ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
ADEX DSE Remembered Questions and
Answers 2023
Clinical picture of 14 y.o. with inflamed gingival - Correct answer-Leukemia
How should an allergic reaction to barbiturates on lip be treated? - Correct answer-
Benadryl
Patient does not like look on canine (pictured), asked what it was - Correct answer-
Hypoplasia
Facial erosion due to acidic beverages - Correct answer-
Amelogenesis Imperfecta (xray) - Correct answer-
Blue sclera (eye picture), what dental findings should you see? - Correct answer-
Dentinogenesis imperfecta
All of the following are Hyperthyroid symptoms except?
a. fatigue
b. exopthalamus
c. tachycardia
d. tremor of extremities - Correct answer-a. fatigue
The minimal axial reduction for crowns are - Correct answer-1.5mm
Crown on #9 needs to be replaced. What measurement is correct? - Correct answer-
2mm occlusal reduction
What is the maximum amount of unsupported porcelain allowed? - Correct answer-2mm
The most important treatment for ANUG is - Correct answer-debridement
What is Gingivectomy used for - Correct answer-gingival hyperplasia
What is the treatment for a patient with a liver clot? - Correct answer-Irrigate, apply
pressure, reassess
(liver clot-unstable and often large, friable clot commonly forming in mucous
membranes. Usually lead to excessive bleeding and abnormal wound healing.)
In order to improve gingival health, what must you do to temporary crown? - Correct
answer-Under contour
,ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
Picture of Upper and lower complete arch crowns. What is wrong? - Correct answer-
Impingement on gums/gums health
Patient presents with pain on swallowing when wearing their denture. What is wrong? -
Correct answer-Overextension of lingual flange
Patient presents with space in between 3rd molar and premolar, with class II mobility.
How should you treat? - Correct answer-Implant
Patient missing #2 and #3. #1 has Class III mobility and furcation involvement. What
would be the optimal treatment plan? - Correct answer-Extract #1 and implant for #3 or
#2and #3
If you cannot pick a color for crown, what should you choose? - Correct answer-
something with LOWER shade saturation and less gray
What is the worst location for an implant? - Correct answer-maxillary posterior
What is the best location for an implant? - Correct answer-Either mandibular posterior or
mandibular anterior
What is the best long term prognosis for an implant? - Correct answer-Either mandibular
posterior or mandibular anterior
Zinc phosphate is the worst cement for what type of restoration - Correct answer-deep
restoration (pulpal irritation)
BW xray of amalgam restoration. Patient complained of pain when provoked by hot or
cold. What is wrong? - Correct answer-Deep amalgam restoration
How long should periodontal packs be left for ? - Correct answer-1 week
How should an epulis be treated before making a new denture? - Correct answer-
Excision
What is the major reason for periodontal flaps? - Correct answer-access of
instrumentation
Patient presents with maxillary tori. What needs to be done before making new denture
- Correct answer-Remove tori
What is a characteristic of a major connector of a denture? - Correct answer-Rigidity
How often does OSHA make you check the autoclave - Correct answer-Weekly
,ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
HIV ELISA test was negative for a person who had a needle stick. What does that
mean? - Correct answer-Patient has no Abs present
Ortho case - what was the most important thing they did in maxillary arch? - Correct
answer-Align the teeth for future restorative procedures ( not close upper or lower
diastemas)
What pain reliever do you give to a patient who has kidney disease? - Correct answer-
Acetaminophen
Picture of surveyor. Asked what we were looking at? - Correct answer-space for guide
plane
What is the major complications of Phelobitis - Correct answer-pulmonary emboli
Patient complaining of space in between teeth after SRP, why? - Correct answer-
because of
reduction in edema
1-2mm of reduction of probing depth after preforming SRP, what is the cause? - Correct
answer-LJE
If there is a shunt on left arm, what should you consider - Correct answer-take BP on
right arm
Picture of #10 and #11 lingual surface, what is wrong with the gingiva? - Correct
answer-Edema
Space in between #29 and #30 in a very old patient with no #31 or #32 and barely
occluding with #3. This is due to what? - Correct answer-No occlusion or mesial drifting
premolars
Surgical stent fits the gums but the immediate denture doesn't fit, what do you do? -
Correct answer-Relieve until it seats
Picture of the bottom of the tongue with multiple white lesions. Stated that the patient
had complaint of sore gums and tongue, he had a fever of 101 degrees.
