Medical MCQs

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Intitation of dental caries depends upon_______________?
A. Formation of large amount of acid
B. Availability of carbohydrate food
C. Viscosity of saliva
D. Localization of acid over tooth surface
Caries, all are true except______________?
A. Lactobacillus is main acusative organism in plaque
B. Smooth surface caries occur due to streptococcus mutans
C. Pit and fissure caries can be prevented by using pit and tissue sealants
D. Fluorides help in reducing caries incidence
The lateral spread of dental caries is facilitated mostly by the_______________?
A. Enamel spindles
B. Dentinoenamel junction
C. Enamel lamellae
D. Striae of retzius
In a caries-free individual the saliva has_____________?
A. Low buffering capacity of acids
B. Medium buffering capacity for acids
C. High buffering capacity for acids
D. Independent of buffering capacity for acids
Starch is considered to be less cariogenic than monosaccharides and disaccharides because it_______________?
A. Does not diffuse through plaque
B. Is rapidly hydrolysed in the mouth
C. Enhances remineralisation
D. Raises the ph in the oral cavity
Organism involved in smooth surface caries is____________?
1 sTreptococcus mutans
2 aCtinomyces viscosus
3 lActobacillus
4 cAmpylobacter
Which of the following is cariogenic ?
A. Selenium
B. Vanadium
C. Strontium
D. Molybdenum
Dental caries is associated with_____________?
A. Streptococcus agalactiae
B. Streptococcus mutans
C. Streptococcus bovis
D. Streptococcus anginosus
The corrct order of microscopic zones of dentinal caries starting from the D.E junction is_______________?
A. Zone of sclerosis, decalcification zone, bacterial invasion
B. Bacterial invasion, decalcification zone, zone of sclerosis
C. Zone of sclerosis, backterial invasion, decalcification zone
D. Decalcification zone, zone of scierosis, backterial invasion