to the plane of the lingual surfaces.

In line with or lingual to the plane of the lingual surfaces.

Parallel to the occlusal surfaces.

Perpendicular to the long axis of the tooth.

The most common disease found in the embalmed bodies of ancient Egyptians:

Rickets

Arthritis

Periodontal disease

Dental caries

Which ancient medical book recommended cleaning the teeth twice a day with an astringent stick that has been chewed into a brush form:

Eberus papyrus

Edwin Smith surgical papyrus

Sushrutha Samhita

Charaka Samhita

Who described scaling of teeth with a sophisticated set of instruments in 10th century itself:

Plato

Etruscans

Ibn Sina

Abul-Qasim

Who was the first person to describe oral bacterial flora from a sample of material taken from his own gingival tissue:

Anton Von Leuwenhoek

Eustachius

Pierre Fauchard

Glickman

The main function of gingiva is :

Attaching the tooth to alveolar bone

Protection of underlying tissues

Providing blood supply to teeth

Taking the brunt of mastication

The width of attached gingiva is the distance between:

Bottom of gingival sulcus to MG junction

Bottom of periodontal pocket to MG junction

Both of the above are correct

None of the above are correct

12Which of the following is absent in parakeratinized gingiva:

Stratum corneum

Stratum granulosum

Stratum spinosum

Stratum basale

Which of the following dose not increase the flow of crevicular fluid:

Inflammation

Trauma from occlusion

Smoking

Brushing

16Which of the following is found in acellular Afibrillar cementum:

Cells

Extrinsic collagen

Intrinsic collagen

None of the above

Which of the following is not a significant risk factor for periodontal disease:

Diabetes

Smoking

Aging

Poor oral hygiene

Significant serum antibody response to specific Plaque organisms is found in:

Localized form of chronic periodontitis

Generalized from of chronic periodontitis

Localized from of aggressive periodontitis

Generalized from of aggressive periodontitis

21The periodontal pathogenicity of Actinobacillus Actonomycetemcomitans is primarily attributed to its Production of:

Collagenase

Hyluronidase

Leukotoxin

Platelet aggregation factor

In maintainance phase of oral pemphigus, oral Prophlaxis should be preceeded by intake of:

Antibiotic

Prednisone

Vitamins

Analgesics

26After discontinuation of causative drug, the gingival enlargement undergoes spontaneous disappearance within few:

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Lobulated mulberry-shaped gingival enlargement is characteristic of :

Inflammatory gingival enlargement

Drug-induced ingival enlargement

Combined gingival enlargement

All of the above

In drug-induced gingival enlargement ,hyperplasia occurs in:

Connective tissue

Epithelium

Both of the above

None of the above

Defensive delimiting connective tissue barrier reaction to gingival inflammation is reduced in deficiency of:

Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

The effect of hormonal imbalance on periodontal tissue is:

They show manifestations

They modify the tissue response to plaque

Produce anatomic changes that favour trauma from occlusion

All of the above

The width of attached gingiva:

Increases with age

Decreases with age

Doesn’t alter with age

Initially decreases and later increase with age

The gingival sulcus develops:

When the crown penetrates oral mucosa

When ½ of the crown has erupted

When3/4 of the crown has erupted

When the complete crown has erupted

Whichofthefollowingwillincreaseduringmenstruation:

Exudate from inflamed gingiva

Salivary bacterial count

Both the above

None of the above

Select the most appropriate answer in pregnancy the severity of gingivitis starts increasing during:

First month

Second month

4th month

6th month

Which of the following statements is incorrect about pregnancy:

The severity of gingivitis is greatest between 2nd and 3rd trimesters

The severity of gingivitis decreases during 9th month

Plaque accumulation is more severe during 9th month

The correlation between plaque accumulation and gingivitis is more during pregnancy than after parturition.

The mucogingival junction is located between the:

Free gingival and attached gingiva

Fee gingival and tooth

Base of the sulcus and alveolar mucosa

Attached gingiva and alveolar mucosa

Stippling is seen in :

Marginal gingiva

Attached gingiva

Interdental gingiva

Attached gingiva and center of interdental papilla

The area of periodontium more susceptible to tissue breadown is:

Free gingiva

Gingival sulcus

Interdental col

Interdental papill

Dcntogingival unit comprises:

Gingival fibers

Gingival fiber and junctiona1 epithelium

Periodontal fibers and ligament

None of the above

Gingiva is supplied by:

Supraperiosteal vessels

Vessels of periodontal ligament

Arterioles emerging from alveolar crest

All of the above

Which of the following fiber group I.s not attached to alveolar bone :

Transseptal fibers

Oblique fibers

Horizontal fibers

Dentoperiosteal fibers

The most common presentation of CEJ is:

Butt- joint

Failing to meet each other

Enamel overlaps cementum

Cementum overlaps enamel

Which of the following is more mineralzed?:

A cellular extrinsic fiber cementum

Cellular mixed stratified cementum

Cellular intrinsic fiber cementum

Intermediate cementum

Adhesion molecule present in cementum:

Cementum attachment protein

Vascular adhesion molecule

Insulin growth factor

None of the above

Cementum that usually fills resorption lacunae:

Cellular intrinsic fiber cementum

Intermediate cementum

Acellular extrinsic fiber cementum

None of the above

Coupling phenomenon is:

Association of osteoclast with bone surface for resorption

Association of osteoblast with the matrix for bone mineralization

Interdependency of osteoblasts and osteoclasts in remodeling

Contact between various osteocytes with in haversian system for exchange of nutrients

With aging, the solubility of the collagen in gingival connective tissue:

Increases

Decreases

Remains constant

Fist increase then decrease

Which of the following fibers increases with age in periodontal ligament?:

Type I collagen

Type II collagen

Elastic fibers

Oxytalan fibers

Which of the following organism’s role is decreased with age:

P.gingivalis

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

F.nucleatum

P.intermedia

Leukotoxin are produced by which of the following periopathogens:

P.gingivalis

P.intermedia

A.actinomycetemcomitans

F.nucleatum

Which microorganism is increased in pregnancy:

Prevotella intermedius

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Porphyromonas melaninogenicus

Eikenella corrodens

In order to close the angulation of a curet blade in relation to the tooth surface, the shank must be moved:

Toward the tooth.

Away from the tooth.

More parallel to the long axis.

More perpendicular to the long axis.

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