Periodontics SDLE MCQ | Part 2

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Category: Periodontics

1) What is the most accurate method for determining biological width?

Radiographs

Clinical examination

Probe

Vertical bitewings

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2) What happens to a 21-year-old female patient during menstruation?

Increased exudate and bacteria

Bone loss

Gingival enlargement

Tooth mobility

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3) A tooth is displaced 1 mm buccally. What is the Miller classification of mobility?

Class 2

Class 1

Class 4

Class 3

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4) A patient has food impaction under a contact area. What is the best way to clean this area?

Interdental brush

Super floss

Dental floss

Dental brush

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5) What is the maximum length a curette can achieve in nonsurgical periodontal treatment?

4.75 mm

2.75 mm

5.75 mm

3.75 mm

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6) A patient has 6 mm from CEJ to the base of the pocket. What does this indicate?

2 mm pocket depth, 4 mm attachment loss

6 mm attachment loss

6 mm pseudo pocket

4 mm pocket depth, 2 mm attachment loss

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7) A patient is unsatisfied with orthodontic results and has gingival overgrowth. What is the treatment?

Antibiotics

Orthognathic surgery

Gingivectomy

Crown lengthening

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8) What is the most important factor in necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG)?

Periodontitis

Poor oral hygiene

Emotional stress

Smoking

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9) A patient has sensitivity, caries, and an impacted molar. What is the treatment sequence?

Antibiotics

Restoration, scaling, extraction

Scaling, restoration, extraction

Extraction, scaling, restoration

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10) A patient has a buccally impacted canine and recession. What is the problem?

Tooth mobility

Recession

Gingival enlargement

Periodontitis

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11) A patient has 4 mm recession and 3 mm pocket depth. What does this indicate?

2 mm pocket depth

7 mm pseudo pocket

7 mm attachment loss

4 mm attachment loss

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12) A patient with poor oral hygiene, multiple caries, and malocclusion. What is the treatment sequence?

Extraction

OH, restoration, ortho, surgery

Orthodontics

Surgery

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13) What should a periodontist expect after 6 years of periodontal treatment?

Complete healing

Compliant patients have better attachment loss

No change

Noncompliant patients have worse attachment loss

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14) A 23-year-old with a family history of severe periodontitis is diagnosed with stage III, grade C periodontitis. What is the initial treatment?

Clearance and prosthetic treatment

Scaling and follow-up

Extraction

Scaling and antibiotics

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15) A picture shows a semilunar flap. What is it used for?

Crown lengthening

Bone grafting

Gingivectomy

Treating recession

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16) A healthy patient has gingival enlargement. What is the diagnosis?

Idiopathic gingival enlargement

Systemic gingival enlargement

Drug-induced gingival enlargement

Inflammatory gingival enlargement

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17) A patient complains of pain and bleeding around a recently placed crown. What is the management?

Follow-up

Antibiotics

Refabricate crown

Crown lengthening

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18) What is the term for interproximal correction during perio surgery with vertical defects?

Radical

Interproximal flattening

Flap elevation

Apical repositioning

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19) A patient has recession treated with a semilunar flap and connective tissue graft. What is the procedure?

Apically positioned flap

Semilunar flap

Connective tissue graft

Double papilla flap

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20) A 13-year-old boy has pink, firm, stippled gingiva with enlargement. What is the cause?

Inflammatory gingivitis

Systemic condition

Drug-induced gingival enlargement

Idiopathic gingival enlargement

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21) Where does the gingival col occur?

Between teeth

In the interdental papilla

Near the mucogingival junction

At the gingival margin

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22) A patient has gingival overgrowth. What is the surgical treatment?

Internal bevel gingivectomy

External bevel gingivectomy

Flap surgery

Crown lengthening

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23) A patient with recession on #13 needs a connective tissue graft. Which incision is used?

Sulcular

Releasing

External bevel

Internal bevel

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24) A patient with grade I furcation involvement and normal probing depths. What is the treatment?

Root resection

Odontoplasty

GTR

Root coverage

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25) Why is rinsing performed before crown lengthening?

