Dental Hygiene OSCE - Oral Pathology Latest
2025/2026 Complete Multiple Choices Questions
with Correct Answers GRADED A+
1. What is angular cheilitis caused by?: The fungus Candidia albicans (thrush).
2. What are some other potential causes of angular cheilitis?: - ri boflavin (B12)
deficiency
- iron deficiency anemia
- zinc deficiency
3. Angular cheilitis can also be a sign of a nd/or
due both to malnutrition and as a side eff ect of constant
.: anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; vomiting
4. Angular cheilitis affects what part of the lips?: The ANGLES or lips corners of the
5. The word cheilitis means?: An inflammatory condition of the lips.
6. What is the term to describe benign or premalignant changes o to n the lip due
chronic sun exposure?: Solar cheilitis (sun)
ogical atypia
note: also may be called actinic cheilitis, or actinic cheilitis with histol
7. Solar cheilitis affects what?: The vermillion (red/pink part of th e lip)
*** vermilion is a shade of red
8. Dry lips, thinned skin of the lips, and scaly patches are common features of
1/
14
, .: Solar cheilitis
9. Less common features of solar cheilitis include:: - swelling of the lip
- redness and soreness
- ulceration and crusting
- loss of demarcation between the vermilion border of the lip and its adjacent skin
- prominent folds and lip lines
- white thickened patches (leukokeratosis)
- discolored skin with pale or yellow areas
note: the exam may ask you to distinguish between solar cheilitis and and old scar.
Know the features and what solar cheilitis looks like.
2/
14
, 10. What is the most common of the oral fibrous tumor-like grow ths?: Irritation
fibroma
uma or local
note: fibromas represent reactive focal fibrous hyperplasia due to tra
irritation
n on the
11. A fibroma may occur at any oral site, but it is seen most ofte cosa; plane of
along the .: buccal mu
occlusion of the max and mand teeth.
12. What are the clinical features of a fibroma?: - round-to-ovoid
- asymptomatic
- smooth surfaced
- firm sessile OR pedunculated mass
- 1 mm - 2 cm diameter
- surface may be hyperkeratotic or ulcerated, owing to repeated trauma
13. What is a benign nerve sheath tumor that is derived from the myelin sheath of
peripheral nerves in the peripheral nervous system called?: A neurofibroma
neuro = nervous system
fibro =. fibrous
oma = tumor
14. A neurofibroma is an acquired disease that can result in a range of symp- toms
from physical disfiguration and pain to cognitive disability.
a. true, true
b. true, false
c. false, true
d. false, false: c. false, true
note: a neurofibroma is NOT acquired, it is a autosomal dominant genetically-inher-
ited disease. The second statement is true.
3/
14
2025/2026 Complete Multiple Choices Questions
with Correct Answers GRADED A+
1. What is angular cheilitis caused by?: The fungus Candidia albicans (thrush).
2. What are some other potential causes of angular cheilitis?: - ri boflavin (B12)
deficiency
- iron deficiency anemia
- zinc deficiency
3. Angular cheilitis can also be a sign of a nd/or
due both to malnutrition and as a side eff ect of constant
.: anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; vomiting
4. Angular cheilitis affects what part of the lips?: The ANGLES or lips corners of the
5. The word cheilitis means?: An inflammatory condition of the lips.
6. What is the term to describe benign or premalignant changes o to n the lip due
chronic sun exposure?: Solar cheilitis (sun)
ogical atypia
note: also may be called actinic cheilitis, or actinic cheilitis with histol
7. Solar cheilitis affects what?: The vermillion (red/pink part of th e lip)
*** vermilion is a shade of red
8. Dry lips, thinned skin of the lips, and scaly patches are common features of
1/
14
, .: Solar cheilitis
9. Less common features of solar cheilitis include:: - swelling of the lip
- redness and soreness
- ulceration and crusting
- loss of demarcation between the vermilion border of the lip and its adjacent skin
- prominent folds and lip lines
- white thickened patches (leukokeratosis)
- discolored skin with pale or yellow areas
note: the exam may ask you to distinguish between solar cheilitis and and old scar.
Know the features and what solar cheilitis looks like.
2/
14
, 10. What is the most common of the oral fibrous tumor-like grow ths?: Irritation
fibroma
uma or local
note: fibromas represent reactive focal fibrous hyperplasia due to tra
irritation
n on the
11. A fibroma may occur at any oral site, but it is seen most ofte cosa; plane of
along the .: buccal mu
occlusion of the max and mand teeth.
12. What are the clinical features of a fibroma?: - round-to-ovoid
- asymptomatic
- smooth surfaced
- firm sessile OR pedunculated mass
- 1 mm - 2 cm diameter
- surface may be hyperkeratotic or ulcerated, owing to repeated trauma
13. What is a benign nerve sheath tumor that is derived from the myelin sheath of
peripheral nerves in the peripheral nervous system called?: A neurofibroma
neuro = nervous system
fibro =. fibrous
oma = tumor
14. A neurofibroma is an acquired disease that can result in a range of symp- toms
from physical disfiguration and pain to cognitive disability.
a. true, true
b. true, false
c. false, true
d. false, false: c. false, true
note: a neurofibroma is NOT acquired, it is a autosomal dominant genetically-inher-
ited disease. The second statement is true.
3/
14
