NBDHE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Scopolamine is what: - Answers -Cholinergic Antagonist (tx for motion sickness)
Acetaminophen could cause an issue for a patient with one of these diseases, which
one? - Answers -Liver Disease
Case study about a patient with hypothyroidism - Answers -Thyroid regulates
metabolism and calcium balance
Hypothyroidism - Insufficient production of thyroid hormones
Symptoms:
Goiter - enlargement of the thyroid
Low blood pressure (hypotension)
Low heart rate (bradycardia)
Dry skin
Cold intolerant
Obese
Delayed tooth eruption
Tx: levothyroxine (Synthroid)
Cretinism = children with hypothyroidism
mental physical retardation, macroglossia
Myxedema = adults with hypothyroidism
Long term undiagnosed hypothyroidism
Case study about a pregnant patient in her third trimester - Answers -- Asked how you
would treat the patients chief complaint?
- Evaluate & provide full treatment
- Wait until after patient gives birth
- Evaluate and treat symptomatic teeth
- Can't remember other option
Case study about a patient with HBP, High Cholesterol, Seizures, some skin condition. -
Answers -HBP: diuretic, ACE inhibitor, CAL blocker, Beta Blocker, Angiotensin II
Receptor Blocker
High Cholesterol: cholestyramine (Questran), atorvastatin (Lipitor)
Seizure: anticonvulsants - phenytoin (Dilantin), phenobarbital, carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Case study on an alcoholic patient - Answers -Primary factor in development of
pancreatitis
May have poor nutrition
Avoid drugs metabolized in liver - ❌ acetaminophen
Your patient has porcelain crowns, what fluoride do you NOT use on them? - Answers -
APF - acidulated phosphate fluoride
Patients with Treacher Collins will most likely have? - Answers -hearing loss
,What opens the tracheae - Answers -larynx
What is the most common heart disease within the U.S? - Answers -coronary heart
disease
bacteria in chronic periodontitis - Answers -P. gingivalis
T. forsythia
T. denticola
Blood flow - Answers -From superior and inferior vena cava
What medication would be BEST used for chronic periodontitis, that does not respond
to treatment? - Answers -doxycycline (a tetracycline derivative)
Meds and which one causes amnesia? - Answers -Benzodiazepines and anticholinergic
drugs are considered to be the drugs most often responsible for iatrogenic amnesia
Salivary enlargement is from all except: - Answers -TB
Symptoms responsible for ketoacidosis: - Answers -Confusion, fruity breath, thirst
All are recommended treatments for xerostomia except: - Answers -Pilocarpine
Cevimeline
Fluoride
Atropine - used for saliva reduction
Correct order of heart beat: - Answers -SA node - atria - AV node - ventricle
, Anesthetic safe for pregnant women? - Answers -Prilocaine and Lidocaine (Pregnant
Lady)
Best instrument for mesial of #13: - Answers -Gracey 11/12
Distal: - Answers -13/14, 17/18
Where does heartbeat originate? - Answers -SA node
Atropine (Atropen): - Answers -Decreases salivary flow and pupil dilation before surgery
Cholinergic antagonist (anticholinergic)
Common side effects of Dilantin? - Answers -Gingival hyperplasia
Metronidazole (Flagyl) - Answers -Antibiotic that treats multiple types of infection
including dental abscess
No Alcohol
Other names for this med = MetroCream, Nuvessa, Noritate, Flagyl
What acid does the stomach secrete? - Answers -hydrochloric acid
What group do cephalosporins resemble? - Answers -Penicillin
NUG: - Answers -Typical form of perio disease
Acute presentation with rapid onset of interdental gingival necrosis, pain, bleeding,
halitosis.
Systemic symptoms = lymphadenopathy, malaise
How many permanent posterior teeth are succedaneous (permanent teeth that replace
deciduous)? - Answers -8
Side effects of Heparin: - Answers -Hemorrhaging
Bruising, bleeding, sores at injection site
Ulcerations
Mast cells: - Answers -Increase bleeding
Nerve innervating pulp: - Answers -Trigeminal, V5
Most common risk factor associated with squamous cell carcinoma: - Answers -
Smoking, alcohol
Body's primary source of thiamin: - Answers -pork
Body's primary source of energy: - Answers -Glucose
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