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1. Prosthodontically, adding pink purple will move yellow to........ shade and periodontically the purple complex which is considered as one of the early colonizers of dental plaque is..............?

A) blue-red, actinomyces israeli

B) violet, actinomyces viscosus

C) yellow red, mutans strept.

D) yellow red, actinomyces odontolyticus

E) none of these options

2. The treatment of a Class II, Division 1 malocclusion has the best prognosis when...

A) there is labial tipping of the maxillary incisors.

B) there is a satisfactory relationship of maxillary and mandibular apical bases.

C) there is no archlength (tooth size) discrepancy.

D) there is a short lower anterior face height.

E) all of the above.

3. To compensate for a 20% shrinkage of porcelain during firing we have to:

A) increase metal thickness

B) increase firing time of porcelain

C) overcontouring of porcelain

D) decrease porcelain thickness

E) none of the above

4. A patient has just eaten a large size McDonalds burger sandwich with fries and then an impression is taken so we expect the impression will have which of the following?

A) rough chalky appearance

B) tear easily

C) hard surface

D) voids

E) none of the above

5. A patient presents with a lesion on the lateral border of the tongue. The lesion is white, non-scrapable, and has a corrugated surface. The patient has a history of smoking and alcohol use. The most likely diagnosis is:

A) lichen planus

B) leukoplakia

C) candidiasis

D) aphthous ulcer

E) none of the above

6. Which of the following medicines, would be considered the drug of choice in tapeworm infestation?

A) mebendazole

B) niclosamide

C) praziquantel 

D) piperazine citrate

E) albendazole

7. In a dental research report, the term "statistically significant" means which of the following options?

A) the study involved a large number of subjects or measurements

B) results are not likely to occur, purely by chance

C) analysis of data was possible through the use of a statistical method

D) it was necessary to perform statistical analysis to evaluate the results

E) results are interesting from a statistical standpoint, but not necessarily from a clinical or practical standpoint

8) During root canal therapy, which of the following organisms will cause endocarditis in a patient with valvular heart disease?

A) Hemolytic streptococcus.

B) Non-hemolytic streptococcus.

C) Coagulase positive staphylococcus.

D) Enterococcus faecalis.

E) Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

9. Ankylosis occurs most frequently in which of the following...

A) permanent maxillary lateral incisors

B) primary mandibular canines

C) primary mandibular first molars

D) primary mandibular second molars

E) none of these options

10. A 25-year-old patient presents with a chief complaint of pain in the lower right quadrant. Clinical examination reveals deep caries in the mandibular first molar, and the pulp is diagnosed as irreversibly inflamed. Radiographic examination shows no signs of periapical pathology. The most appropriate treatment plan for this tooth is:

A) amalgam restoration

B) composite restoration

C) root canal therapy

D) extraction

E) none of these options

Answers

1. D

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3. C

4. D

5. B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C