NBDHE Oral Pathology and Disease Recognition 2

Question 1

Fordyce spots are ectopic sebaceous glands most commonly found on which oral structure?

Accepted Answer

Buccal mucosa and lips

Answer

Dorsal tongue

Answer

Hard palate

Answer

Floor of mouth

Question 2

Which oral manifestation is most characteristic of primary herpetic gingivostomatitis?

Accepted Answer

Widespread vesicles and ulcers with fever and lymphadenopathy

Answer

Painless white patches

Answer

Blue-black gingival discoloration

Answer

Painless red ulcers on hard palate

Question 3

Kaposi's sarcoma in the oral cavity appears most frequently on which structure?

Accepted Answer

Hard palate and gingiva

Answer

Lateral tongue

Answer

Buccal mucosa

Answer

Floor of mouth

Question 4

A bony, hard, sessile nodule on the midline of the hard palate is called:

Accepted Answer

Torus palatinus

Answer

Torus mandibularis

Answer

Exostosis

Answer

Osteoma

Question 5

Which systemic condition is associated with gingival fibromatosis and multiple odontomas?

Accepted Answer

Gardner syndrome

Answer

Down syndrome

Answer

Addison's disease

Answer

Von Recklinghausen disease

Question 6

Erythroplakia carries a greater risk of malignant transformation compared to leukoplakia because:

Accepted Answer

It shows a higher rate of severe dysplasia or carcinoma in situ

Answer

It is always infected with Candida

Answer

It always involves the floor of the mouth

Answer

It is caused by tobacco exclusively