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AAPD- Oral Pathology Questions with 100% Correct
Answers 2025 | 2026
Radiopaque, well defined well localized non-corticated located
at apex of VITAL teeth
No root resorption of teeth displacement - ANSWER IDIOPATHIC
BONE SCLEROSIS
Simple bone cyst (4) - ANSWER NOT a true cyst
Mandible, posterior
NO EFFECT ON SURROUNDING TEETH (HALLMARK)
Lamina dura intact, vital teeth
Replacement of normal bone with fibrous tissue- ORANGE PEEL
or GROUND GLASS APPEARANCE OF BONE
solitary or multiple, asymptomatic - ANSWER FIBROUS
DYSPLASIA
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Replacement of normal bone with fibrous and cementum-like
material, MIXED RL AND RO near apices of teeth, FEMALES 9:1 -
ANSWER Focal cemnto-osseous dysplasia
Radiolucent, well-defined, corticated, localized to non-vital
tooth - ANSWER RADICULAR CYST
Second primary molars, well-defined radiolucency corticated
around roots of involved teeth - ANSWER BUCCAL BIFURCATION
CYST
Radiolucency around unerupted tooth, CONTINUOUS WITH CEJ,
well defined - ANSWER DENTIGEROUS CYST
what are the 2 other things that should be in a differential for a
dentigerous cyst? - ANSWER odontogenic keratocyst (KOT/OKC)
cystic ameloblastoma
main difference between dentigerous cyst to OKC - ANSWER
OKC is ABOVE IAN (dentigerous can go blow)
AAPD- Oral Pathology Questions with 100% Correct
Answers 2025 | 2026
Radiopaque, well defined well localized non-corticated located
at apex of VITAL teeth
No root resorption of teeth displacement - ANSWER IDIOPATHIC
BONE SCLEROSIS
Simple bone cyst (4) - ANSWER NOT a true cyst
Mandible, posterior
NO EFFECT ON SURROUNDING TEETH (HALLMARK)
Lamina dura intact, vital teeth
Replacement of normal bone with fibrous tissue- ORANGE PEEL
or GROUND GLASS APPEARANCE OF BONE
solitary or multiple, asymptomatic - ANSWER FIBROUS
DYSPLASIA
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Replacement of normal bone with fibrous and cementum-like
material, MIXED RL AND RO near apices of teeth, FEMALES 9:1 -
ANSWER Focal cemnto-osseous dysplasia
Radiolucent, well-defined, corticated, localized to non-vital
tooth - ANSWER RADICULAR CYST
Second primary molars, well-defined radiolucency corticated
around roots of involved teeth - ANSWER BUCCAL BIFURCATION
CYST
Radiolucency around unerupted tooth, CONTINUOUS WITH CEJ,
well defined - ANSWER DENTIGEROUS CYST
what are the 2 other things that should be in a differential for a
dentigerous cyst? - ANSWER odontogenic keratocyst (KOT/OKC)
cystic ameloblastoma
main difference between dentigerous cyst to OKC - ANSWER
OKC is ABOVE IAN (dentigerous can go blow)
