ABPD QE Review Exam | Questions and Answers
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Q: low birth weight
Answer: <2,500g at birth
Q: extremely low birth weight
Answer: <1,000g at birth
Q: poor oral health of mom during pregnancy results in
Answer: decreased birth weight, growth retardation, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, early
pregnancy loss, intrauterine fetal demise
Q: C-section babies are colonized ___ by S. mutans than vaginally delivered babies
Answer: earlier
Q: AAPD recommends exclusive breastfeeding
Answer: 0-6 months
Q: analgesia and antipyretic of choice for pregnant women local anesthetic of choice
for pregnant women
Answer: acetaminophen lidocaine
Q: pacifier use helps protect against ____ shield is __ inches/cm
Answer: SIDS 1.5 in/3.8cm
Q: moderate caries risk in 0-5 year old
Answer: schn, recent immigrant
Q: moderate risk in 6+ years olf
Answer: schn, recent immigrant, hyposalivary medications, intraoral appliance, defective
restoration
Q: hypodontia frequency
Answer: 1. third molars 2. second mandibular premolar 3. maxillary lateral incisor 4. second
maxillary premolar
Q: microdontia frequency
Answer: 1. maxillary lateral incisors 2. second premolars 3. third molars
, Q: tooth bud components
Answer: -enamel organ -dental papilla -dental sac
Q: initiation (dental lamina) nature of anomaly
Answer: number deficient: anodontia, hypodontia, oligodontia excessive: hyperdontia
Q: proliferation (bud, cap, early and advanced bell) nature of anomaly
Answer: number and structure deficient: hypodontia, oligodontia excessive: hyperdontia,
odontomam epithelial cells
Q: histodifferentiation (cap, early and advanced bell) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel and dentin structure -AI type I and IV -DI
Q: morphodifferentiation (bud, cap, early and advanced bell) nature of anomaly
Answer: size and shape deficiency: microdontia, peg laterals, Hutchinson's incisors, Mulberry
molars, absense of root or cusp excessive: macrodontia, tuberculated cusps, Cusp of Carabelli,
taurodontism, dens in dente, dens evaginatus, dilaceration, gemination, fusion, concrescence
Q: apposition (deposition of enamel and dentin matricies) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel, dentin, and cementum apposition deficiency: AI types II and IV, enamel
hypoplasia, dentin dysplasia, regional odontodysplasia excessive: enamel pearls,
hypercementosis, odontoma
Q: mineralization (mineralization of enamel and dentin matricies) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel and dentin mineralization deficiency: AI types III, enamel hypomineralization,
fluorosis, interglobular dentin excessive: sclerotic dentin
Q: maturation (enamel and dentin maturation) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel and dentin maturation deficiency: AI type I and IV, dentinogenesis imperfecta
Q: eruption nature of anomaly
Answer: eruption deficiency: primary failure of eruption, ectopic eruption, ankylosis, impaction,
transposition, delayed eruption excessive: natal/neonatal teeth
Q: tooth bud arises from
Answer: dental lamina
Q: neural crest cells are responsible for
Answer: dentin, bone, cartilage, dermis
Q: dental lamina
Answer: -characterized by initiation -inductive phenomenon -initial formation of dental
development
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Q: low birth weight
Answer: <2,500g at birth
Q: extremely low birth weight
Answer: <1,000g at birth
Q: poor oral health of mom during pregnancy results in
Answer: decreased birth weight, growth retardation, preterm delivery, preeclampsia, early
pregnancy loss, intrauterine fetal demise
Q: C-section babies are colonized ___ by S. mutans than vaginally delivered babies
Answer: earlier
Q: AAPD recommends exclusive breastfeeding
Answer: 0-6 months
Q: analgesia and antipyretic of choice for pregnant women local anesthetic of choice
for pregnant women
Answer: acetaminophen lidocaine
Q: pacifier use helps protect against ____ shield is __ inches/cm
Answer: SIDS 1.5 in/3.8cm
Q: moderate caries risk in 0-5 year old
Answer: schn, recent immigrant
Q: moderate risk in 6+ years olf
Answer: schn, recent immigrant, hyposalivary medications, intraoral appliance, defective
restoration
Q: hypodontia frequency
Answer: 1. third molars 2. second mandibular premolar 3. maxillary lateral incisor 4. second
maxillary premolar
Q: microdontia frequency
Answer: 1. maxillary lateral incisors 2. second premolars 3. third molars
, Q: tooth bud components
Answer: -enamel organ -dental papilla -dental sac
Q: initiation (dental lamina) nature of anomaly
Answer: number deficient: anodontia, hypodontia, oligodontia excessive: hyperdontia
Q: proliferation (bud, cap, early and advanced bell) nature of anomaly
Answer: number and structure deficient: hypodontia, oligodontia excessive: hyperdontia,
odontomam epithelial cells
Q: histodifferentiation (cap, early and advanced bell) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel and dentin structure -AI type I and IV -DI
Q: morphodifferentiation (bud, cap, early and advanced bell) nature of anomaly
Answer: size and shape deficiency: microdontia, peg laterals, Hutchinson's incisors, Mulberry
molars, absense of root or cusp excessive: macrodontia, tuberculated cusps, Cusp of Carabelli,
taurodontism, dens in dente, dens evaginatus, dilaceration, gemination, fusion, concrescence
Q: apposition (deposition of enamel and dentin matricies) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel, dentin, and cementum apposition deficiency: AI types II and IV, enamel
hypoplasia, dentin dysplasia, regional odontodysplasia excessive: enamel pearls,
hypercementosis, odontoma
Q: mineralization (mineralization of enamel and dentin matricies) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel and dentin mineralization deficiency: AI types III, enamel hypomineralization,
fluorosis, interglobular dentin excessive: sclerotic dentin
Q: maturation (enamel and dentin maturation) nature of anomaly
Answer: enamel and dentin maturation deficiency: AI type I and IV, dentinogenesis imperfecta
Q: eruption nature of anomaly
Answer: eruption deficiency: primary failure of eruption, ectopic eruption, ankylosis, impaction,
transposition, delayed eruption excessive: natal/neonatal teeth
Q: tooth bud arises from
Answer: dental lamina
Q: neural crest cells are responsible for
Answer: dentin, bone, cartilage, dermis
Q: dental lamina
Answer: -characterized by initiation -inductive phenomenon -initial formation of dental
development
