ORAL PATHOLOGY EXAMS EVALUATION QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔DEFINE: Xerostomia - ✔✔Dry mouth from reduction in saliva
✔✔When performing a historical diagnosis, what type of information should you gather?
- ✔✔Personal history, family history, medical and dental histories, and history of the
lesion
✔✔In your own words, describe what is done during a clinical diagnosis - ✔✔In a
clinical diagnosis the observation of the lesion, including the colour, size, shape, and
location
✔✔In your own words, please describe the difference between a microscopic diagnosis
and a laboratory diagnosis? - ✔✔Microscopic - tissue taken (biopsy) and examined in
path lab
Laboratory - diagnosis made from specimen from a secretion, discharge, blood, or
tissue
✔✔In your own words, describe therapeutic diagnosis. - ✔✔The patient is given a drug
or treatment to see how their condition reacts.
✔✔DEFINE: Inflammation - ✔✔body's immune response to irritation or injury
✔✔What are the 4 cardinal signs and symptoms of inflammation? - ✔✔Redness,
swelling, heat, pain
✔✔What is the difference between acute and chronic inflammation? - ✔✔Acute - tissue
injury is small and short lasting & repairs quickly.
chronic - occurs when injury or irritation to the tissue continues.
✔✔Give an Example of Lesions that Extend Above the Mucosal Surface. - ✔✔Blisters,
hematoma or a plaque (not dental plaque)
✔✔Describe the difference between a sarcoma and a carcinoma. - ✔✔A carcinoma
forms in the skin or tissue cells that line the body's internal organs
A sarcoma grows in the body's connective tissue cells, (fat, blood vessels, nerves,
bones, muscles)
✔✔What is the first stage of Syphilis? - ✔✔"chancre" -raised rash @ site of entry
✔✔A condition that may be seen in children and appears as a white, thick mucous
membrane on the oral membrane - ✔✔Thrush
, ✔✔All of the following are cause by a chemical agent, except - ✔✔Aspirin burn
Hairy tongue
Nicotine stomatitis
Pustule
✔✔A condition caused by a vitamin B deficiency - ✔✔Angular cheilitis
✔✔_______ or shingles appear unilateral and present painful lesions that may last 5
weeks - ✔✔Herpes zoster
✔✔What are the warning signs of cancer? - ✔✔non-healing oral sores
lumps on neck,lips,oral cavity
white textured lesions on lips or cavity
numbness around oral cavity
mouth dryness
Burning in oral
recurrent bleeding in specific area
hard time speaking, chewing, swallowing
✔✔What may cause oral cancer? - ✔✔tobacco, alcohol, poor oral hygiene, ill fitting
prosthetics & dentures, spicy foods.
✔✔What does leukemia look like in the oral cavity? - ✔✔Hemorrhage, ulceration,
enlargement, spongy texture, and magenta coloration of the gingiva. Enlargement of
lymph nodes, general bleeding tendencies.
✔✔What are two common treatments for oral cancer? - ✔✔radiation therapy and
chemotherapy
✔✔What dental implications do cancer treatments have? - ✔✔radiation - radiation
mucositis and postradiation xerostomia
Chemo - Mucositis, Aphthous ulcers, Transient reactions, Xerostomia
✔✔T or F: Oral cancer is not common. - ✔✔False
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔DEFINE: Xerostomia - ✔✔Dry mouth from reduction in saliva
✔✔When performing a historical diagnosis, what type of information should you gather?
- ✔✔Personal history, family history, medical and dental histories, and history of the
lesion
✔✔In your own words, describe what is done during a clinical diagnosis - ✔✔In a
clinical diagnosis the observation of the lesion, including the colour, size, shape, and
location
✔✔In your own words, please describe the difference between a microscopic diagnosis
and a laboratory diagnosis? - ✔✔Microscopic - tissue taken (biopsy) and examined in
path lab
Laboratory - diagnosis made from specimen from a secretion, discharge, blood, or
tissue
✔✔In your own words, describe therapeutic diagnosis. - ✔✔The patient is given a drug
or treatment to see how their condition reacts.
✔✔DEFINE: Inflammation - ✔✔body's immune response to irritation or injury
✔✔What are the 4 cardinal signs and symptoms of inflammation? - ✔✔Redness,
swelling, heat, pain
✔✔What is the difference between acute and chronic inflammation? - ✔✔Acute - tissue
injury is small and short lasting & repairs quickly.
chronic - occurs when injury or irritation to the tissue continues.
✔✔Give an Example of Lesions that Extend Above the Mucosal Surface. - ✔✔Blisters,
hematoma or a plaque (not dental plaque)
✔✔Describe the difference between a sarcoma and a carcinoma. - ✔✔A carcinoma
forms in the skin or tissue cells that line the body's internal organs
A sarcoma grows in the body's connective tissue cells, (fat, blood vessels, nerves,
bones, muscles)
✔✔What is the first stage of Syphilis? - ✔✔"chancre" -raised rash @ site of entry
✔✔A condition that may be seen in children and appears as a white, thick mucous
membrane on the oral membrane - ✔✔Thrush
, ✔✔All of the following are cause by a chemical agent, except - ✔✔Aspirin burn
Hairy tongue
Nicotine stomatitis
Pustule
✔✔A condition caused by a vitamin B deficiency - ✔✔Angular cheilitis
✔✔_______ or shingles appear unilateral and present painful lesions that may last 5
weeks - ✔✔Herpes zoster
✔✔What are the warning signs of cancer? - ✔✔non-healing oral sores
lumps on neck,lips,oral cavity
white textured lesions on lips or cavity
numbness around oral cavity
mouth dryness
Burning in oral
recurrent bleeding in specific area
hard time speaking, chewing, swallowing
✔✔What may cause oral cancer? - ✔✔tobacco, alcohol, poor oral hygiene, ill fitting
prosthetics & dentures, spicy foods.
✔✔What does leukemia look like in the oral cavity? - ✔✔Hemorrhage, ulceration,
enlargement, spongy texture, and magenta coloration of the gingiva. Enlargement of
lymph nodes, general bleeding tendencies.
✔✔What are two common treatments for oral cancer? - ✔✔radiation therapy and
chemotherapy
✔✔What dental implications do cancer treatments have? - ✔✔radiation - radiation
mucositis and postradiation xerostomia
Chemo - Mucositis, Aphthous ulcers, Transient reactions, Xerostomia
✔✔T or F: Oral cancer is not common. - ✔✔False
