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Periodontics

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Normal consistency of gingiva is

  1. soft

  2. firm and resilient

  3. hard

  4. firm and leathery

  5. hard and leathery


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Normal consistency of gingiva is firm and resilient.

Which of the following statements is/are true?

  1. Attached gingiva is stippled.

  2. Loss of stippling is reversible.

  3. Loss of stippling is a common sign of gingival disease.

  4. Stippling is seen on only attached gingiva.

  5. All of the above


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

All of the above statements are true.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. With the increase in age, keratinization of gingiva increases.

  2. With the increase in age, keratinization of gingiva decreases.

  3. With the increase in age, width of the attached gingiva increases.

  4. With the increase in age, number of elastic fibers in the periodontal ligament increases.

  5. Keratinization of gingiva is maximum on hard palate.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is not true statement.

In which type of cementum are collagen fibers absent?

  1. Acellular afibrillar cementum

  2. Cellular intrinsic fiber cementum

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Acellular extrinsic fiber cementum

  5. Cellular mixed stratified cementum


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is correct answer.

Which type of cells are absent in the junctional epithelium of normal gingiva?

  1. Keratinosomes

  2. Melanocytes

  3. Merkel cells

  4. Langerhans cells

  5. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Langerhans cells are dendritic cells located at suprabasal layers.

Odland bodies are also known as

  1. Merkel cells

  2. Keratinosomes

  3. Melanocytes

  4. Langerhans cells

  5. Both 1 and 3


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Keratinosomes take part in destruction of organelle's membrane.

Width of attached gingiva in the incisor region in maxilla is

  1. 3.5 - 4.5 mm

  2. 3.3 - 3.9 mm

  3. 1.9 mm

  4. 1.8 mm

  5. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct answer.

According to Horning and Cohen staging of oral necrotizing disease, stage 3 represents

  1. NUG

  2. NUP

  3. NOMA

  4. Necrotizing stomatitis

  5. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to Horning and Cohen staging of oral necrotizing disease, stage 3 represents NUP.

The most numerous principal fibres of periodontal ligament are

  1. transseptal fibres

  2. alveolar crest fibres

  3. oblique fibres

  4. horizontal fibres

  5. apical fibres


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Oblique fibres run from cementum to alveolar bone in coronal direction.

Placement of graft will be failure in which class of recession?

  1. Class I

  2. Class II

  3. Class III

  4. Class IV

  5. Both 1 and 2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Class IV : Recession extends beyond mucogingival junction with severe soft tissue and bone loss.

In periodontal ligament, there is

  1. Type I collagen

  2. Type II collagen

  3. Type III collagen

  4. Type IV collagen

  5. Type V collagen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Type I collagen is present in principal fibres of periodontal ligament.

The junctional epithelium is attached to the gingival connective tissue by

  1. Internal basal lamina

  2. External basal lamina

  3. Hemidesmosomes

  4. Enamel cuticle

  5. Nasmyth's membrane


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The junctional epithelium is attached to the gingival connective tissue by external basal lamina.

Odontoplasty is indicated in

  1. Grade I furcation involvement

  2. Grade II furcation involvement

  3. Grade III furcation involvement

  4. Grade IV furcation involvement

  5. Grade II and Grade III furcation involvement


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Grade I furcation involvement : Incipient lesions

Which of the following is false about cornocobs structure?

  1. Cornocob structure are highly specific cell-to-cell interactions.

  2. Cornocob appearance is seen in supragingival plaque towards tooth surface.

  3. The cornocob formations have Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterial cells.

  4. Central Gram-positive core supporting outer coccal cells is called cornocob arrangement.

  5. Central Gram-negative core supporting outer coccal cells is called cornocob arrangement.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Central Gram-negative core supporting outer coccal cells is called cornocob arrangement.

Gingiva in children is

  1. more keratinized and more stippled

  2. more keratinized and less stippled

  3. less keratinized and more stippled

  4. less keratinized and less stippled

  5. none of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Attached gingiva appears less dense than in adults.

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