Periodontology

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Periodontology Quiz

Test your knowledge on periodontology with this comprehensive quiz! Designed for dental students, professionals, and enthusiasts, this quiz covers essential concepts in periodontal health, treatment, and disease management.

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Bleeding on probing starts in:?

Stage I gingivitis

Stage II gingivitis

Stage III gingivitis

Stage IV gingivitis

Which a stroke use with probes and explores for evaluation of dimension of pocket and for explore Calculus on tooth surface?

Scaling stroke

Exploratory Stroke

Root planning stroke

Scaling stroke, Exploratory Stroke and Root planning stroke.

Which stroke មានកម្លាំងទាញ ឝ្រូវបានប្រើជាមួយមុឝកាំបិឝរបស់ឧបករណ៝សម្រាប់យកច៝ញ Calculus ទាំងពីរ Supra gingival and Sub gingival?

Scaling stroke

Exploratory Stroke

Root planning stroke

Scaling stroke, Exploratory Stroke and Root planning stroke.

For periodontal patient, the most frequently recommended tooth brushing technique is:?

Scrub technique

Roll technique

Sulcular technique

Transverse scrubbing technique

What type of fibers are principle fibers of the periodontal ligament?

Elastic

Reticular

Collagenous

Collagenous and elastic

A periodontal pocket 8 mm deep, having the junctional epithelium coronal to the cement enamel junction is:?

An infrabony pocket

A psuedopocket

A true periodontal pocket

A furcation involvement

To localize a supernumerary or an impacted tooth and determine its exact relationship to the other teeth, which of the following radiographs would be most effective?

A periodontal and an occlusal view

An occlusal view using a high angle

A panoramic radiographs

Two or more periapical views at different angle and occlusal view

Which of the following does not improve healing after periodontal treatment?

Pressure

Debriment

Immobibilization

Oxygen insulflation

Which of the following is not one of the action factions that delay wound healing:?

Vitamin C deficiency

Protein deficiency

Osstrogen deficiency

Aging

Periodontal disease is any condition which affects the?

The term gingivitis refers to a condition which?

reversible and only effects the gingiva

Is irreversible and only effects the gingiva

Affects the underlying alveolar bone

Irreversibly damages the underlying bone

Is always acute in nature

The term chronic inflammation is best defined as?

An inflammatory process of long duration

An rapid onset of inflammation

An inflammatory process of short duration

A process with no evidence of repair

A process which will be self-limiting

What is the most common disease affecting the periodontium?

The most common form of periodontal disease that causes irreversible damage to the periodontium is:?

Aggressive periodontitis, chronic periodontitis

Necrotising ulcerative periodontitis

Plaque induced inflammation condition gingivitis

Necrotising ulcerative periodontitis, Aggressive periodontitis, chronic periodontitis

Drug induced periodontal

What is the most common systemic disease to affect the periodontal tissues?

Aids

Diabetes mellitus, aids, hypertension

SLeukaemiacurvy

Hypertension

Which of the following are true of chronic periodontitis?

It is a rare condition

Pockets depths are usually less than 4 mm

It is characterized by loss of alveolar bone and bleeding

Recession is rare

Drifting of teeth is not a common finding

What is the main difference between gingivitis and periodontitis?

Gingivitis is irreversible

Periodontitis is irreversible

Only gingivitis is caused by plaque

Only gingivitis results in bone loss, Periodontitis is irreversible

Periodontitis is a result of systemic disease

The clinical presentation of gingivitis and periodontitis are similar. How could you determine if a patient has periodontitis is?

The gingiva would bleed on probing

Look for bone loss on a radiograph

The gingiva would appear swollen

The patient would report pain

The oral hygiene would be poor

The periodontium consists of all of the following are:?

Gingiva, dentin

Cementum, gingiva, enamal

Cementum, Gingiva, Alveolar bone, dental pulp

Alveolar bone, cementum, dentin, dental pulp

Periodontal ligament, cementum, Gingiva, Alveolar bone

One of physical barriers in host response is:?

Keratinized tissue,

Connective tissue,

Connective epithelium,

Non-keratinized tissue

Which of the following is NOT the roles of saliva:?

