Oral Pathology Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam 2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
• A brown tumor is associated with -✓✓ Hyperparathyroidism
• All of the following are manifestations of Osteomalacia except one which one is
the exception -✓✓ Ground glass opacification
• When fibrous dysplasia involves the maxilla it usually extends into the maxillary
sinuses and surrounding bones this disease is called -✓✓ Craniofacial fibrous
dysplasia
• The most characteristic radiograph appearance of fibrous dysplasia is described
as -✓✓ Ground glass appearance
• Which of the following is helpful in a diagnosis of Paget's disease -✓✓ Serum
alkaline phosphatase
• Which one of the following diseases characterized by a precocious puberty in
females and stunting or deformity of skeletal growth in both sexes as a result of
early epiphyseal plate closure -✓✓ Albright's syndrome
• Bone reabsorption osteoblastic repair loss of a lamina dura hypercementosis and
cotton wool radiopacity's are all characteristics of -✓✓ Pagets disease of bone
• Periapical cemento osseous dysplasia is characteristically located in the -✓✓
Anterior mandible
,• In which of the following diseases are café AU lait spots seen on the skin -✓✓
Polyostotic Fibrous dysplasia
• A 48 year old black woman has multiple asymptomatic radio peg masses in the
mandible and maxilla no expansion of bone takes place the most likely diagnosis is
-✓✓ Florid cemento osseous dysplasia
• Which of the following cysts is characteristically associated with a tooth that is
non-viral on pulp testing -✓✓ Radicular
• The most common intraoral site for the pyogenic granuloma is the -✓✓ Maxillary
anterior gingiva
• Which one of the following drug groups is most likely to cause gingival
enlargement -✓✓ Anticonvulsants
• Which term refers to the total absence of all teeth -✓✓ Anodontia
• A pink granular or a cobblestone like appearance of the hard palate under a
denture is most likely -✓✓ Papillary hyperplasia of the palate
• Which type of HPV or high-risk types associated with the development of a
squamous cell carcinoma -✓✓ 16 and 18
• Healing by secondary intention refers to healing up an injury when -✓✓ There is
increased formation of granulation tissue
,• After arriving at a differential diagnosis information from the _________
diagnostic category will best establish a definitive diagnosis -✓✓ Microscopic
• The oral lesion of reiters syndrome may resemble -✓✓ Erthema migrains
• Which of the following appear radiolucent on a radiograph -✓✓ Dental caries
• A pedunculated lesion is -✓✓ Stem like
• Herpangins acute lymphonodular pharyngitis and hand foot and mouth disease
are caused by -✓✓ Coxsackie virus
• Which term refers to the enamel hypoplasia of a permanent tooth that results
from infection of a deciduous tooth -✓✓ Turner tooth
• Which of the following is the most important aspect of the management of
temporomandibular disorder's -✓✓ Establishing an accurate diagnosis
• The fluid that fills the temporomandibular joint upper and lower compartment is -
✓✓ Synovial fluid
• A 19-year-old woman is diagnosed with a Claudio cranial dysplasia she has
absent clavicle's and a mushroom shaped skull which of the following conditions
she also most likely to have -✓✓ Supernumerary teeth
, • The order of the four stages of mitosis is -✓✓ prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase
• A malignant tumor of bone forming tissue is called -✓✓ Osteosarcoma
• The most common malignant soft tissue tumor of the head and neck in children is
called -✓✓ Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Divergence of the roots of teeth is a common feature of -✓✓ Central giant cell
granuloma
• Which nerve is primarily responsible for innervating the temporomandibular joint
-✓✓ auriculotemporal nerve
• Human herpesvirus 8 is associated with -✓✓ Kaposi sarcoma
• Which of the following diagnostic modalities should be used for patients
suspected of osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint -✓✓ Magnetic
resonance tomography
• Translational Movements of the temporomandibular movement are -✓✓ Sliding
movements
• Which of the following best describes the radiographic features of a
cementoblastoma -✓✓ Well-circumscribed radiopaque lesion with a radiolucent
