OMFS EXAM 3 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the difference between an ulcer and an erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ulcer - full
thickness loss of epithelial covering
Erosion - partial loss of epithelium (basal layer intact)
What are the 2 tissue repair reactions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅regeneration - proliferation of
residual cells and maturation of tissue stem cells
scar - deposition of CT
What is the first line of treatment for traumatic ulcerations? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅remove
irritating cause
At what point is a biopsy indicated for a traumatic ulceration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If the cause
is not obvious or if it has been present for more than 2 weeks
What are the 2 types of chronic traumatic ulcers that we discussed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia and Riga-Fede disease
T/F: traumatic ulcerations appear as areas of erythema surrounding a central, removable, yellow
fibrinopurulent membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅true
Most TUGSE ulcerations develop on the _________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅tongue
Tx for TUGSE? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅incisional biopsy
Riga-Fede disease is most common in what age group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅infants
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis is exclusively found on ______________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅non-keratinized mucosa (freely moveable)
, Immunodysregulation resulting in an abnormal response to a normally presenting antigen - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Recurrent aphthous stomatitis
which of these are NOT associated with aphthous ulcers?
A. Chickenpox
B. Behcet's syndrome
C. Celiac disease
D. IBD
E. Vit B12 deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
Which variation accounts for 80% of cases of recurrent aphthous stomatitis?
A. minor (Mikulick's aphthae)
B. major (Sutton's disease)
C. herpetiform - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
Periadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens is associated with which variation of recurrent aphthous
stomatitis?
A. minor (Mikulick's aphthae)
B. major (Sutton's disease)
C. herpetiform - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
Mikuilck's aphthae occur most exclusively in ___________ mucosa - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅non-
keratinized
A small, painful, yellow-white removable membrane surrounded by an erythematous halo - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅recurrent aphthous stomatitis (minor)
What is the difference between an ulcer and an erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ulcer - full
thickness loss of epithelial covering
Erosion - partial loss of epithelium (basal layer intact)
What are the 2 tissue repair reactions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅regeneration - proliferation of
residual cells and maturation of tissue stem cells
scar - deposition of CT
What is the first line of treatment for traumatic ulcerations? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅remove
irritating cause
At what point is a biopsy indicated for a traumatic ulceration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If the cause
is not obvious or if it has been present for more than 2 weeks
What are the 2 types of chronic traumatic ulcers that we discussed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia and Riga-Fede disease
T/F: traumatic ulcerations appear as areas of erythema surrounding a central, removable, yellow
fibrinopurulent membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅true
Most TUGSE ulcerations develop on the _________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅tongue
Tx for TUGSE? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅incisional biopsy
Riga-Fede disease is most common in what age group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅infants
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis is exclusively found on ______________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅non-keratinized mucosa (freely moveable)
, Immunodysregulation resulting in an abnormal response to a normally presenting antigen - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Recurrent aphthous stomatitis
which of these are NOT associated with aphthous ulcers?
A. Chickenpox
B. Behcet's syndrome
C. Celiac disease
D. IBD
E. Vit B12 deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
Which variation accounts for 80% of cases of recurrent aphthous stomatitis?
A. minor (Mikulick's aphthae)
B. major (Sutton's disease)
C. herpetiform - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
Periadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens is associated with which variation of recurrent aphthous
stomatitis?
A. minor (Mikulick's aphthae)
B. major (Sutton's disease)
C. herpetiform - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
Mikuilck's aphthae occur most exclusively in ___________ mucosa - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅non-
keratinized
A small, painful, yellow-white removable membrane surrounded by an erythematous halo - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅recurrent aphthous stomatitis (minor)
