Medical MCQs

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In the earliest stages of carious lesion. There is loss of______________?
A. Enamel cuticle
B. Interprismatic substance
C. Organic matrix
D. Enamel lamellae
Least cariogenic among these______________?
A. Raw starch
B. Cooked starch
C. Sucrose
D. Fructose
Streptococcus mutans is considered to be principle etiologic agent of caries because it produces organic acids and it ________________?
A. Forms a gelatinous matrix
B. Metabolizes substrate from saliva
C. Derives energy from enamel constituents
D. Lives symbiolically with lactobacillus
For a bacterium to be seriously considered in the etiology of dental caries, it must______________?
A. Exist regularly in the dental plaque
B. Produce extracellular amylopectins
C. Be lethal for gnotobiotic animals
D. Produce intracellular dextrans
The prbable reasons for a high incidence of dental caries in the teenage population relates most directly to______________?
A. Rapid growth
B. Frequency of sucrose intake
C. Negligence in visiting the dentist
D. Carelessness in oral hygiene habits
Early invading bacteria in carious lesions are called___________?
A. Microcosm
B. Pioneer bacteria
C. Advancing bacteria
D. Anaerobic bacteria