Colors

Question 1

What are the 5 most common colors found abnormally in the mouth in order from most to least?

Answer 1

1-White
2-Red
3-Black
4-Blue
5-Yellow

Question 2

What are 5 things that lead to white lesions that can be rubbed off?

Answer 2

1-Materia Alba
2-White Coated Tongue
3-Burn (Thermal, chemical etc.)
4-Toothpaste/mouthwash overdose
5-Pseudomembranous candidiasis

Question 3

What is the definition of a leukoplakia?

Answer 3

An intraoral white plaque that does not rub off and can not be identified as any well known entity

Question 4

What is the treatment for chronic cheek biting?

Answer 4

None, or get a bite guard

Question 5

How do you treat tobacco pouch keratosis?

Answer 5

Cesation or move the tobacco

Question 6

What can be used to treat Lichen planus when burning or inflammatory symptoms are present?

Answer 6

Clobetasol Propionate, 0.05%

Question 7

What 4 things should be considered when deciding between a get and a rinse?

Answer 7

1-Size of lesion
2-Frequency of recurrences
3-Number of lesions
4-Location of lesions

Question 8

What are 4 facts about Clobetasol Propionate 0.05% gel to help with prescription?

Answer 8

1-AKA Temovate
2-Disp 15 or 30 gram tube
3-Sig: Dry the affected area and gently apply a thin amount bid-tid
4-High Potency

Question 9

What are 3 facts about Dexamethasone elixir 0.5mg/5ml to help with prescription?

Answer 9

1-AKA Decadron
2-Disp 12-16 oz
3-Sig: Rinse with 1 tsp for 2 min bid-qid and expectorate

Question 10

What are 4 facts about Flucinonide 0.05% gel to help with prescription?

Answer 10

1-AKA Lidex
2-Disp: 15 or 30 gram tube
3-Sig: Dry the affected area and apply thin amount bid-tid
4-Moderate potency

Question 11

When topical steroids don’t work what injection could you use?

Answer 11

Kenalog (10 mg/ml or 40 mg/ml)

10 mg per cm of lesional tissue

Question 12

For a 1 cm lesion, how much kenalog 10 and kenalog 40 would you use?

Answer 12

1 ml of kenalog 10

0.25 ml kenalog 40

Question 13

What 5 things could be called desquamative gingivitis?

Answer 13

1-Linchen Planus
2-Mucous membrane pemphigoid
3-Pemphigus vulgaris
4-Systemic lupus erythematosis
5-Hypersensitivity

Question 14

What is the most common form of candidiasis?

Answer 14

White pseudomembranous

Question 15

What are the three main forms of Erythematous candidiasis?

Answer 15

1-Central papillary atrophy of tongue (Median rhomboid glossitis)
2-Angular cheilitis (Perlesche)
3-Denture stomatitis

Question 16

What are 4 forms of antifungals?

Answer 16

1-Rinse
2-Troche
3-Tablet
4-Cream/ointment

Question 17

AKA Perlesche, what can be caused by reduced vertical dimension and salivary pooling?

Answer 17

Angular cheilitis

Question 18

What are 4 things to know about Mycology II?

Answer 18

1-Used for angular cheilitis
2-Disp: 15 gram/tube
3-Sig: Apply rid until healing
4-Is Triamcinolone 0.1% and nystatin 100,000 units/gram ointment

Question 19

What are 3 things to know about Nystatin oral suspension 100,000 units/ml?

Answer 19

1-AKA mycostatin
2-Disp 240 ml
3-Sig: Rinse with 1-2 tsp for 2 minutes and expectorate

*beware of sugar

Question 20

What are 3 things to know about Clotrimazole Troche 10 mg?

Answer 20

1-AKA Mycelex
2-Disp: 50
3-Sig: one troche 5 times daily

Question 21

Clinically blanching under pressure, what are some treatment options for hemangioma?

Answer 21

Surgery, Laser, Observation

Question 22

What three places are erythroplakias most commonly found?

Answer 22

1-Floor of mouth
2-Tongue
3-Soft palate

*90% are severe dysplasia, ca-in-situ or SCC

Question 23

What are 5 white and red lesions?

Answer 23

1-Ulcers
2-Geographic tongue
3-Desquamative gingivitis
4-Actinic Keratosis
5-Erythroleukoplakia

Question 24

What are 6 red lesions?

Answer 24

1-Erythematous candidiasis
2-Angular cheilitis
3-Lingual tonsil
4-Hemangioma
5-Hypersensitivity
6-Erythroplakia

Question 25

An oral freckle may be biopsied to rule out melanoma and is called?

Answer 25

Oral Melanotic macule

Question 26

A reactive pigmentation seen almost exclusively in african americans most often on buccal mucosa is called?

Answer 26

Oral melanocanthoma

Question 27

What are 6 blue lesions?

Answer 27

1-Blue nevus
2-Varicosities
3-Hemangioma
4-Mucocele/Ranula
5-Salivary duct cyst
6-Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Question 28

What are 5 yellow lesions?

Answer 28

1-Fordyce granules
2-Lymphoepithelial cyst
3-Parulis
4-Lipoma
5-Granular cell Tumor

Question 29

What are 6 black lesions?

Answer 29

1-Racial pigmentation
2-Amalgam tattoo
3-Oral melanotic macule
4-Intramucosal Nevus
5-Oral Melanocanthoma
6-Melanoma