Symptoms of ANUG are:

 # Symptoms of ANUG are:

A. Lesions are sensitive to touch

B. Metallic foul taste

C. Radiating pain

D. All of the above

The correct answer is D. All of the above.

Symptoms of ANUG are:

- Lesions are extremely sensitive to touch.

- Patient complains of constant radiating pain that is intensified by eating spicy and hot food. Metallic foul taste is present. Excessive pasty saliva is characteristic. 

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Pseudomembrane can be seen in:

 # Pseudomembrane can be seen in:

A. ANUG 

B. Diphtheria

C. Candidiasis

D. Syphilis

E. All of the above

The correct answer is E. All of the above

Pseudomembrane in oral cavity is composed of fibrin and necrotic cells. It is formed in various diseases such as ANUG, Erythema multiforme,Aphthous ulcer, Pemphigus vulgaris, Syphilis, Diphtheria, Candidiasis, and in gingival enlargement with Vitamin C deficiency.

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TRUE about ANUG is:

 # TRUE about ANUG is:

A. ANUG is a transmissible condition

B. ANUG is a communicable disease

C. ANUG is a contagious disease

D. All of the above

The correct answer is A. ANUG is a transmissible condition

The term 'transmissible' denotes a capacity for the maintenance of an infectious agent in successive passages through a susceptible animal host. The term 'communicable' signifies a capacity for the maintenance of infection by natural modes of spread such as direct contact through drinking water, food and eating utensils; by the airborne route; or by arthropod vectors. The disease that is communicable is described as contagious.

It has been demonstrated that disease associated with the fusospirochetal bacterial complex is transmissible; however it is not communicable or contagious. 

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Punched out, crater-like depressions at the crest of the gingiva

 # Punched out, crater-like depressions at the crest of the gingiva, covered by gray pseudomembranous slough, which is demarcated from the rest of the
gingiva by linear erythema, are characteristic of:

A. Desquamative gingivitis

B. Erythema multiforme

C. Lichen planus

D. Vincent’s stomatitis

The correct answer is D. Vincent's stomatitis.

Vincent's stomatitis is also known as ANUG/Vincent's infection/ Trench mouth/ Fetid stomatitis/ Putrid stomatitis.

It is characterized by punched out, crater like depressions at the crest of the interdental papillae that subsequently extend to the marginal gingiva and rarely to the attached gingiva and oral mucosa. 

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