PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY - AUGUST 2016 FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

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                                                FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM 
(Common to Third Year Paper IV - Modified Regulation III Candidates and Final Year Paper VIII  New  Modified Regulation Candidates)

PAPER VIII – PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Q.P Code: 544223
Time: 180 Minutes                                                                   Maximum: 70 Marks

I. Elaborate on:                                                                                  (2 x 10 = 20)

1.   Mention the various methods of water purification. Write in detail about rapid sand filter
method.

2.   Define   and   classify   epidemiology.   Describe   in   detail   about descriptive
epidemiology.

II. Write Notes on:                                                                                (10 x 5 = 50)

1.   Barriers of communication.
2.   Comprehensive dental care.
3.   Types of biomedical waste.
4.   Measures of dispersion.
5.   Indian Dental Association.
6.   Mechanical plaque control.
7.   Pit and fissure sealant.
8.   Cohort.
9.   Defluoridation methods.
10.   Epidemiological triad.

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Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal at high doses

# Some antibiotics are bacteriostatic in nature but bactericidal in high doses, such as:
a- erythromycin
b- amoxycillin
c- tetracycline
d- metronidazole
e- cephalosporin

The correct answer is A. Erythromycin.

Witch Chin is seen due to:

# “Witch Chin” is a postoperative complication that occurs when a mucoperiosteal flap is raised in the symphyseal area because of:
A.  injury to the orbicularis oris
B.  detachment of mentalis muscle
C.  incisive nerve damage
D.  periosteal striping
E.  detachment of the platysma muscle

The correct answer is B. Detachment of mentalis muscle.

Blue black pigmentation of gingiva

# Blue black pigmentation of gingiva is seen with pre existing toxicity of:
A. Bismuth
B. Lead
C. Arsenic
D. Mercury

The correct answer is A. Bismuth

Bismuth pigmentation in the oral cavity usually appears as a narrow, bluish black 

discoloration of the gingival margin in areas of preexisting gingival inflammation.

Periodontal pocket

# A periodontal pocket of 8mm deep having the junctional epithelium coronal to the CEJ is:
A. An infrabony pocket
B. A pseudopocket
C. A true periodontal pocket
D. A furcation involvement

The correct answer is B. A pseudopocket

- Pseudopocket/ gingival pocket/relative or false pocket is formed by gingival enlargement without destruction of underlying periodontal tissues

- True/absolute /periodontal pocket is formed by destruction of supporting periodontal tissues and attachment loss.

 

- Suprabony/supracrestal/Supraalveolar pocket is formed when bottom of pocket is coronal to underlying alveolar bone

- Infrabony/intrabony/subcrestal /intra-alveolar is formed where bottom of pocket is apical to level to adjacent alveolar bone.

MCQs on Nerve Supply of Head and Neck

# All of the following are true of upper eyelid except:
A. Muscles which close the eyelid are supplied by the facial nerve
B. Muscles which open the eyelid are supplied by the branch of trigeminal nerve
C. Sensory supply is by the fifth cranial nerve
D. Blood supply is by the lacrimal and ophthalmic arteries

# Ptosis may occur due to damage to:
A. Trochlear nerve
B. Occulomotor
C. Trigeminal nerve
D. Superior oblique muscle

# Paralysis of upper eyelid is due to paralysis of:
A. III
B. IV
C. V
D. VII