Chapter One Oral Pathology For Dental Hygienist

Front 1

After arriving at a differential diagnosis, information from which category will best establish a final or definitive diagnosis?

Back 1

Microscopic

Front 2

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

Back 2

Macule

Front 3

What term is used to describe the base of lesion that is stalklike?

Back 3

pedunculated

Front 4

Clinical diagnosis can be used to determine the final or definitive diagnosis of all the following except:
A. Fordyce granules
B. Unerupted supernumerary teeth
C. Mandibular tori
D. Geographic tongue

Back 4

Unerupted supernumerary teeth

Front 5

Radiographic diagnosis would contribute to the
definitive diagnosis of all the following except:
A. Internal resorptions
B. Periapical cement-osseous dysplasia
C. Odontomas
D. A retained deciduous tooth

Back 5

A retained deciduous tooth

Front 6

To determine the presence of blood dyscrasias what would provide the most definitive diagnosis?

Back 6

Laboratory blood tests

Front 7

When an antifungal ointment or cream is used to treat angular chelitis what diagnostic category is being used?

Back 7

Therapeutic

Front 8

Yellow clusters of ectopic sebaceous glands commonly observed on the buccal mucosa and evaluated through clinical diagnosis are most likely

Back 8

Fordyce granules

Front 9

A slow growing, bony hard exophytic growth on the midline of the hard palate is developmental and hereditary in origin. Diagnosis is determined through clinical evaluation. You suspect

Back 9

Torus palatinus

Front 10

The white line observed on the buccal mucosa that extends from anterior to posterior along the occlusal plane is

Back 10

Linea alba

Front 11

What occurs as an erythematous area, is devoid of filiform papillae, is oval and rectangular in shape and is on the midline of the dorsal surface of the tongue

Back 11

median rhomboid glossitis

Front 12

Which category would a dental hygienist most easily apply to the preliminary evaluation of an oral lesion?

Back 12

Clinical

Front 13

These examples of exostoses are found on the lingual aspect of the mandible in the area of the premolars. They are benign, bony, hard and require no treatment. Radiographically they appear as radiopaque areas and are often bilateral

Back 13

Mandibular tori

Front 14

What is often used to describe mandibular tori?

Back 14

Lobulated

Front 15

What is a benign anomaly, has a diffuse gray-to-white opaque appearance on the buccal mucosa and is most often seen in black, adult individuals?

Back 15

Leukoedema

Front 16

Patient has the clinical signs of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. The hygienist has the patient begin rinsing with hydrogen peroxide without culturing the bacterial flora. Which diagnostic category would this fall into?

Back 16

Therapeutic

Front 17

Small circumscribed lesion, usually less than 1 cm in diameter that is elevated and protrudes above the surface of the normal surrounding tissue is

Back 17

Papule

Front 18

The base of a sessile lesion is:

Back 18

Broad and flat

Front 19

The identification of which of the following is not determined by clinical diagnosis?
A. Fordyce granules
B. Tori
C. Compound odontoma
D. Retrocuspid papilla

Back 19

Compound odontoma

Front 20

Another term for geographic tongue is:

Back 20

Migratory glossitis

Front 21

The cause of supernumerary teeth is most likely

Back 21

genetic

Front 22

Historical diagnosis can include the patient's

Back 22

Age and sex
Family history
Medical history

Front 23

What condition is most often seen on the buccal mucosa?

Back 23

Fordyce granule

Front 24

Which of the following is not considered a variant of normal?
A. Migratory glossitis
B. White Hairy tongue
C. Fissured tongue
D. Hairy leukoplakia

Back 24

Hairy leukoplakia

Front 25

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

Back 25

traumatic bone