Oral Surgery: NBDE II Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
What nerve is the most often damaged in TMJ surgery?
- Trigeminal (CNV)
- Facial (CNVII)
-Glossopharyngeal (CN IX)
- Aurticulotemporal (Branch III of CNV)
- Inferior Alveolar (Branch III of CNV) - correct answers✅✅- Facial (CNVII)
passes through the parotid gland directly under the TMJ
A bite block allows for ____.
- better visualization
- pt discomfort
- cheek retraction
- occlusal alignment
- wider opening - correct answers✅✅- better visualization
The teeth (most to least) likely to be congenitally missing are ______, ____ ,
and ______. - correct answers✅✅- 3M
- Max lateral incisors
- Mand second premolars
You are performing a 5-year follow-up on a 43yr old Pt with an implant. When
comparing radiographs, you estimate that there has been almost 0.1mm loss
of bone height around the implant . What Tx is now indicated?
- Removal of the implant and replacement with a larger size implant
- removal of the implant to allow healing before another one can be placed 4
months later
,Oral Surgery: NBDE II Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
- Remaking the prosthetic crown because of tangential forces on the implant
- The implant is doing well, this amount of bone loss is considered
acceptable? - correct answers✅✅No Tx needed, this is acceptable (up to
mm)
Bone files work with a ______ stroke. - correct answers✅✅Pulling stroke
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is unilateral trigger point
pain that feels ___________. - correct answers✅✅- Electrical
- sharp
- shooting
- episodic (peroximal )
Allogenic bone is ______. - correct answers✅✅- harvested from an
induvidual and transfered to same species
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is treated with _____. -
correct answers✅✅Anticonvulsants (carbamazePINE) or surgery
Where is the maxillary second molar most likely to be displaced during an
extraction?
- Maxillary sinus
- Masseteric space
- Retropharyngeal space
- Infraorbital space
- Submandibular space - correct answers✅✅- Maxillary sinus
, Oral Surgery: NBDE II Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
_____ pain is a result or an RCT or an extraction. - correct
answers✅✅Atypical odontalgia pain = due to loss of neuro pathway
(phantom limb pain)
In order (from most to least) list the following by likelihood fo becoming
impacted?
- Maxillary IM
- Mand 2M
- Max 3M
- Max Canines
- Maxillary 2M
- Mandibular 3M - correct answers✅✅#1 Mandibular 3M
#2 Max 3M
#3 Max Canines
#4 Mand/Max 2M
Generally due to inadequate arch length
Postherpetic neuralgia is caused by ______ infection. - correct
answers✅✅Herpes ZOSTER
What is the luxator of choice for extraction of a single retained root of a
mandibular molar?
- cryer elevator
- crane pick
Answers A+ Guide
What nerve is the most often damaged in TMJ surgery?
- Trigeminal (CNV)
- Facial (CNVII)
-Glossopharyngeal (CN IX)
- Aurticulotemporal (Branch III of CNV)
- Inferior Alveolar (Branch III of CNV) - correct answers✅✅- Facial (CNVII)
passes through the parotid gland directly under the TMJ
A bite block allows for ____.
- better visualization
- pt discomfort
- cheek retraction
- occlusal alignment
- wider opening - correct answers✅✅- better visualization
The teeth (most to least) likely to be congenitally missing are ______, ____ ,
and ______. - correct answers✅✅- 3M
- Max lateral incisors
- Mand second premolars
You are performing a 5-year follow-up on a 43yr old Pt with an implant. When
comparing radiographs, you estimate that there has been almost 0.1mm loss
of bone height around the implant . What Tx is now indicated?
- Removal of the implant and replacement with a larger size implant
- removal of the implant to allow healing before another one can be placed 4
months later
,Oral Surgery: NBDE II Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
- Remaking the prosthetic crown because of tangential forces on the implant
- The implant is doing well, this amount of bone loss is considered
acceptable? - correct answers✅✅No Tx needed, this is acceptable (up to
mm)
Bone files work with a ______ stroke. - correct answers✅✅Pulling stroke
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is unilateral trigger point
pain that feels ___________. - correct answers✅✅- Electrical
- sharp
- shooting
- episodic (peroximal )
Allogenic bone is ______. - correct answers✅✅- harvested from an
induvidual and transfered to same species
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is treated with _____. -
correct answers✅✅Anticonvulsants (carbamazePINE) or surgery
Where is the maxillary second molar most likely to be displaced during an
extraction?
- Maxillary sinus
- Masseteric space
- Retropharyngeal space
- Infraorbital space
- Submandibular space - correct answers✅✅- Maxillary sinus
, Oral Surgery: NBDE II Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
_____ pain is a result or an RCT or an extraction. - correct
answers✅✅Atypical odontalgia pain = due to loss of neuro pathway
(phantom limb pain)
In order (from most to least) list the following by likelihood fo becoming
impacted?
- Maxillary IM
- Mand 2M
- Max 3M
- Max Canines
- Maxillary 2M
- Mandibular 3M - correct answers✅✅#1 Mandibular 3M
#2 Max 3M
#3 Max Canines
#4 Mand/Max 2M
Generally due to inadequate arch length
Postherpetic neuralgia is caused by ______ infection. - correct
answers✅✅Herpes ZOSTER
What is the luxator of choice for extraction of a single retained root of a
mandibular molar?
- cryer elevator
- crane pick