Cleansing,

Antibacterial

Physical protection,

Antifungus

Microbial virulence factors include:?

Microbial invasions and enzymes,

Endotoxin and enzymes,

Microbial invasions and fimbriae,

All above

Cells involve in innate defense system are:?

Macrophages, neutrophils and B cells

Macrophages, dendritic cells and cytotoxic T cells,

B cells and T cells,

Macrophages, neutrophils, mast cells and dendritic cells

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor of periodontal disease?

Smoking

Cardiovascular disease

Pregnancy

Diabetes

Chronic periodontitis is the most common form of periodontitis. Which of the following is NOT a clinical feature of the disease?

Supra and subgingival plaque

Gingival inflammation

Negative papillae

Loss of periodontal attachment

Clinical finding of chronic periodontitis:?

A 42-year-old female presents with minimal plaque and inflammation. Radiographs show vertical and angular bone loss on the distal side of #37. Which one is the closest diagnosis of this case?

Localized chronic periodontitis

Localized aggressive periodontitis,

Localized periodontal abscess,

Localized necrotizing periodontitis

Risk factors for chronic periodontitis include:?

Prior history of oral surgery, bacterial plaque

Poor oral hygiene, smoking, emotional stress

Diabetes, arteriosclerosis

Aging

Chronic periodontitis is a form of periodontal diseases that:?

Affects all ages

Produces amount of destruction which is relevant to amount of plaque

Is familial aggregation

Presents with wide vertical bone loss around the defect

Aggressive periodontitis is a form of periodontal diseases that:?

Affects older people if compared with other form of disease

Produces amount of destruction which is relevant to amount of plaque

Results fast bone destruction

Is the most prevalence form

A 15-year-old girl presents with good oral hygiene. Radiographs how vertical bone loss on #11 and #36. What is the closest diagnosis of this case:?

Localized chronic periodontitis

Localized aggressive periodontitis

Localized gingivitis

Localized necrotizing periodontitis

A 65-year-old man with a chief complaint of loosing anterior lower teeth. Clinical finding shows excessive supra and subgingival plaque with bleeding on probing. Radiographs reveal severe bone loss on especially anterior lower teeth. Which is the closest diagnosis of this case?

Generalized chronic periodontitis

Generalized aggressive periodontitis

Generalized gingivitis

Generalized necrotizing periodontitis

A 48-year-old woman presents with fistula on the buccal of #24. The tooth does not have any filling. Probing shows a 6mm pocket on mesio-buccal. Pulp vitality test shows the tooth is vital and radiograph shows a vertical bone loss on mesial of #24. What is the closest diagnosis of this case?

Localized periodontitis of #24

Periapical abscess of #24

Periodontal abscess of #24

Gingival abscess of #24

The primary pathogen found in aggressive periodontitis is:?

Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Tannerella forsythia

Lactobacillus

Periodontal abscess is:?

Localized purulent inflammation hard tissue

Localized purulent inflammation of teeth and soft tissue

Localized purulent inflammation of periodontal tissues

Localized purulent inflammation resulting from fail endodontic treatment

The following are clinical features of periodontal abscess EXCEPT:?

Red

Smooth

Fluctuant swelling

Crater of periodontium

Treatment of periodontal abscess includes:?

Incision drainage with scaling and root planning

Incision drainage with endodontic treatment

Endodontic treatment with antibiotic

Antibiotic alone

When there is an abscess with fistula tract, we can traced the causing tooth by:?

Panoramic radiograph

Biopsie

Incision drainage

Insertion of gutta percha and taking x-ray

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of necrotizing periodontitis?

Halitosis

Severe pain

Bleeding

Gingival recession

Crater in necrotizing periodontitis involves:?

Periodontal ligament, alveolar bone & loss of attachment

Cementum and gingival recession

Pocket formation and pulp necrosis

Gingival inflammation

Patient with necrotizing periodontitis (NP) is usually requested to have blood test for HIV infection because:?

NP is a marker for HIV infection

NP is a marker for immune deterioration in HIV patient

HIV infection is a marker for NP

HIV infection and NP are the same

In necrotizing periodontitis, microorganisms can be found in all the following EXCEPT:?

Necrotic tissue components

Vital epithelium

Alveolar bone

Connective tissue

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