ORAL PATHOLOGY FOR THE DENTAL
HYGIENIST EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 TEST
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⩥ Most cases of verrucous carcinoma occur in the ___years old
a. posterior lateral border of the tongue of women over 40
b. floor of the mouth of women over 70
c. vestibule and buccal mucosa of men over 55
d. bone of the mandible of men over 20. Answer: c. vestibule and buccal
mucosa of men over 55
⩥ Basal cell carcinoma is a __tumor that ___in the oral cavity
a. benign; occurs
b. malignant; occurs
c. benign; does not occur
d. malignant; does not occur. Answer: d. malignant; does not occur
⩥ Intraoral minor salivary gland tumors are most commonly located:
a. on the labial and bucca mucosa
,b. at the junction of the hard and soft palate
c. on the retromolar area
d. on the floor of the mouth. Answer: b. at the junction of the hard and
soft palate
⩥ A benign tumor of salivary gland origin is called a(n):
a. leiomyoma
b. lipoma
c. adenoma
d. papilloma. Answer: c. adenoma
⩥ Which of the following choices is the most common salivary gland
neoplasm?
a. adenoid cystic carcinoma
b. mucoepidermoid carcinoma
c. pleomorphic adenoma
d. mnomorphic adenoma. Answer: c. pleomorphic adenoma
⩥ The most common intraoral location for the pleomorphic adenoma is
the:
, a. parotid gland
b. submandibular glad
c. palate
d. floor of the mouth. Answer: c. palate
⩥ The pleomorphic adenoma:
a. is a malignant tumor
b. appears clinically as a painful dome-shaped mass
c. occurs most often in children
d. appears as a slowly enlarging, nonulcerated, painless, dome-shaped
mass. Answer: d. appears as a slowly enlarging, nonulcerated, painless,
dome-shaped mass
⩥ The Warthin tumor:
a. is a unique type of pleomorphic adenoma
b. presents as a painless, soft mass, usually in the sublingual gladn
c. often develops bilaterally in adult women
d. contains sheets of lymphocytes that surround the cystic structures.
Answer: d. contains sheets of lymphocytes that surround the cystic
structures
HYGIENIST EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 TEST
BANK WITH FULL SOLUTIONS
⩥ Most cases of verrucous carcinoma occur in the ___years old
a. posterior lateral border of the tongue of women over 40
b. floor of the mouth of women over 70
c. vestibule and buccal mucosa of men over 55
d. bone of the mandible of men over 20. Answer: c. vestibule and buccal
mucosa of men over 55
⩥ Basal cell carcinoma is a __tumor that ___in the oral cavity
a. benign; occurs
b. malignant; occurs
c. benign; does not occur
d. malignant; does not occur. Answer: d. malignant; does not occur
⩥ Intraoral minor salivary gland tumors are most commonly located:
a. on the labial and bucca mucosa
,b. at the junction of the hard and soft palate
c. on the retromolar area
d. on the floor of the mouth. Answer: b. at the junction of the hard and
soft palate
⩥ A benign tumor of salivary gland origin is called a(n):
a. leiomyoma
b. lipoma
c. adenoma
d. papilloma. Answer: c. adenoma
⩥ Which of the following choices is the most common salivary gland
neoplasm?
a. adenoid cystic carcinoma
b. mucoepidermoid carcinoma
c. pleomorphic adenoma
d. mnomorphic adenoma. Answer: c. pleomorphic adenoma
⩥ The most common intraoral location for the pleomorphic adenoma is
the:
, a. parotid gland
b. submandibular glad
c. palate
d. floor of the mouth. Answer: c. palate
⩥ The pleomorphic adenoma:
a. is a malignant tumor
b. appears clinically as a painful dome-shaped mass
c. occurs most often in children
d. appears as a slowly enlarging, nonulcerated, painless, dome-shaped
mass. Answer: d. appears as a slowly enlarging, nonulcerated, painless,
dome-shaped mass
⩥ The Warthin tumor:
a. is a unique type of pleomorphic adenoma
b. presents as a painless, soft mass, usually in the sublingual gladn
c. often develops bilaterally in adult women
d. contains sheets of lymphocytes that surround the cystic structures.
Answer: d. contains sheets of lymphocytes that surround the cystic
structures
