DENTAL OSCE TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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UPDATE.
OSCE Test Questions & Answers | 333
Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified |
Updated 2024
Immunosuppresant drug used in Transplant Patients that causes Gingival Hyperplasia
✔✔Cyclosporine
How is Perio disease related to diabetes? ✔✔Glucose levels are increased.
Cause for cement failure? ✔✔increased SOLUBILITY of the cement
Before trimming teeth on a stone cast for an immediate denture, you must first... ✔✔mark a
line 3 mm above the free gingival margin.
** Which analgesic(s) is safe for a Patient with kidney disease? ✔✔Tylenol (acetaminophen)
ONLY.
NOT NSAIDS OR ASPIRIN
** For Patients on dialysis, where do you take their blood pressure? ✔✔On the arm opposite of
the shunt.
How do you prevent syncope? ✔✔Trendlenburg position.
,(feet higher than head)
How do you treat syncope if breathing?
How do you treat syncope if not breathing? ✔✔Place the patient in the trendlenburg position.
(flat/feet higher than head)
If breathing? Use crushed ammonia under nose and pure oxygen.
Not breathing? start BLS.
Treatment of a child with Fibrous Dysplasia? ✔✔for kids, prolong surgical intervention as long
as possible.
some lesions will stabilize & some lesions will grown. Only surgically remove if esthetics are a
concern.
*Note: Fibrous dysplasia is an uncommon bone disorder in which scar-like (fibrous) tissue
develops in place of normal bone. This can weaken the affected bone & cause deformations or
fractures.
*Radiographic appearance: orange peel if late stage.
,** Treatment of barbiturate allergic reaction. ✔✔antihistamine (synergic reaction to
barbituate) ** look at this.
**Can you treat a patient who had Hepatitis A, one year ago? ✔✔yes. they can be treated "1
week after having jaundice" -- the exam referred to it as jaundice.
At what intervals are intermediate dentures evaluated? ✔✔24- hrs.
72- hrs.
1 week
1 month
Every 3 months
**How long to keep a dressing on after periodontal treatment? ✔✔Pack is kept in for 1 week
after surgery.
TX for Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis? ✔✔Palliative only - you only treat for fever and pain.
Eagles Syndrome symptoms ✔✔Pain while swallowing, turning head, or mouth opening.
may include dysphagia, dysphonia, otalgia, headaches, dizziness.
* The elongation of styloid process// mineralization of the stylohyoid ligament.
, ** Epinepherine//vasoconstrictors are contraindicated in patients with ____________. They
would exacerbate the symptoms. ✔✔hyperthyroid - My exam asked which anesthetic to use on
someone with hyperthyroid patients. **
** "Opalescent hue" ✔✔dentinogenesis imperfecta -- my exam showed a pic of eyes (blue
sclera) and stated this patient had brittle bones. this exam intertwines osteogenesis imperfecta
with DI, I think. OI was not an option.
Radiographic findings of Dentinogenesis Imperfecta. ✔✔Bulbous crowns.
Obliterated canals & Pulp chambers.
Cervical Constrictions
amelogenesis imperfecta heredity ✔✔dominant/recessive/x-linked.
** hypomaturation amelogenesis imperfecta manifests clinically as....
showed an image but it wasn't quite textbook ✔✔"Snowcapped" Pattern. Showed an image.
this is due to the matrix not forming well. crystals are weird.
2026Dental
UPDATE.
OSCE Test Questions & Answers | 333
Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified |
Updated 2024
Immunosuppresant drug used in Transplant Patients that causes Gingival Hyperplasia
✔✔Cyclosporine
How is Perio disease related to diabetes? ✔✔Glucose levels are increased.
Cause for cement failure? ✔✔increased SOLUBILITY of the cement
Before trimming teeth on a stone cast for an immediate denture, you must first... ✔✔mark a
line 3 mm above the free gingival margin.
** Which analgesic(s) is safe for a Patient with kidney disease? ✔✔Tylenol (acetaminophen)
ONLY.
NOT NSAIDS OR ASPIRIN
** For Patients on dialysis, where do you take their blood pressure? ✔✔On the arm opposite of
the shunt.
How do you prevent syncope? ✔✔Trendlenburg position.
,(feet higher than head)
How do you treat syncope if breathing?
How do you treat syncope if not breathing? ✔✔Place the patient in the trendlenburg position.
(flat/feet higher than head)
If breathing? Use crushed ammonia under nose and pure oxygen.
Not breathing? start BLS.
Treatment of a child with Fibrous Dysplasia? ✔✔for kids, prolong surgical intervention as long
as possible.
some lesions will stabilize & some lesions will grown. Only surgically remove if esthetics are a
concern.
*Note: Fibrous dysplasia is an uncommon bone disorder in which scar-like (fibrous) tissue
develops in place of normal bone. This can weaken the affected bone & cause deformations or
fractures.
*Radiographic appearance: orange peel if late stage.
,** Treatment of barbiturate allergic reaction. ✔✔antihistamine (synergic reaction to
barbituate) ** look at this.
**Can you treat a patient who had Hepatitis A, one year ago? ✔✔yes. they can be treated "1
week after having jaundice" -- the exam referred to it as jaundice.
At what intervals are intermediate dentures evaluated? ✔✔24- hrs.
72- hrs.
1 week
1 month
Every 3 months
**How long to keep a dressing on after periodontal treatment? ✔✔Pack is kept in for 1 week
after surgery.
TX for Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis? ✔✔Palliative only - you only treat for fever and pain.
Eagles Syndrome symptoms ✔✔Pain while swallowing, turning head, or mouth opening.
may include dysphagia, dysphonia, otalgia, headaches, dizziness.
* The elongation of styloid process// mineralization of the stylohyoid ligament.
, ** Epinepherine//vasoconstrictors are contraindicated in patients with ____________. They
would exacerbate the symptoms. ✔✔hyperthyroid - My exam asked which anesthetic to use on
someone with hyperthyroid patients. **
** "Opalescent hue" ✔✔dentinogenesis imperfecta -- my exam showed a pic of eyes (blue
sclera) and stated this patient had brittle bones. this exam intertwines osteogenesis imperfecta
with DI, I think. OI was not an option.
Radiographic findings of Dentinogenesis Imperfecta. ✔✔Bulbous crowns.
Obliterated canals & Pulp chambers.
Cervical Constrictions
amelogenesis imperfecta heredity ✔✔dominant/recessive/x-linked.
** hypomaturation amelogenesis imperfecta manifests clinically as....
showed an image but it wasn't quite textbook ✔✔"Snowcapped" Pattern. Showed an image.
this is due to the matrix not forming well. crystals are weird.
