NDHCE - MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NDHCE - MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. how often should a child with a transitioning dentition be prescribed radiographs?
Answer:
6-12 months for high caries risk or if caries are visible clinically
12-24 months if caries risk is low

Question:
2. how often are radiographs recommended for adults with no clinical caries and/or low risk for caries?
Answer:
24-36 months

Question:
3. what is the disadvantage to boil and bite mouth guards?
Answer:
most do not cover all posterior teeth

Question:
4. what is the most reliable evidence that disease has stopped?
Answer:
bleeding on probing

Question:
5. what is a class II malocclusion
Answer:
MB cusp of the max 1st molar is in front of the buccal groove of the mand 1st molar

Question:
6. what is a class III malocclusion
Answer:
MB cusp of the max 1st molar is behind the buccal groove of the mand 1st molar

Question:
7. describe a class I furcation
Answer:
curvature of the concavity can be detected with the probe tip but it cannot enter the space; no radiolucency
on rads

Question:
8. describe class II furcation
Answer:
probe penetrates into the furcation, but does not completely pass through to the other side; slight
radiolucency on rads

,Question:
9. describe class III furcation
Answer:
probe passes through completely through the other side; radiolucency usually visible from rads

Question:
10. describe class IV furcation
Answer:
4
clinically visible because of recession and probe passes through; larger radiolucency

Question:
11. describe ASA 1
Answer:
healthy with no systemic conditions or allergies

Question:
12. describe ASA 2
Answer:
mild systemic diseases
(controlled hypertension, mild obesity, pregnancy, allergies etc)

Question:
13. describe ASA 3
Answer:
severe systemic disease
(poorly controlled hypertension, morbid obesity, chronic renal failure)

Question:
14. describe ASA 4
Answer:
severe systemic disease that are a constant threat to life
(liver failure, unstable angina)

Question:
15. describe ASA 5
Answer:
patients who are not expected to survive more than 24 hours

Question:
16. where is perimolysis most seen on patients with bulimia?
Answer:
palatal of max anteriors

Question:
17. Cyclosporine (Sandimmune) + side effect

, Answer:
anti-rejections agent for patients who underwent an organ transplant
side effect is gingival hyperplasia

Question:
18. what types of drugs does xerostomia normally occur?
Answer:
anti-hypertensive (diuretics, anti-depressants and anti-psychotics)

Question:
19. cyclic neutropenia
Answer:
inherited disorder characterized by a decrease in the number of circulating neutrophils period lasts 2-3 days
and during the pt experiences severe periodontal disease such as inflammation, ulceration, attachment loss
and bone loss
should be treated when neutrophil count is normal

Question:
20. what is trendelenburg position?
Answer:
head is lower than feet indicated for syncope

Question:
21. describe a class I caries lesion
Answer:
extends less than halfway through the thickness of enamel

Question:
22. describe a class II caries lesion
Answer:
extend more than halfway through the thickness of enamel, but dont involve the DEJ

Question:
23. describe a class III caries lesion
Answer:
extend through DEJ toward the pulp

Question:
24. which instrument would best remove sub calculus in a class II furaction?
Answer:
gracey with an extended shank and smaller working end

Question:
25. describe nasopalatine canal cyst
Answer:
located in nasopalatine canal or incisive papilla most common in males shaped like a heart