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Dental Examination Questions: Oral Biology And Tooth Morphology
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1. During an illness for a child tooth calcification is disturbed. This will most likely affect teeth that are in which of the following stages of development?
2. Which of the following types of dentin is continuously produced throughout life?
3. Differentiation of ameloblasts from the internal enamel epithelium takes place in which of the following stages of tooth development?
4. A 20 year old man falls down and chips the incisal edge of his maxillary central incisor, reducing the length of the crown. A dentist informs him that the tooth may erupt a little to compensate for the loss. This tooth movement is likely to result in increase in size of which of the following dental tissues?
5. Ameloblasts form conical projections called Tomes Processes during which of the following stages of amelogenesis?
6. Dentin formation is most likely to be initiated by which of the following parts of the enamel organ?
7. The calcium ions present in saliva are most likely to play a role in which of the following functions of saliva?
8. The steepest cusp incline is present in which of the following permanent teeth?
9. Ossification of the mandible starts in which if the following regions?
10. Intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue are the derivatives of which of the following?
11. The roots of which of the following permanent tooth are normally completely formed by age ten years?
12. Merkel cells are likely to be found in which of the following tissues?
13. A person eats a starch rich diet. Saliva from which of the following glands is most likely to be effective in digestion of this food?
14. The highest quantity of inorganic content is likely to be present in which of the following tissues related to teeth?
15. Which of the following papillae of the tongue are dome shaped, with taste buds on the superior surface, and are present scattered on the anterior 2/3rd of the tongue?
16. Which of the following groups of periodontal ligament fibres are most numerous?
17. During cavity preparation a dentist drills deeply into a tooth and exposes the pulp chamber. The dentist covers the exposed pulp tissue with a calcium hydroxide cement, and reassures the patient. Which of the following cells of the pulp are most likely to be responsible for healing and repair in this area?
18. A Y shaped occlusal groove is most likely to be present in which of the following teeth?
19. A 13 year old boy presents to his general dental practitioner with a broken upper incisor tooth of one day duration. He complains of pain in the tooth when drinking cold water. On examination the enamel of the incisal edge has been chipped off, and the underlying dentin exposed. Which of the following contents of he dentinal tubule are most likely to be responsible for the pain felt by the patient?
20. A patient complains of loss of taste, and a numb sensation in the left half of his tongue, after removal of his left lower wisdom tooth. Which of the following nerves is most likely to have been injured during removal of this tooth?
21. Which of the following areas of enamel is strongest i.e. most resistant to stresses?
22. Which of the following is the last succedaneous tooth to erupt?
23. The histology of enamel may be best observed using which of the following methods of slide preparation?
24. Cells that are responsible for the production of reactive dentin are most likely to be present in which of the following areas of pulp?
25. Disturbance of saliva production from the parotid gland is likely to result from damage to which of the following ganglia?