EXIT HESI Comprehensive Exam
Practice Questions 2025
Which are causes for gingival hyperplasia?
A. orthodontic appliances
B. hormonal changes
C. hereditary
D. medication side effects
E. xerostomia
F. All of the above
G: All except E - ✔✔all of above
What known medications cause gingival hyperplasia? -
✔✔nifedipine/procardia (calcium channel blocker), cyclosporine
(immunosuppressant/antirejection), and phenytoin (anticonvulsant)
How is epulis fissuratum formed? How is it treated? What is another
name for this condition? - ✔✔ill-fitting dentures; remove excess tissue
and reline or replace dentures; inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia
What is a fibroma around denture flange? - ✔✔inflammatory fibrous
hyperplasia/epulis fissuratum
,T/F: Chronic hyperplastic pulpitis is painful. What is another name for
this term? - ✔✔False (painless); pulp polyp
What is inflamed pulp tissue within a tooth that is severely decayed or
has a large open carious lesion? What is another name for this term? -
✔✔pulp polyp; chronic hyperplastic pulpitis
What tumor is known as the pregnancy tumor? How is it formed? What
type of tissue does it consists of?
A. peripheral giant cell granuloma
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. central giant cell granuloma - ✔✔pyogenic granuloma; hormonal
influence; granulation tissue
T/F: Pyogenic granulomas are most common in children and young
adults. How is it formed? - ✔✔true; in this age range it is formed from
granulation tissue in response to local irritant
Which tumor is similar in appearance to pyogenic granuloma but similar
microscopically to central giant cell granuloma?
A. peripheral giant cell granuloma
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. central giant cell granuloma - ✔✔peripheral giant cell granuloma
, What tumor is made of multinucleated giant cells?
A. peripheral giant cell granuloma
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. central giant cell granuloma - ✔✔peripheral giant cell granuloma
How is a traumatic ulcer formed? Is it painful or not painful? Healing
time? - ✔✔trauma like hard chips or biting; painful; 7-14 days
What is a reoccurring, well-circumscribed ulcer surrounded by a
erythematous halo? How is it caused? What are other names for this
ulcer? - ✔✔aphthous ulcer; trauma, acid, smokers, or stress; canker
sores
What causes punched out, blunted papillae and ulcerations and is
covered by psuedomembrane? What factors cause this disease? -
✔✔NUG/NUP; decreased resistance to infection, smokers,
malnutrition, poor oral hygiene, and stress
T/F: NUG/NUP is not painful. Regional lymphadenopathy occurs with
this infection. - ✔✔First is false (is painful); second is true
What is the soft, wipeable grey tissue that overlies erythemous
mucosa? - ✔✔pseudomembrane
Practice Questions 2025
Which are causes for gingival hyperplasia?
A. orthodontic appliances
B. hormonal changes
C. hereditary
D. medication side effects
E. xerostomia
F. All of the above
G: All except E - ✔✔all of above
What known medications cause gingival hyperplasia? -
✔✔nifedipine/procardia (calcium channel blocker), cyclosporine
(immunosuppressant/antirejection), and phenytoin (anticonvulsant)
How is epulis fissuratum formed? How is it treated? What is another
name for this condition? - ✔✔ill-fitting dentures; remove excess tissue
and reline or replace dentures; inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia
What is a fibroma around denture flange? - ✔✔inflammatory fibrous
hyperplasia/epulis fissuratum
,T/F: Chronic hyperplastic pulpitis is painful. What is another name for
this term? - ✔✔False (painless); pulp polyp
What is inflamed pulp tissue within a tooth that is severely decayed or
has a large open carious lesion? What is another name for this term? -
✔✔pulp polyp; chronic hyperplastic pulpitis
What tumor is known as the pregnancy tumor? How is it formed? What
type of tissue does it consists of?
A. peripheral giant cell granuloma
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. central giant cell granuloma - ✔✔pyogenic granuloma; hormonal
influence; granulation tissue
T/F: Pyogenic granulomas are most common in children and young
adults. How is it formed? - ✔✔true; in this age range it is formed from
granulation tissue in response to local irritant
Which tumor is similar in appearance to pyogenic granuloma but similar
microscopically to central giant cell granuloma?
A. peripheral giant cell granuloma
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. central giant cell granuloma - ✔✔peripheral giant cell granuloma
, What tumor is made of multinucleated giant cells?
A. peripheral giant cell granuloma
B. Pyogenic granuloma
C. central giant cell granuloma - ✔✔peripheral giant cell granuloma
How is a traumatic ulcer formed? Is it painful or not painful? Healing
time? - ✔✔trauma like hard chips or biting; painful; 7-14 days
What is a reoccurring, well-circumscribed ulcer surrounded by a
erythematous halo? How is it caused? What are other names for this
ulcer? - ✔✔aphthous ulcer; trauma, acid, smokers, or stress; canker
sores
What causes punched out, blunted papillae and ulcerations and is
covered by psuedomembrane? What factors cause this disease? -
✔✔NUG/NUP; decreased resistance to infection, smokers,
malnutrition, poor oral hygiene, and stress
T/F: NUG/NUP is not painful. Regional lymphadenopathy occurs with
this infection. - ✔✔First is false (is painful); second is true
What is the soft, wipeable grey tissue that overlies erythemous
mucosa? - ✔✔pseudomembrane
