Dental Hygiene OSCE Exam Questions
and Answers (Most Recent Version,
Complete Study Material)
Dens invaginatus - Correct Answers ✅A condition
found in teeth where the outer surface folds inward.
"a tooth within a tooth"
Dens evaginatus - Correct Answers ✅A condition found
in teeth where the outer surface appears to form an extra
bump or cusp.
Mostly found in premolars
Radiolucent - Correct Answers ✅dark
radiopaque - Correct Answers ✅light
Horizontal bone loss - Correct Answers ✅bone
destruction parallel to a line between CEJs of adjacent
teeth
indicator of periodontal disease
, Dental Hygiene OSCE Exam Questions
and Answers (Most Recent Version,
Complete Study Material)
Vertical bone loss - Correct Answers ✅Adjacent to one
tooth, looks like a triangular notch
indicator of periodontal disease
Recurrent decay - Correct Answers ✅Decay is
diagnosed from radiograph or from the margin of an
existing restoration.
Recent extraction - Correct Answers ✅Socket is
demarcated by radiopaque bundle bone in which the PDL
had anchored to the tooth.
After 18 months, it can no longer be distinguished.
Palatal tori - Correct Answers ✅normal bony growth of
bone on the midline of the hard palate
Mandibular tori - Correct Answers ✅normal bony
growths of the lingual aspect of the mandible
Mesiodens - Correct Answers ✅A supernumerary tooth
present in the midline between two central incisors
and Answers (Most Recent Version,
Complete Study Material)
Dens invaginatus - Correct Answers ✅A condition
found in teeth where the outer surface folds inward.
"a tooth within a tooth"
Dens evaginatus - Correct Answers ✅A condition found
in teeth where the outer surface appears to form an extra
bump or cusp.
Mostly found in premolars
Radiolucent - Correct Answers ✅dark
radiopaque - Correct Answers ✅light
Horizontal bone loss - Correct Answers ✅bone
destruction parallel to a line between CEJs of adjacent
teeth
indicator of periodontal disease
, Dental Hygiene OSCE Exam Questions
and Answers (Most Recent Version,
Complete Study Material)
Vertical bone loss - Correct Answers ✅Adjacent to one
tooth, looks like a triangular notch
indicator of periodontal disease
Recurrent decay - Correct Answers ✅Decay is
diagnosed from radiograph or from the margin of an
existing restoration.
Recent extraction - Correct Answers ✅Socket is
demarcated by radiopaque bundle bone in which the PDL
had anchored to the tooth.
After 18 months, it can no longer be distinguished.
Palatal tori - Correct Answers ✅normal bony growth of
bone on the midline of the hard palate
Mandibular tori - Correct Answers ✅normal bony
growths of the lingual aspect of the mandible
Mesiodens - Correct Answers ✅A supernumerary tooth
present in the midline between two central incisors
