Which one of the following diagnostic categories would the dental hygienist most easily
apply to the preliminary evaluation of oral lesions?
a. Microscopic
b. Clinical
c. Therapeutic
d. Differential - ✔b. Clinical
These examples of exostoses are found on the lingual aspect of the mandible in the area of
the premolars. They are benign, bony, hard, and require no treatment. Radiographically they
appear as radiopaque areas and are often bilateral. You suspect:
a. Retrocuspid papilla
b. Lingual mandibular bone concavity
c. Genial tubercles
d. Mandibular tori - ✔d. Mandibular tori
Which one of the following terms is most often used when describing mandibular tori?
a. Bullous
b. Lobulated
,c. Sessile
d. Pedunculated - ✔b. Lobulated
Which of the following conditions is a benign anomaly, has a diffuse gray-to-white opaque
appearance on the buccal mucosa, and is most commonly seen in adult black individuals?
a. Leukoedema
b. Linea alba
c. Erythema migrans
d. Leukoplakia - ✔a. Leukoedema
A patient has the clinical signs of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. The hygienist has the
patient begin hydrogen peroxide rinses without culturing the bacterial flora. This action
applies to which one of the following diagnostic categories?
a. Therapeutic
b. Microscopic
c. Clinical
d. Final or definitive - ✔a. Therapeutic
A small circumscribed lesion usually less than 1 cm in diameter that is elevated and
protrudes above the surface of normal surrounding tissue is called a:
a. Bulla
b. Macule
c. Vesicle
d. Papule - ✔d. Papule
,The base of a sessile lesion is:
a. Broad and flat
b. Stemlike
c. Corrugated
d. Lobulated - ✔a. Broad and flat
The identification of which one of the following is not determined by clinical diagnosis?
a. Fordyce granules
b. Tori
c. Compound odontoma
d. Retrocuspid papilla - ✔c. Compound odontoma
Another term for erythema migrans is:
a. Allergic tongue
b. Median rhomboid glossitis
c. Geographic tongue
d. White hairy tongue - ✔c. Geographic tongue
The cause of supernumerary teeth is most likely:
a. Genetic
b. Traumatic
c. Cystic
d. Systemic - ✔a. Genetic
, Historical diagnosis can include the patient's:
a. Age and sex
b. Family history
c. Medical history
d. All of the above - ✔d. All of the above
Which condition is most often seen on the buccal mucosa?
a. Melanin pigmentation
b. Fordyce granules
c. Nicotine stomatitis
d. Angular cheilitis - ✔b. Fordyce granules
Which one of the following is not considered a variant of normal?
a. Migratory glossitis
b. White hairy tongue
c. Fissured tongue
d. Hairy leukoplakia - ✔d. Hairy leukoplakia
Which cyst is often described as a radiolucency that scallops around the roots of the teeth
involved?
a. Stafne bone
b. Traumatic bone
c. Radicular
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