Exam 1: Introduction to Preliminary Diagnosis of Oral Lesions

While obtaining diagnostic information from a patient, the dental hygienist learns that the appearance of this patient's teeth is familial. The correct diagnosis is:

This bony hard radiopaque structure in the midline of the hard palate is genetic in origin and inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. The diagnosis is made through clinical appearance. You suspect a:

Each of the following conditions is considered benign and of unknown cause except one. Which one is the exception?

Another name for an amalgam tattoo is a:

It has been suggested that Candida albicans is associated with which one of the following?

Which one of the following is diagnosed through clinical appearance?

The gray-white opalescent film seen on the buccal mucosa of 85% of black adults is a variant of normal that requires no treatment and is called:

A lesion with a stemlike base is described as:

Urticaria is an example of a(n):

Diagnosis of anemia is best accomplished through:

Leukoedema is a generalized opalescence appearing on the buccal mucosa; linea alba is a dark pigmented line appearing on the buccal mucosa.

The eight categories that provide information leading to a definitive diagnosis are as follows: microscopic, clinical, laboratory, surgical, differential findings, radiographic, therapeutic, and:

A drug history of a patient taking a calcium channel blocker may reveal which of the following conditions?

The variant of normal coloration seen on the mandibular gingival surface of this patient is referred to as:

A clinical term for a white lesion that cannot be rubbed off and cannot be diagnosed on the basis of clinical characteristics alone is:

Which of the following best describes an elevated, 5-mm soft tissue lesion containing serous fluid?

A lesion with a sessile base is described as:

This pathological lesion seen on the dorsal surface of the tongue is characteristic of:

When geographic tongue occurs on the dorsal tongue, the erythematous areas may be appropriately described as:

Which of the following would be described as a segment that is part of the whole?