halo fused to the root of a vital tooth
Exam 2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
• A brown tumor is associated with -✓✓ Hyperparathyroidism
• All of the following are manifestations of Osteomalacia except one which one is
the exception -✓✓ Ground glass opacification
• When fibrous dysplasia involves the maxilla it usually extends into the maxillary
sinuses and surrounding bones this disease is called -✓✓ Craniofacial fibrous
dysplasia
• The most characteristic radiograph appearance of fibrous dysplasia is described
as -✓✓ Ground glass appearance
• Which of the following is helpful in a diagnosis of Paget's disease -✓✓ Serum
alkaline phosphatase
• Which one of the following diseases characterized by a precocious puberty in
females and stunting or deformity of skeletal growth in both sexes as a result of
early epiphyseal plate closure -✓✓ Albright's syndrome
• Bone reabsorption osteoblastic repair loss of a lamina dura hypercementosis and
cotton wool radiopacity's are all characteristics of -✓✓ Pagets disease of bone
• Periapical cemento osseous dysplasia is characteristically located in the -✓✓
Anterior mandible
,• In which of the following diseases are café AU lait spots seen on the skin -✓✓
Polyostotic Fibrous dysplasia
• A 48 year old black woman has multiple asymptomatic radio peg masses in the
mandible and maxilla no expansion of bone takes place the most likely diagnosis is
-✓✓ Florid cemento osseous dysplasia
• Which of the following cysts is characteristically associated with a tooth that is
non-viral on pulp testing -✓✓ Radicular
• The most common intraoral site for the pyogenic granuloma is the -✓✓ Maxillary
anterior gingiva
• Which one of the following drug groups is most likely to cause gingival
enlargement -✓✓ Anticonvulsants
• Which term refers to the total absence of all teeth -✓✓ Anodontia
• A pink granular or a cobblestone like appearance of the hard palate under a
denture is most likely -✓✓ Papillary hyperplasia of the palate
• Which type of HPV or high-risk types associated with the development of a
squamous cell carcinoma -✓✓ 16 and 18
• Healing by secondary intention refers to healing up an injury when -✓✓ There is
increased formation of granulation tissue
,• After arriving at a differential diagnosis information from the _________
diagnostic category will best establish a definitive diagnosis -✓✓ Microscopic
• The oral lesion of reiters syndrome may resemble -✓✓ Erthema migrains
• Which of the following appear radiolucent on a radiograph -✓✓ Dental caries
• A pedunculated lesion is -✓✓ Stem like
• Herpangins acute lymphonodular pharyngitis and hand foot and mouth disease
are caused by -✓✓ Coxsackie virus
• Which term refers to the enamel hypoplasia of a permanent tooth that results
from infection of a deciduous tooth -✓✓ Turner tooth
• Which of the following is the most important aspect of the management of
temporomandibular disorder's -✓✓ Establishing an accurate diagnosis
• The fluid that fills the temporomandibular joint upper and lower compartment is -
✓✓ Synovial fluid
• A 19-year-old woman is diagnosed with a Claudio cranial dysplasia she has
absent clavicle's and a mushroom shaped skull which of the following conditions
she also most likely to have -✓✓ Supernumerary teeth
, • The order of the four stages of mitosis is -✓✓ prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase
• A malignant tumor of bone forming tissue is called -✓✓ Osteosarcoma
• The most common malignant soft tissue tumor of the head and neck in children is
called -✓✓ Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Divergence of the roots of teeth is a common feature of -✓✓ Central giant cell
granuloma
• Which nerve is primarily responsible for innervating the temporomandibular joint
-✓✓ auriculotemporal nerve
• Human herpesvirus 8 is associated with -✓✓ Kaposi sarcoma
• Which of the following diagnostic modalities should be used for patients
suspected of osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint -✓✓ Magnetic
resonance tomography
• Translational Movements of the temporomandibular movement are -✓✓ Sliding
movements
• Which of the following best describes the radiographic features of a
cementoblastoma -✓✓ Well-circumscribed radiopaque lesion with a radiolucent
halo fused to the root of a vital tooth