Most likely diagnosis? - Correct answer-Primary Herpetic Stomatitis . (herpes on
attached gingiva)
Treatment of Primary Herpetic Stomatitis - Correct answer-palliative
Patient with purple lesions on palate and said they had similar lesions on their
body too? What is the most probable cause? - Correct answer-HIV (Kaposi Sarcoma)
, ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
Other choices
were Sturge Weber and Erthyema Multiforme
What disease will effect wearing complete dentures the most? - Correct answer-
Sjorgens syndrome
(xerostomia)
Lesion in the mouth that heals with a scar? - Correct answer-Major apthous ulcer -
(minor heal w/out scar)
Picture with an arrow pointing to a Soft tissue mass on FOM? - Correct answer-Opening
of wharton's duct
Lichen planus present on the tongue that was asymptomatic, what is the treatment? -
Correct answer-Corticosteroids (nothing was not an option)
Picture of white things on the buccal mucosa and asked what it was? - Correct answer-
lichen planus
(but it also looked like luekoedema, cheek biting, etc. and all were answer choices)
Panoramic xray with radiopacity underneath the mandibular incisors, asked what
was it? - Correct answer-supernumerary tooth
(other choices- odontoma, impacted insicor)
Gingival edema is caused by? - Correct answer-anaerobes
Post crown cementation sensitivity is due to - Correct answer-Microleakage
Before you reline a complete denture you must first do what? - Correct answer-establish
posterior occlusion
Precision attachments not good for what type of patient? - Correct answer-patient with
low dexterity
What information do you need from patient on steroids? - Correct answer-you want to
know the duration and the dosage before dental treatment
Patients is the most important thing for calculating medication dosage for a child
- Correct answer-weight
Patient just had a stroke. What do you need to worry about? - Correct answer-if they are
on anticoagulants
Contraindication for apically positioned flap is? - Correct answer-esthetics
LATEST 2023
ADEX DSE Remembered Questions and
Answers 2023
Clinical picture of 14 y.o. with inflamed gingival - Correct answer-Leukemia
How should an allergic reaction to barbiturates on lip be treated? - Correct answer-
Benadryl
Patient does not like look on canine (pictured), asked what it was - Correct answer-
Hypoplasia
Facial erosion due to acidic beverages - Correct answer-
Amelogenesis Imperfecta (xray) - Correct answer-
Blue sclera (eye picture), what dental findings should you see? - Correct answer-
Dentinogenesis imperfecta
All of the following are Hyperthyroid symptoms except?
a. fatigue
b. exopthalamus
c. tachycardia
d. tremor of extremities - Correct answer-a. fatigue
The minimal axial reduction for crowns are - Correct answer-1.5mm
Crown on #9 needs to be replaced. What measurement is correct? - Correct answer-
2mm occlusal reduction
What is the maximum amount of unsupported porcelain allowed? - Correct answer-2mm
The most important treatment for ANUG is - Correct answer-debridement
What is Gingivectomy used for - Correct answer-gingival hyperplasia
What is the treatment for a patient with a liver clot? - Correct answer-Irrigate, apply
pressure, reassess
(liver clot-unstable and often large, friable clot commonly forming in mucous
membranes. Usually lead to excessive bleeding and abnormal wound healing.)
In order to improve gingival health, what must you do to temporary crown? - Correct
answer-Under contour
,ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
Picture of Upper and lower complete arch crowns. What is wrong? - Correct answer-
Impingement on gums/gums health
Patient presents with pain on swallowing when wearing their denture. What is wrong? -
Correct answer-Overextension of lingual flange
Patient presents with space in between 3rd molar and premolar, with class II mobility.
