AAPD ORAL BOARD 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
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Dental Home - CORRECT ANSWER an ongoing relationship between the dentist and
the patient, including all aspects of oral health care delivered in a comprehensive,
continuously accessible, coordinated, and family-centered way
What is the most cost effective way to provide dental care? - CORRECT ANSWER
Dental home
What is the most common infectious disease among U.S. children? - CORRECT
ANSWER Dental caries, particularly among poor, non-white children
When should a dental home be established? - CORRECT ANSWER within 6 months
of first tooth eruption and No later than 12 months
What is dental neglect - CORRECT ANSWER WILLFUL failure of parent or guardian
to seek and follow through with treatment necessary to ensure a level of oral heath
essential for adequate function and freedom from pain and infection.
Dental disability - CORRECT ANSWER orofacial pain, infection, or pathological
condition and/or lack of functional dentition affect nutritional intake, growth and
development, or participation in life activities.
Medically-necessary care - CORRECT ANSWER Reasonable and essential diagnostic,
preventive, and treatment services (including supplies, appliances, and devices) and
follow-up care as determined by qualified health care providers in treating any condition,
disease, injury, or congenital or developmental malformation to promote optimal health,
,AAPD ORAL BOARD 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
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growth, and development. MNC includes all supportive health care services that, in the
judgment of the attending dentist, are necessary for the provision of optimal quality
therapeutic and preventive oral care. These services include, but are not limited to,
sedation, general anesthesia, and utilization of surgical facilities.
MNC ____________ the probability of good health and well-being and
________________ the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome. - CORRECT ANSWER
increases, decreases
Perinatal - CORRECT ANSWER 20th week of gestation to 4 weeks post-partum
Women are more or less susceptible to oral disease? Why? - CORRECT ANSWER
More susceptible, due to endocrinological fluctuations during pregnancy.
Poor oral health is associated with what birth problems? - CORRECT ANSWER Low
birthwaeight, growth restriction, preterm delivery, preclampsia, early pregnancy loss,
and intrauterine fetal demise.
Use of _______ ______ and avoiding tobacco and alcohol is protective for oral facial
clefts? - CORRECT ANSWER Folic acid
Pillow under the ______ hip maintains the uterus off the vena cava - CORRECT
ANSWER right
,AAPD ORAL BOARD 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
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What analgesics should be avoided during pregnancy? - CORRECT ANSWER
Ibuprofen and Naproxen, during 1st and 3rd trimester.
Can opiods be used during pregnancy? - CORRECT ANSWER yes just minimum
effectvie dose as they do cross the placenta
What antibiotics should be avoided during pregnancy? - CORRECT ANSWER
Erythromycin, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones.
Infants born via C-section are colonized by S. Mutans _________________ compared to
vaginal births - CORRECT ANSWER Earlier
Teenage pregnancy (11-15) causes the following: - CORRECT ANSWER Pregnancy-
induced hypertension (causes increased bleeding during procedures), anemia, sexually
transmissble diseases, and premature delivery
Mild hypertension - CORRECT ANSWER Equal to or greater than 140/90
Severe hypertension - CORRECT ANSWER Greater than or equal to 160/110
Acute onset, severe hypertension that persists for 15 minutes or more = - CORRECT
ANSWER Emergency. Physician should be notified immediately.
, AAPD ORAL BOARD 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
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Maternal levels of vitamin ____ may affect primary tooth development - CORRECT
ANSWER D
Approximately ______ percent of pregnant participants reported persistent xerostomia -
CORRECT ANSWER Xerostomia
There is an correlation between periodontal disease in prengnant women and
_____________ diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER gestational
Poor plaque control added with hormone changes in pregnancy can lead to development
of what pathology? - CORRECT ANSWER Pyogenic Granuloma
Due to increased risk of fetal hypoxia leading to inreased risk of pregnancy loss, what
should be avoided? - CORRECT ANSWER Nitrious Oxide during the first trimester
Due to worries regaring merucury, what products should be avoided during pregnancy? -
CORRECT ANSWER Tooth whitening products that contain or generate hydrogen
peroxide (releases inorganic mercury from amalgam fillings)
What should be done before brushing after vomitting? - CORRECT ANSWER Rinse
with a cup of water containing a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate.
exclusive breastfeeding recommended until - CORRECT ANSWER 6-months to a
year or more as mutually desired by mother and infant.