Postgraduate Oral Surgery Knowledge Quiz

 

 

1) Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by


 
a) paralysis in one side of the face.
b) prolonged episodes of pain in one side of the face.
c) uncontrolled twitching of one eye.
d) sharp excruciating pain when light pressure is applied to the affected area.

 
2) Intial repolarization of the nerve after stimulation is due primarly to

 
a) active transport of K+ into the cell.
b) active transport of Na+ out of the cell.
c) diffusion of Na+ into the cell along the concentration gradient.
d) diffusion of K+ out of the cell along the concentration gradient.
 

3) The emergency most frequently experienced during outpatient general anesthesia is


 
a) hypotension.
b) naphylaxis.
c) bradycardia.
d) respiratory obstruction.
 

4) Of the following bone grafts ,the greatest osteogenic potential occurs with

 
a)  a xenograft.
b) a freeze -dried bone graft.
c) an autogenous cortical graft.
d) an autogenous cancellous graft.
 

5) A mandibular molar was extracted because of advanced dental caries.A month later ,an indurated swelling arose externally adjucent to the site of extraction site.Several draining sinuses appeared spontaneously and drained pus which initially contained yellow granules .The most probable diagnosis is
 
a) a. syphilis.
b) tuberculosis.
c) actinomycosis.
d) streptococcal infection.

6) Hyperplastic palatal tissue known as papillomatosis is seen most often beneath dentures.This condition is best treated by


 
a) supraperiosteal dissection or electrosurgery.
b) not allowing the patient to wear denture.
c) radical excision because it is premalignant.
d)  chemical cattery
.

7) A patient has received a tumoricidal course of cobalt therapy for a lesion of the pharynx,His mandibular first molar has developed a periapical abscess related to caries .This tooth would be treated by


 
a) administering an antibiotic and extracting.
b) performing root canal therapy if at all possible.
c) prescribing an analgesic and an antibiotic.
d) incising and draining the abscess.

8)Bells palsy is a condition associated with

a. a submaxillary gland
b. the seventh crainal nerve
c. the glossopharyngeal nerve
d. a temporomandibular joint

 

a)   a submaxillary gland.
b) the seventh cranial nerve.
c) the glossopharyngeal nerve.

9) The elevator can be used to advantage when


 
a) the tooth to be extracted is isolated.
b) the interdental bone is used as a fulcrum.
c) the adjacent tooth is not to be extracted.
d) multiple adjacent teeth are to be extracted.

10) Staphylococcal infections are
 

 

a) controlled in hospitals.
b) readily responsive to penicillin.
c) not disseminated by carriers.
d) difficult to treat because of the drug resistant strains.

 
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