Chapter 5 d.

Chalky white spots

Review Questions 14. Which one of the following is associated with enamel
1. Which term refers to a defect present at birth? hypoplasia resulting from congenital syphilis?
a. Anomaly a. Turner tooth
b. Inherited defect b. Hutchinson incisors
c. Congenital defect c. Taurodont
d. Developmental defect d. Dens evaginatus
2. Which term refers to the origin and tissue formation of teeth? 15. Which one of the following describes the appearance of enamel
a. Odontogenesis hypocalcification?
b. Dentinogenesis a. Pitting defects
c. Amelogenesis b. Yellowish-brown discoloration
d. Cementogenesis c. Blackish-brown stains
3. Which term refers to the joining of teeth by cementum only? d. Chalky white spots
a. Fusion 16. Which term describes a tooth that has not erupted because of a
b. Gemination lack of eruptive force?
c. Twinning a. Ankylosed
d. Concrescence b. Impacted
4. Which teeth are most often missing? c. Embedded
a. Canines d. Fused
b. Deciduous second molars 17. Which teeth are most often impacted?
c. Third molars a. Distomolars
d. Premolars b. Maxillary and mandibular first molars
5. Which tooth is the most common supernumerary tooth? c. Mandibular cuspids
a. Mesiodens d. Mandibular third molars
b. Distomolar 18. Which term describes a tooth in which bone has fused to
c. Paramolar cementum and dentin and prevents the eruption of an
d. Hutchinson incisor underlying permanent tooth?
6. Which teeth most often appear smaller than normal? a. Concrescence
a. Mandibular premolars b. Embedded
b. Maxillary lateral incisors c. Ankylosed
c. Mandibular lateral incisors d. Fused
d. Mandibular third molars 19. Which cyst is not an odontogenic cyst?
7. Which term refers to the developmental anomaly that arises a. Dentigerous cyst
when a single tooth germ attempts to divide and results in the b. Primordial cyst
incomplete formation of two teeth? c. Median palatal cyst
a. Fusion d. Lateral periodontal cyst
b. Gemination 20. The most common cause of the radicular cyst is:
c. Concrescence a. Caries
d. Dilaceration b. Trauma
8. Which term refers to the developmental anomaly that arises from c. Malignant infiltration
the union of two normally separated adjacent tooth germs? d. Food impaction
a. Twinning 21. Which cyst is an odontogenic intraosseous cyst that forms
b. Gemination around the crown of a developing tooth?
c. Fusion a. Coronal cyst
d. Dilaceration b. Dentigerous cyst
9. Which term refers to an abnormal angulation or curve in the root c. Lateral periodontal cyst
or crown of a tooth? d. Eruption cyst
a. Fusion 22. Which cyst develops in place of a tooth?
b. Gemination a. Dentigerous cyst
c. Concrescence b. Primordial cyst
d. Dilaceration c. Follicular cyst
10. Which term refers to a developmental anomaly in which teeth d. Odontogenic keratocyst
exhibit elongated, large pulp chambers and short roots? 23. Which cyst is characterized by its unique microscopic
a. Dens invaginatus appearance and frequent recurrence?
b. Dens evaginatus a. Residual cyst
c. Taurodontism b. Stafne bone cyst
d. Dilaceration c. Odontogenic keratocyst
11. Which developmental anomaly is often associated with a d. Eruption cyst
nonvital tooth and periapical lesions? 24. The lateral periodontal cyst is defined by its location. In which
a. Dens invaginatus area is the lateral periodontal cyst most commonly found?
b. Dens evaginatus a. Mandibular third molar area
c. Taurodontism b. Maxillary tuberosity area
d. Talon cusp c. Between the maxillary premolars
12. Which of the following teeth most often exhibit supernumerary d. Between the mandibular cuspid and first premolar
roots? 25. The teeth are vital with all of the following cysts except:
a. Maxillary first premolars a. Nasopalatine canal cyst
b. Maxillary third molars b. Cyst of the palatine papilla
c. Mandibular first molars c. Dentigerous cyst
d. Maxillary first molars d. Periapical cyst
13. Which one of the following describes the appearance of enamel 26. Which cyst is characteristically pear shaped?
hypoplasia resulting from a febrile illness or vitamin deficiency? a. Globulomaxillary cyst
a. Pitting defects b. Median palatal cyst
b. Yellowish-brown discoloration c. Incisal canal cyst
c. Blackish-brown staining d. Median mandibular cyst
27. Which of the following describes a radicular cyst left behind c. Molars
after extraction of the offending tooth? d. Premolars
a. Periodontal cyst 41. Which term refers to an accessory cusp located on the occlusal
b. Gingival cyst surface of a tooth?
c. Odontogenic cyst a. Mulberry cusp
d. Residual cyst b. Talon cusp
28. With which cyst may the patient complain of dysphagia? c. Dens invaginatus
a. Thyroglossal tract cyst d. Dens evaginatus
b. Median palatal cyst 42. Which term refers to the enamel hypoplasia of a permanent
c. Static bone cyst tooth that results from infection of a deciduous tooth?
d. Traumatic bone cyst a. Hutchinson tooth
29. Which cyst is considered a pseudocyst? b. Talon tooth
a. Odontogenic keratocyst c. Turner tooth
b. Traumatic bone cyst d. Gorlin tooth
c. Lymphoepithelial cyst 43. Which term refers to the irregular areas of discoloration that
d. Primordial cyst result from fluoride ingestion?
