Deck 1: Introduction to Preliminary Diagnosis of Oral Lesions

Question 1

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

A) Bullae
B) Vesicle
C) Lobule
D) Pustule

Answer 1

Lobule

Question 2

The gingival enlargement in this patient was caused by a calcium channel blocker. Which one of the following would likely be the cause?

A) Dilantin
B) Cyclosporine
C) Procardia
D) Clozapine

Answer 2

Procardia

Question 3

When antifungal therapy is used to treat angular cheilitis, which diagnostic process is being applied?

A) Microscopic
B) Laboratory
C) Surgical
D) Therapeutic

Answer 3

Therapeutic

Question 4

Which one of the following is not considered a variant of normal?

A) Fordyce granules
B) Leukoedema
C) Linea alba
D) Pyogenic granuloma

Question 5

Ectopic geographic tongue can be found:

A) on the lateral boarder of the tongue.
B) within bone.
C) on mucosal surfaces other than the tongue.
D) on the dorsal tongue.

Question 6

Which papillae are elongated in the condition called black hairy tongue?

A) Circumvallate
B) Foliate
C) Filiform
D) Fungiform

Question 7

A small circumscribed lesion usually less than 1 cm in diameter that is elevated or protrudes above the surface of normal surrounding tissue is a:

A) papule.
B) macule.
C) vesicle.
D) bulla.

Question 8

A Stafne bone cyst contains:

A) salivary gland tissue.
B) an empty void.
C) inflammatory cells.
D) an epithelial-lined cyst containing serous fluid.

Question 9

In internal resorption the radiolucency seen radiographically is usually:

A) well circumscribed.
B) diffuse.
C) multilocular.
D) unilocular.

Question 10

Which one of the following is diagnosed through clinical diagnosis?

A) Fordyce granules
B) Unerupted mesiodens
C) Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia
D) Traumatic bone cyst

Question 11

A lesion with a stemlike base is described as:

A) a sessile.
B) A macule.
C) pedunculated.
D) a lobule.

Question 12

Another name for geographic tongue is:

A) median rhomboid glossitis.
B) benign migratory glossitis.
C) fissured tongue.
D) black hairy tongue.

Question 13

Which one of the following is not diagnosed through clinical diagnosis?

A) Mandibular tori
B) Fordyce granules
C) Black hairy tongue
D) Compound odontoma

Question 14

Radiographic features, including the cotton wool effect and hypercementosis, are especially helpful to the diagnosis of:

A) Paget disease.
B) dentinogenesis imperfecta.
C) anemia.
D) diabetes.

Question 15

This gray-white opalescent film seen on the buccal mucosa of 85% of black adults is a variant of normal that requires no treatment. On the basis of this description, you suspect that this is a:

A) linea alba.
B) leukoedema.
C) leukoplakia.
D) white sponge nevus.

Question 16

Which one of the following is considered a genetic/inherited disorder?

A) Linea alba
B) Amelogenesis imperfecta
C) Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
D) Internal resorption

Question 17

A lesion with a sessile base is described as:

A) an ulcer.
B) stemlike.
C) pedunculated.
D) flat and broad.

Question 18

Retrocuspid papillae are located on the:

A) palate.
B) floor of the mouth.
C) gingiva of the lingual aspect of mandibular canines.
D) canine eminence.

Question 19

Which one of the following conditions would most likely respond to therapeutic diagnosis?

A) Angular cheilitis
B) Amelogenesis imperfecta
C) Paget disease
D) Stafne bone cyst

Question 20

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

A) palatal cyst.
B) torus palatinus.
C) mixed tumor.
D) ranula.

Question 21

Which term is used to describe a lesion with borders that are specifically defined and in which one can see the exact margins and extent of the lesion?

A) Unilocular
B) Well circumscribed
C) Diffuse
D) Multilocular

Question 22

The base of this lesion would be described as:

A) pedunculated.
B) a lobule.
C) a bulla.
D) sessile.

Question 23

Diagnosis of anemia is best accomplished through:

A) laboratory tests.
B) evaluation of the color of the gingiva.
C) bleeding on probing.
D) the patient's medical history.

Question 24

This torus palatinus would be described as:

A) bullous.
B) a papule.
C) lobulated.
D) a nodule.

Question 25

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

A) Median rhomboid glossitis
B) Linea alba
C) Leukoedema
D) Retrocuspid papillae

Question 26

A radiolucency that "scallops around the roots of teeth" is often used to describe a:

A) traumatic bone cyst.
B) Stafne bone cyst.
C) lingual mandibular bone concavity.
D) median palatine cyst.

Question 27

Which one of the following is not apparent in leukoedema?

A) Intracellular edema in the spinous cells
B) Acanthosis of the epithelium
C) Generalized opalescence of the buccal mucosa
D) A white diffuse material on the buccal mucosa that can be wiped off

Question 28

Fordyce granules:

A) are ectopic sebaceous glands.
B) are seen on the dorsal tongue.
C) require antibiotic treatment.
D) are lesions that require biopsy for diagnosis.

Question 29

Another name for amalgam tattoo is:

A) a melanoma.
B) focal argyrosis.
C) a nevus.
D) multiple myeloma.

Question 30

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

A) inflamed.
B) depapillated.
C) allergic.
D) fungal.