Pediatric dentistry Exam Questions With All Correct Answers

Pediatric dentistry Exam Questions With All Correct Answers Ectopic arrangement - Answer- a disturbance in the eruption; tooth eruots out of place (congenital) Anodontia - Answer- Absence of teeth, usually of genetic origin (congenital) macrodontia - Answer- abnormally large teeth (congenital) cleft palate or lip - Answer- fissure of an organ; incomplete juncture (congenital) hyperdontia - Answer- excess number of supernumerary teeth (congenital) hypodontia - Answer- congenital absence of teeth enamel hypoplasia - Answer- underdevelopment of enamel tissue (congenital) dentinogenesis imperfecta - Answer- incomplete or improper development of dentin tissue (congenital) amelogenesis imperfecta - Answer- incomplete or improper devlopment of enamel issue (congenital) aplasia - Answer- failure of an organ or body part to develop dens in dente - Answer- tooth within a tooth (congenital) germinated - Answer- attempted division of a single tooth (environmental) fusion of teeth - Answer- union of two independently developing primary or secondary teeth (environmental) caries - Answer- dental decay; number one disease of children (environmental) epulis - Answer- fibrous, sarrcomatous tumor; also called gum boil (environmental) abscess - Answer- local collection of pus (environmental) cellulitis - Answer- inflammation in the cellular or connective tissue (environmental) early tooth exfoliation - Answer- tooth loss resulting in the shifting of teeth and loss of tooth position (environmental) ankylosis - Answer- stiff joint, retention of diciduous tooth (environmental) intrinistic - Answer- internal discoloration of teeth resulting from diet, medication or excessive flouride during teeth development (environmental) baby bottle mouth - Answer- mouth condition of badly decayed and rotted teeth with accompanying gum-tissue soreness that is caused from prolonged access to bottle feeding through sleep and eating. macroglossia - Answer- enlarged tongue ankyloglossia - Answer- (tongue-tie) when the lingual frenulum is unusually short, thick, or tight abnormal labial frenum - Answer- enlarged or thick labial frenum - may cause diastema fissured - Answer- grooved division, cleft, or split of tongue micrognathia - Answer- abrnomally small jaw, undersized mandible cherubism - Answer- a genetic disorder resulting in enlargement of the cheek and other facial structures odontoma - Answer- abnormal cell proliferation papilloma - Answer- neoplasm arising from epithelial cells; benign tumor verruca vulgaris - Answer- viral cause, from finger sucking fibroma - Answer- fibrous, benign tumor granuloma - Answer- grandular tumor usually of epithelioid or lymphoid cells neurofibromatosis - Answer- tumor on peripheral nerves hemangioma - Answer- vascular tumor, generally located in the neck/head area lymphangioma - Answer- tumor made up of lymphatic nerves lymphoma - Answer- new tissue growth within the lymphatic system