30. In addition to the odontogenic keratocyst, which lesion would a. Pitting defects
the hygienist suspect if a radiograph revealed a multilocular b. Developmental defects
radiolucency? c. Mottling defects
a. Globulomaxillary cyst d. Extrinsic staining
b. Aneurysmal bone cyst 44. Which term refers to teeth that appear ghostlike on a dental
c. Stafne bone cyst radiograph?
d. Periapical cyst a. Taurodontism
31. Which term refers to the adhesion of the tongue to the floor of b. Enamel hypocalcification
the mouth? c. Regional odontodysplasia
a. Ankylosis d. Enamel hypoplasia
b. Ankyloglossia 45. Which term refers to teeth that cannot erupt because of physical
c. Anodontia obstruction?
d. Amelogenesis a. Fused
32. Which location is the most common for lip pits? b. Ankylosed
a. Commissure c. Embedded
b. Philtrum d. Impacted
c. Nasolabial groove 46. All of the following cause endogenous staining of teeth except
d. Labiomental groove one. Which one is the exception?
33. Which term refers to an ectopic mass of thyroid tissue located a. Tetracycline
on the posterior dorsal tongue between the foramen cecum and the b. Rhesus incompatibility
epiglottis? c. Penicillin
a. Thyroid cyst d. Neonatal liver disease
b. Thyroid tumor 47. Enamel hypoplasia results from damage to the:
c. Lingual tonsil a. Odontoblasts
d. Lingual thyroid b. Ameloblasts
34. Which term refers to the total absence of all teeth? c. Fibroblasts
a. Anodontia d. Cementoblasts
b. Hypodontia 48. Hutchinson incisors and mulberry molars are associated with:
c. Hyperdontia a. Odontodysplasia
d. Microdontia b. Congenital syphilis
35. Which term refers to the lack of one or more teeth? c. Neonatal liver disease
a. Anodontia d. Febrile illnesses
b. Hypodontia 49. Natal teeth are teeth that present:
c. Hyperdontia a. 2 months in utero
d. Microdontia b. At birth
36. Which tooth is the second most common supernumerary tooth? c. After 1 month
a. Taurodont d. At 6 months
b. Mesiodens 50. When a patient is missing six teeth without including third
c. Paramolar molars, the condition is specifically termed:
d. Distomolar a. Hyperdontia
37. Which term refers to abnormally small teeth? b. Oligodontia
a. Taurodontia c. Hypodontia
b. Macrodontia d. Microdontia
c. Microdontia 51. A taurodont has which one of the following characteristics?
d. Hypodontia a. Talon cusp
38. Which term refers to abnormally large teeth? b. Elongated pulp chambers
a. Taurodontia c. Long roots
b. Acromegaly d. Supernumerary roots
c. Macrodontia 52. Fluoride ingestion causing enamel hypoplasia can affect which
d. Hypodontia of the following?
39. Which location is the most likely for an enamel pearl? a. Maxillary posterior teeth
a. Maxillary molars b. All teeth
b. Maxillary second premolar c. One tooth
c. Mandibular premolars d. Mandibular incisors
d. Mandibular molars 53. Accelerated growth hormone produced by the pituitary before
40. Which location is the most likely for a talon cusp? closure of the epiphyseal plates is called:
a. Canines a. Cretinism
b. Incisors b. Acromegaly
c. Graves disease
d. Gigantism
54. Teeth that do not erupt due to physical obstruction are:
a. Ankylosed
b. Impacted
c. Embedded
d. Fused
55. All of the following cysts within bone are pseudocysts except
one. Which one is the exception?
a. Aneurysmal
b. Simple
c. Dentigerous
d. Traumatic
56. The diagnosis of radicular cyst is made by:
a. Radiographic imaging
b. Microscopic examination
c. Pulp testing
d. Clinical report of just pain
57. Dentigerous cysts are most commonly found on which
unerupted or impacted tooth?
a. Maxillary canine
b. Distomolar
c. Mandibular third molar
d. Maxillary third molar
58. The paramedian lip pit occurs:
a. In the commissure
b. In the midline area of the lower lip
c. In the center of the upper lip
d. On the mucosa of the upper lip
59. Which one of the following cysts in bone is a variant of the
lateral periodontal cyst?
a. Gingival
b. Botryoid
c. Odontogenic keratocyst
d. Primordial
60. Which one of the following is clearly essential for the diagnosis
of an odontogenic keratocyst?
a. Radiographic features
b. History of the lesion
c. Degree of clinical expansion
d. Histopathologic features