NBDHE EXAM QUESTIONS ND ANSWERS
Scopolamine is what: - Answers -Cholinergic Antagonist (tx for motion sickness)
Acetaminophen could cause an issue for a patient with one of these diseases, which
one? - Answers -Liver Disease
Case study about a patient with hypothyroidism - Answers -Thyroid regulates
metabolism and calcium balance
Hypothyroidism - Insufficient production of thyroid hormones
Symptoms:
Goiter - enlargement of the thyroid
Low blood pressure (hypotension)
Low heart rate (bradycardia)
Dry skin
Cold intolerant
Obese
Delayed tooth eruption
Tx: levothyroxine (Synthroid)
Cretinism = children with hypothyroidism
mental physical retardation, macroglossia
Myxedema = adults with hypothyroidism
Long term undiagnosed hypothyroidism
Case study about a pregnant patient in her third trimester - Answers -- Asked how you
would treat the patients chief complaint?
- Evaluate & provide full treatment
- Wait until after patient gives birth
- Evaluate and treat symptomatic teeth
- Can't remember other option
Case study about a patient with HBP, High Cholesterol, Seizures, some skin condition. -
Answers -HBP: diuretic, ACE inhibitor, CAL blocker, Beta Blocker, Angiotensin II
Receptor Blocker
High Cholesterol: cholestyramine (Questran), atorvastatin (Lipitor)
Seizure: anticonvulsants - phenytoin (Dilantin), phenobarbital, carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Case study on an alcoholic patient - Answers -Primary factor in development of
pancreatitis
May have poor nutrition
Avoid drugs metabolized in liver - ❌ acetaminophen
Your patient has porcelain crowns, what fluoride do you NOT use on them? - Answers -
APF - acidulated phosphate fluoride
Patients with Treacher Collins will most likely have? - Answers -hearing loss
,What opens the tracheae - Answers -larynx
What is the most common heart disease within the U.S? - Answers -coronary heart
disease
bacteria in chronic periodontitis - Answers -P. gingivalis
T. forsythia
T. denticola
What causes cell damage from an x-ray - Answers -Direct free radical
Best instrument for mesial of #30 with 6mm pocket and 2mm recession? - Answers -
After 5
Contraindication for nitrous? - Answers -COPD
Emphysema
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