Improve visibility

Reduce aerosol

Reduce bleeding

Prevent infection

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26) A diabetic patient with HbA1c of 9 and 50% horizontal bone loss. What is the management?

Refer to doctor

Antibiotics only

SRP + doxycycline

Extraction

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27) A patient has NUG. What is the first step in treatment?

RCT

Non-surgical treatment

Extraction

Antibiotics

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28) What is the ideal activation angle during scaling and root planning?

More than 90°

Less than 45°

45-90°

Less than insertion angle

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29) A patient has difficulty measuring probing depth. What type of gingiva do they likely have?

Thick flat

Thin scalloped

Thick scalloped

Thin flat

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30) What type of incision is used to raise a flap coronally?

Releasing

Internal bevel

External bevel

Sulcular

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31) What type of gingivitis extends from the margin to the mucobuccal fold?

Localized marginal

Localized papillary

Localized diffuse

Generalized gingivitis

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32) A patient has recession treated with a specific flap. What is the flap called?

Connective tissue graft

Semilunar flap

Double papilla flap

Apically positioned flap

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33) A patient has sensitivity, inadequate keratinized tissue, and high frenum attachment. What is the treatment?

Frenectomy + FGG

FGG

CTG

Frenectomy + CTG

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34) Which medication is better for reducing pocket depth?

Metronidazole

Chlorhexidine

Doxycycline

Monocycline gel

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35) What bacteria cause fibrous gingival inflammation and bone loss in chronic periodontitis?

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Streptococcus mitis

Bacteroides fragilis

Treponema denticola

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36) A patient has a periodontal abscess with pus discharge. What is the treatment?

Observe

Extraction

Incision and drainage

RCT

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37) A distal deep pocket on tooth #47 requires which type of incision?

Distal wedge

Vertical

Intrasulcular

Horizontal

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38) When does pocket depth equal clinical attachment loss?

Pocket depth 1 mm above CEJ

Pocket depth 3 mm above CEJ

Pocket depth at CEJ

Pocket depth 2 mm above CEJ

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39) A patient has yellowish soft deposits on teeth that cannot be removed with water spray. What is this?

Plaque

Calculus

Pellicle

Material alba

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40) A picture shows ridge mapping. What is its purpose?

Determine ridge height and width

Evaluate periodontal pockets

Measure tooth mobility

Assess bone density

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41) Which drug causes gingival hyperplasia?

Calcium channel blocker

Antibiotics

NSAIDs

Beta-blocker

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42) Recession at the marginal gingiva not extending to the mucogingival junction is classified as what?

Class 2

Class 3

Class 1

Class 4

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43) What is the function of a periodontal probe?

Check caries

Measure pocket depth

Check bleeding on probing (BOP)

Excavate caries

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44) A patient has generalized bleeding, erythema, and loss of stippling. What is the cause?

Allergy to toothpaste

Poor oral hygiene

Systemic disease

Over-contoured ceramic

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45) Which factor does not increase gingival crevicular fluid (GCF)?

Smoking

Hormonal changes

Trauma from occlusion

Inflammation

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46) A 20-year-old female needs crown lengthening on #43 with 2 mm keratinized gingiva. What type of flap is used?

Coronally positioned flap

Apically positioned flap

Connective tissue graft

Semilunar flap

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47) A patient has recession on upper anterior teeth with thin gingival biotype. What is the treatment?

Crowns

Connective tissue graft

Apically positioned flap

Widman flap

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48) What can prevent interproximal papilla from healing after surgery?

Persistent inflammation

Poor suturing

Intrasulcular incision

Releasing flap

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49) A patient has generalized ulceration and a body temperature of 37°C. What is the management?

CHX + SRP

CHX mouthwash for 2 weeks

Observe

SRP + antibiotics

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50) A patient has sensitivity, deep caries, and an impacted molar. What is the treatment sequence?

Antibiotics

Scaling, restoration, extraction

Restoration, scaling, extraction

Extraction, scaling, restoration

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