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AAPD Oral Board Exam Questions And
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Dental Home - answer✔an ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, including
all aspects of oral health care delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible,
coordinated, and family-centered way
What is the most cost effective way to provide dental care? - answer✔Dental home
What is the most common infectious disease among U.S. children? - answer✔Dental caries,
particularly among poor, non-white children
When should a dental home be established? - answer✔within 6 months of first tooth eruption
and No later than 12 months
What is dental neglect - answer✔WILLFUL failure of parent or guardian to seek and follow
through with treatment necessary to ensure a level of oral heath essential for adequate
function and freedom from pain and infection.
Dental disability - answer✔orofacial pain, infection, or pathological condition and/or lack of
functional dentition affect nutritional intake, growth and development, or participation in life
activities.
Medically-necessary care - answer✔Reasonable and essential diagnostic, preventive, and
treatment services (including supplies, appliances, and devices) and follow-up care as
determined by qualified health care providers in treating any condition, disease, injury, or
congenital or developmental malformation to promote optimal health, growth, and
development. MNC includes all supportive health care services that, in the judgment of the
attending dentist, are necessary for the provision of optimal quality therapeutic and preventive
oral care. These services include, but are not limited to, sedation, general anesthesia, and
utilization of surgical facilities.
MNC ____________ the probability of good health and well-being and ________________ the
likelihood of an unfavorable outcome. - answer✔increases, decreases
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Perinatal - answer✔20th week of gestation to 4 weeks post-partum
Women are more or less susceptible to oral disease? Why? - answer✔More susceptible, due to
endocrinological fluctuations during pregnancy.
Poor oral health is associated with what birth problems? - answer✔Low birthwaeight, growth
restriction, preterm delivery, preclampsia, early pregnancy loss, and intrauterine fetal demise.
Use of _______ ______ and avoiding tobacco and alcohol is protective for oral facial clefts? -
answer✔Folic acid
Pillow under the ______ hip maintains the uterus off the vena cava - answer✔right
What analgesics should be avoided during pregnancy? - answer✔Ibuprofen and Naproxen,
during 1st and 3rd trimester.
Can opiods be used during pregnancy? - answer✔yes just minimum effectvie dose as they do
cross the placenta
What antibiotics should be avoided during pregnancy? - answer✔Erythromycin, tetracycline,
fluoroquinolones.
Infants born via C-section are colonized by S. Mutans _________________ compared to vaginal
births - answer✔Earlier
Teenage pregnancy (11-15) causes the following: - answer✔Pregnancy-induced hypertension
(causes increased bleeding during procedures), anemia, sexually transmissble diseases, and
premature delivery
Mild hypertension - answer✔Equal to or greater than 140/90
Severe hypertension - answer✔Greater than or equal to 160/110
Acute onset, severe hypertension that persists for 15 minutes or more = - answer✔Emergency.
Physician should be notified immediately.
Maternal levels of vitamin ____ may affect primary tooth development - answer✔D
Approximately ______ percent of pregnant participants reported persistent xerostomia -
answer✔Xerostomia
There is an correlation between periodontal disease in prengnant women and _____________
diabetes - answer✔gestational
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Poor plaque control added with hormone changes in pregnancy can lead to development of
what pathology? - answer✔Pyogenic Granuloma
Due to increased risk of fetal hypoxia leading to inreased risk of pregnancy loss, what should be
avoided? - answer✔Nitrious Oxide during the first trimester
Due to worries regaring merucury, what products should be avoided during pregnancy? -
answer✔Tooth whitening products that contain or generate hydrogen peroxide (releases
inorganic mercury from amalgam fillings)
What should be done before brushing after vomitting? - answer✔Rinse with a cup of water
containing a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate.
exclusive breastfeeding recommended until - answer✔6-months to a year or more as mutually
desired by mother and infant.
What percentage of mothers have difficulty with breastfeeding? - answer✔25-80%
What percentage of children have ankyloglossia? - answer✔5%
Does nighttime breast feeding alone increase caries? - answer✔No, but in conjunction with
other carbohydrates is highly cariogenic.
Breast feeding has been linked to: - answer✔Decreased celiac, inflamatory bowel disease,
obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, SIDS, postpartum depression, and child abuse.
_______ % of babies with ankyloglossia who are breastfed have no feeding trouble -
answer✔50
Delay introduction of pacifiers until - answer✔1 month and cease by 3 years old.
Prolonged pacifier use may increase the incidence of (3 things) - answer✔Otitis media
Oral candidia
GI infections
Motivational interviewing - answer✔a counseling technique that provides people with an
opportunity to talk about and resolve their feelings so that they can move forward with change
When use of smear or grain of rice - answer✔Starting at 1 month of age until able to
expectorate.
severe early childhood caries - answer✔Any smooth surface caries present *under 3 years old*.
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*3-5* anything above one point equal to age +1
Juice should be limited to - answer✔<1 year old: 0 oz.
1-3: <4 oz per day
4-6: 4-6 oz per day
*new book says 4-6 oz for 1-6 year olds
7-18: 8 oz per day
Smear sized amount of tooth paste is approximately - answer✔0.1 mg fluoride
Pea sized (3-6 yrs old) is approximately - answer✔.25 mg fluoride
To reduce risk of obesity and caries, it is recommended children's intake of sugar should equal
less than ____% of total energy intake per day - answer✔5
Should you rinse after brushing? - answer✔Should be kept to a minimum or eliminated all
together.
When should baby bottle use be completed? - answer✔12-18 months
Breast feeding up to 12 months ____________ risk of caries, more than 12 month have
____________ risk of caries - answer✔Reduced, increased
Does plaque prevent fluoride uptake? - answer✔No
What should surgar intake be limited to in children? - answer✔5% of total energy intake (less
than 16 grams in 4-8 year olds)
What is a potential source of sugar intake in children, particularly those who are chronically ill?
- answer✔Sugar in medications.
What are the 10 components of a comprehensive oral evaluation? - answer✔1. General
health/Growth
2. Pain
3. Extraoral soft tissue
4. TMJ
5. Intraoral soft tissues
