CDH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What does Zahnfreudlich mean? Where does it come from?
food does not lower the pH of plaque below 5.7 for up to 30 minutes after consumption.
Switzerland
Turku Sugar Studies (1- year study)
- 2 groups
- Group 1. consumed an avg of 4 sticks per day of xylitol sweetened gum
- Group 2. consumed an avg of 4 sticks per day of sucrose sweetened gum
- Group 1-avg of 0.3 new DMF surfaces
- Group 2-avg of 4 new DMF surfaces
List characteristics about xylitol:
- blocks transmission of s. mutans from mother to child
- may arrest dentin caries
- cannot be cooked
List characteristics about sorbitol:
- low cariogenicity
- may be metabolized by cariogenic microorganisms
Cleft palate occurs in:
1/700 live births
Who is most likely to get cleft palate?
Asians and Indians
Who is least likely to get cleft palate?
Africans
Cleft lip occurs more in:
, boys
Isolated cleft palate occurs more in:
girls
T/F: Cleft lip/palate occurs more in multiple births?
True
T/F: There is an association between cleft palate/lip and premature birth
True
T/F: There is higher mortality rates in kids with cleft lip/palate
True
T/F: Smoking mothers are more likely to give birth to a baby with cleft lip/palate than non-
smoking mothers
True
Women with this condition are more likely to give birth to baby with cleft lip/palate:
Diabetes
T/F: Babies born with clefts often have other malformations
True
Epidemic:
disease of significantly greater prevalence than normal (flu)
Endemic:
continuing problem involving disease prevalence (ebola)
Pandemic:
affecting a large proportion of the geographic population of a country, continent, people or the
world
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What does Zahnfreudlich mean? Where does it come from?
food does not lower the pH of plaque below 5.7 for up to 30 minutes after consumption.
Switzerland
Turku Sugar Studies (1- year study)
- 2 groups
- Group 1. consumed an avg of 4 sticks per day of xylitol sweetened gum
- Group 2. consumed an avg of 4 sticks per day of sucrose sweetened gum
- Group 1-avg of 0.3 new DMF surfaces
- Group 2-avg of 4 new DMF surfaces
List characteristics about xylitol:
- blocks transmission of s. mutans from mother to child
- may arrest dentin caries
- cannot be cooked
List characteristics about sorbitol:
- low cariogenicity
- may be metabolized by cariogenic microorganisms
Cleft palate occurs in:
1/700 live births
Who is most likely to get cleft palate?
Asians and Indians
Who is least likely to get cleft palate?
Africans
Cleft lip occurs more in:
, boys
Isolated cleft palate occurs more in:
girls
T/F: Cleft lip/palate occurs more in multiple births?
True
T/F: There is an association between cleft palate/lip and premature birth
True
T/F: There is higher mortality rates in kids with cleft lip/palate
True
T/F: Smoking mothers are more likely to give birth to a baby with cleft lip/palate than non-
smoking mothers
True
Women with this condition are more likely to give birth to baby with cleft lip/palate:
Diabetes
T/F: Babies born with clefts often have other malformations
True
Epidemic:
disease of significantly greater prevalence than normal (flu)
Endemic:
continuing problem involving disease prevalence (ebola)
Pandemic:
affecting a large proportion of the geographic population of a country, continent, people or the
world
