St-John Crean
Zarina Shaikh
Liam Addy
Clinical
Short-Answer
Questions for
Postgraduate
Dentistry
१७
, Clinical Short-Answer Questions
for Postgraduate Dentistry
by
St-John Crean
Zarina Shaikh
liam Addy
(QtiJ
quintwleftce
bookl
Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd.
london, Berlin, Chicago, Paris, Milan, Barceiorlo, Istanbul, SAO Paulo,
Tokyo, !'-Iew Delhi, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw
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British Library Cataloguing-in Publication Data
Crean, St-John
Clinical short answer questions for postgraduate dentistry
1 . Dentistry - Examinations, questions, etc.
I. Title II. Shaikh, Zarina III. Addy, liam
617.6'0076
ISBN-10: 1850971021
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boo'"
Copyright @ 2007 Quintessenc� F-ublishil19 Co. ltd., Londor,
Quintessence Publishing Co. ltd.
Quintessence House
Grafton Road
New Malden, Surrey KT3 3AB
United Kingdom
www. quintpub.co. uk
..
Printing: AZ Druck und Datentechnik, Kempten
Layout: Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd., London
All rights reserved. This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
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permission of the publisher.
Printed in Germany
ISBN-10: 1 -85097-102-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-85097-102-3
iv
, , ,
...
Preparing for postgraduate exams in dentistry requires an enormous
degree of organisation and determination. Foremost is the challenge of
maintaining a balance between preparing for exams and holding down
a full-time clinical post. The pressures of work in dentistry and related
specialties inevitably limit the amount of exam preparation time available
to candidates wishing to pursue a postgraduate career. Traditional meth
ods include self-study, attending revision courses - either after work,
whole-day, weekends, week-long - and even signing up for distance
learning packages.
The authors of this text have wide experience in the provision of revi
sion courses of all types through their work at the Royal College of
Surgeons of England in London and have had the opportunity to talk to
many of the candidates attending these events. It is clear that students
are veiy keer; tc be giver: the opportunity to put their knowledge to the
test before the exams, and they have repeatedly requested question-and
answer books to use alongside their revision texts.
To this end the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of
Surgeons of England has asked the authors to put together a series of
patient-based cases and scenarios that reflect the clinical material
beloved of postgraduate dental exams. The questions associated with
..
each case have been .designed to reflect the type of topics likely to pres-
ent in a number of postgraduate exams, most notably the current MFDS
and MFGDP diets. Each clinical case has been chosen from a pool of
potential examination cases. The questions reflect the diversity of materi-
al that a single clinical case can gener:ate. The answers provided to each
of the questions in the text indicate to the candidates the breadth and
depth of knowledge that will be expected for success in the exams.
Where relevant, references have geen provided for further reading. Not
every topic will be covered, as this will require further texts, but the range
v
Zarina Shaikh
Liam Addy
Clinical
Short-Answer
Questions for
Postgraduate
Dentistry
१७
, Clinical Short-Answer Questions
for Postgraduate Dentistry
by
St-John Crean
Zarina Shaikh
liam Addy
(QtiJ
quintwleftce
bookl
Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd.
london, Berlin, Chicago, Paris, Milan, Barceiorlo, Istanbul, SAO Paulo,
Tokyo, !'-Iew Delhi, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw
, :1
British Library Cataloguing-in Publication Data
Crean, St-John
Clinical short answer questions for postgraduate dentistry
1 . Dentistry - Examinations, questions, etc.
I. Title II. Shaikh, Zarina III. Addy, liam
617.6'0076
ISBN-10: 1850971021
-
quink-ltellCK'
boo'"
Copyright @ 2007 Quintessenc� F-ublishil19 Co. ltd., Londor,
Quintessence Publishing Co. ltd.
Quintessence House
Grafton Road
New Malden, Surrey KT3 3AB
United Kingdom
www. quintpub.co. uk
..
Printing: AZ Druck und Datentechnik, Kempten
Layout: Quintessence Publishing Co. Ltd., London
All rights reserved. This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the written
permission of the publisher.
Printed in Germany
ISBN-10: 1 -85097-102-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-85097-102-3
iv
, , ,
...
Preparing for postgraduate exams in dentistry requires an enormous
degree of organisation and determination. Foremost is the challenge of
maintaining a balance between preparing for exams and holding down
a full-time clinical post. The pressures of work in dentistry and related
specialties inevitably limit the amount of exam preparation time available
to candidates wishing to pursue a postgraduate career. Traditional meth
ods include self-study, attending revision courses - either after work,
whole-day, weekends, week-long - and even signing up for distance
learning packages.
The authors of this text have wide experience in the provision of revi
sion courses of all types through their work at the Royal College of
Surgeons of England in London and have had the opportunity to talk to
many of the candidates attending these events. It is clear that students
are veiy keer; tc be giver: the opportunity to put their knowledge to the
test before the exams, and they have repeatedly requested question-and
answer books to use alongside their revision texts.
To this end the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of
Surgeons of England has asked the authors to put together a series of
patient-based cases and scenarios that reflect the clinical material
beloved of postgraduate dental exams. The questions associated with
..
each case have been .designed to reflect the type of topics likely to pres-
ent in a number of postgraduate exams, most notably the current MFDS
and MFGDP diets. Each clinical case has been chosen from a pool of
potential examination cases. The questions reflect the diversity of materi-
al that a single clinical case can gener:ate. The answers provided to each
of the questions in the text indicate to the candidates the breadth and
depth of knowledge that will be expected for success in the exams.
Where relevant, references have geen provided for further reading. Not
every topic will be covered, as this will require further texts, but the range
v
