VTT 242 ACTUAL FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔Most oral tumors in cats are ________. - ✔✔squamous cell carcinomas (malignant)
✔✔Most oral tumors in dogs are ________. - ✔✔epulis (benign)
✔✔Resorptive lesions are commonly found in CATS at the ____________. -
✔✔cementoenamel junction
✔✔The treatment for resorptive lesions - ✔✔Extraction
✔✔Two ways to treat jaw fractures - ✔✔Cerclage wire, tape muzzle
✔✔Gingival hyperplasia is treated by ________. - ✔✔removing excess gingival tissue
(gingivectomy)
✔✔Periosteal elevators - ✔✔Used to remove gingiva from alveolar bone during surgical
extraction
✔✔Clinical signs of oral disease - ✔✔Facial swelling, sneezing or snorting, difficulty or
pain when opening mouth, anorexia, chattering, difficulty swallowing, excessive
drooling, oral bleeding, halitosis
✔✔Behavioral signs of oral disease - ✔✔Pawing at mouth, dropping food (dysphagia),
face rubbing, unusual aggression
✔✔A _________________ _____________________ tooth is a baby tooth that did not
fall out prior to the adult tooth coming in. - ✔✔retained deciduous
✔✔___________________________ teeth are extra teeth beyond the normal dental
formula. - ✔✔Supernumerary
, ✔✔A ___________________ colored tooth is a sign of hemorrhage or trauma. -
✔✔purple
✔✔A _________________ colored tooth is dead and the blood supply has been
compromised. - ✔✔potato or brown
✔✔luxation - ✔✔PARTIAL displacement of tooth from alveolar socket
✔✔avulsion - ✔✔COMPLETE displacement of tooth from alveolar socket
✔✔peg teeth - ✔✔abnormally formed supernumerary teeth
✔✔Anodontia - ✔✔absence of a tooth
✔✔Fused teeth - ✔✔fusion of two tooth buds to form one tooth
✔✔Gemini teeth - ✔✔single tooth bud that splits and develops into two teeth
✔✔FORL - ✔✔feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion
✔✔drugs that can cause enamel hypoplasia - ✔✔tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones
✔✔The use of an oral speculum has been linked to reduced blood flow to the patient's
__________________. - ✔✔brain
✔✔Consil - ✔✔osteoconductive material used if extractions are necessary to bridge
material (scaffold) for new bone growth in alveolar socket
✔✔The ___________________________ vaccine has been shown to be ineffective in
preventing dental disease. - ✔✔porphyromonas
✔✔oronasal fistula - ✔✔abnormal opening between the oral and nasal cavities
✔✔___________________________ is a procedure that covers and protects the
exposed pulp, keeping the tooth alive. - ✔✔Vital pulpectomy
✔✔________________________ is a procedure where the pulp is removed to preserve
a dead tooth. - ✔✔Root canal therapy
✔✔four steps of root canal therapy - ✔✔access pulp, remove pulp, debride canal, fill
canal (obturation)
SET A+
✔✔Most oral tumors in cats are ________. - ✔✔squamous cell carcinomas (malignant)
✔✔Most oral tumors in dogs are ________. - ✔✔epulis (benign)
✔✔Resorptive lesions are commonly found in CATS at the ____________. -
✔✔cementoenamel junction
✔✔The treatment for resorptive lesions - ✔✔Extraction
✔✔Two ways to treat jaw fractures - ✔✔Cerclage wire, tape muzzle
✔✔Gingival hyperplasia is treated by ________. - ✔✔removing excess gingival tissue
(gingivectomy)
✔✔Periosteal elevators - ✔✔Used to remove gingiva from alveolar bone during surgical
extraction
✔✔Clinical signs of oral disease - ✔✔Facial swelling, sneezing or snorting, difficulty or
pain when opening mouth, anorexia, chattering, difficulty swallowing, excessive
drooling, oral bleeding, halitosis
✔✔Behavioral signs of oral disease - ✔✔Pawing at mouth, dropping food (dysphagia),
face rubbing, unusual aggression
✔✔A _________________ _____________________ tooth is a baby tooth that did not
fall out prior to the adult tooth coming in. - ✔✔retained deciduous
✔✔___________________________ teeth are extra teeth beyond the normal dental
formula. - ✔✔Supernumerary
, ✔✔A ___________________ colored tooth is a sign of hemorrhage or trauma. -
✔✔purple
✔✔A _________________ colored tooth is dead and the blood supply has been
compromised. - ✔✔potato or brown
✔✔luxation - ✔✔PARTIAL displacement of tooth from alveolar socket
✔✔avulsion - ✔✔COMPLETE displacement of tooth from alveolar socket
✔✔peg teeth - ✔✔abnormally formed supernumerary teeth
✔✔Anodontia - ✔✔absence of a tooth
✔✔Fused teeth - ✔✔fusion of two tooth buds to form one tooth
✔✔Gemini teeth - ✔✔single tooth bud that splits and develops into two teeth
✔✔FORL - ✔✔feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion
✔✔drugs that can cause enamel hypoplasia - ✔✔tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones
✔✔The use of an oral speculum has been linked to reduced blood flow to the patient's
__________________. - ✔✔brain
✔✔Consil - ✔✔osteoconductive material used if extractions are necessary to bridge
material (scaffold) for new bone growth in alveolar socket
✔✔The ___________________________ vaccine has been shown to be ineffective in
preventing dental disease. - ✔✔porphyromonas
✔✔oronasal fistula - ✔✔abnormal opening between the oral and nasal cavities
✔✔___________________________ is a procedure that covers and protects the
exposed pulp, keeping the tooth alive. - ✔✔Vital pulpectomy
✔✔________________________ is a procedure where the pulp is removed to preserve
a dead tooth. - ✔✔Root canal therapy
✔✔four steps of root canal therapy - ✔✔access pulp, remove pulp, debride canal, fill
canal (obturation)