How should you treat? - Correct answer-Implant
Patient missing #2 and #3. #1 has Class III mobility and furcation involvement. What
would be the optimal treatment plan? - Correct answer-Extract #1 and implant for #3 or
#2and #3
If you cannot pick a color for crown, what should you choose? - Correct answer-
something with LOWER shade saturation and less gray
What is the worst location for an implant? - Correct answer-maxillary posterior
What is the best location for an implant? - Correct answer-Either mandibular posterior or
mandibular anterior
What is the best long term prognosis for an implant? - Correct answer-Either mandibular
posterior or mandibular anterior
Zinc phosphate is the worst cement for what type of restoration - Correct answer-deep
restoration (pulpal irritation)
BW xray of amalgam restoration. Patient complained of pain when provoked by hot or
cold. What is wrong? - Correct answer-Deep amalgam restoration
How long should periodontal packs be left for ? - Correct answer-1 week
How should an epulis be treated before making a new denture? - Correct answer-
Excision
What is the major reason for periodontal flaps? - Correct answer-access of
instrumentation
Patient presents with maxillary tori. What needs to be done before making new denture
- Correct answer-Remove tori
What is a characteristic of a major connector of a denture? - Correct answer-Rigidity
How often does OSHA make you check the autoclave - Correct answer-Weekly
,ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
HIV ELISA test was negative for a person who had a needle stick. What does that
mean? - Correct answer-Patient has no Abs present
Ortho case - what was the most important thing they did in maxillary arch? - Correct
answer-Align the teeth for future restorative procedures ( not close upper or lower
diastemas)
What pain reliever do you give to a patient who has kidney disease? - Correct answer-
Acetaminophen
Picture of surveyor. Asked what we were looking at? - Correct answer-space for guide
plane
What is the major complications of Phelobitis - Correct answer-pulmonary emboli
Patient complaining of space in between teeth after SRP, why? - Correct answer-
because of
reduction in edema
1-2mm of reduction of probing depth after preforming SRP, what is the cause? - Correct
answer-LJE
If there is a shunt on left arm, what should you consider - Correct answer-take BP on
right arm
Picture of #10 and #11 lingual surface, what is wrong with the gingiva? - Correct
answer-Edema
Space in between #29 and #30 in a very old patient with no #31 or #32 and barely
occluding with #3. This is due to what? - Correct answer-No occlusion or mesial drifting
premolars
Surgical stent fits the gums but the immediate denture doesn't fit, what do you do? -
Correct answer-Relieve until it seats
Picture of the bottom of the tongue with multiple white lesions. Stated that the patient
had complaint of sore gums and tongue, he had a fever of 101 degrees.
Most likely diagnosis? - Correct answer-Primary Herpetic Stomatitis . (herpes on
attached gingiva)
Treatment of Primary Herpetic Stomatitis - Correct answer-palliative
Patient with purple lesions on palate and said they had similar lesions on their
body too? What is the most probable cause? - Correct answer-HIV (Kaposi Sarcoma)
, ADEX DSE REMEMBERED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2023
Other choices
were Sturge Weber and Erthyema Multiforme
What disease will effect wearing complete dentures the most? - Correct answer-
Sjorgens syndrome
(xerostomia)
Lesion in the mouth that heals with a scar? - Correct answer-Major apthous ulcer -
(minor heal w/out scar)
Picture with an arrow pointing to a Soft tissue mass on FOM? - Correct answer-Opening
of wharton's duct
Lichen planus present on the tongue that was asymptomatic, what is the treatment? -
Correct answer-Corticosteroids (nothing was not an option)
Picture of white things on the buccal mucosa and asked what it was? - Correct answer-
lichen planus
(but it also looked like luekoedema, cheek biting, etc. and all were answer choices)
Panoramic xray with radiopacity underneath the mandibular incisors, asked what
was it? - Correct answer-supernumerary tooth
(other choices- odontoma, impacted insicor)
Gingival edema is caused by? - Correct answer-anaerobes
Post crown cementation sensitivity is due to - Correct answer-Microleakage
Before you reline a complete denture you must first do what? - Correct answer-establish
posterior occlusion
Precision attachments not good for what type of patient? - Correct answer-patient with
low dexterity
What information do you need from patient on steroids? - Correct answer-you want to
know the duration and the dosage before dental treatment
Patients is the most important thing for calculating medication dosage for a child
- Correct answer-weight
Patient just had a stroke. What do you need to worry about? - Correct answer-if they are
on anticoagulants
Contraindication for apically positioned flap is? - Correct answer-esthetics
