Path final

Question 1

What white lesions can be scrapped off

Answer 1

Material alba
White coated tongue
Burns 
Pseudomembranous candidiasis (Trush)
Sloughing from tooth paste

Question 2

Amalgam tattoos can be confused for (worse case)

Answer 2

Melanoma

Question 3

melanotic macule facts

Answer 3

Caused by a focal increase in melanin production
Cannot be distinguished clinically from early melanoma.
biopsy is mandatory

Question 4

What is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm

Answer 4

Lypoma

Question 5

Yellow lesion differential

Answer 5

Fordyce granules
Lingual tonsil
Lymphoepithelial cyst
Lypoma

Question 6

What is TUGSE

Answer 6

Traumatic Ulcerative Granuloma with Stromal Eosinophilia

Question 7

What is the differential for desquamative gingivitis.

biopsy is required.

Answer 7

Lichen Planus
Pemphigoid
Pemphigus
Hypersensitivity

Question 8

What is the most significant complication of mucous membrane pemphigoid

Answer 8

Ocular involvement

Question 9

What is the most common tumor of the oral cavity

Answer 9

Fibroma.

Submit excised tissue for microscopic examination

Question 10

What two drainage sites are associated with parulis

Answer 10

Cavernous sinus thrombosis

Ludwigs angina

Question 11

What is another name for epulis fissuratum

Answer 11

Inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia

Question 12

What is the differential for bump on the gums

Answer 12

Pyogenic Granuloma (pregnant)
Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma (older=35)
Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma (canine, younger=15)
Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia

Question 13

What medications are associated with drug related gingival hyperplasia

Answer 13

Phenytoin ( anticonvulsant)
Nifedipine (Ca+ channel blocker)
Cyclosporin (Transplant therapy)

Question 14

What is the most common developmental cyst

Answer 14

Dentigerous cyst

Question 15

What is the most common periapical pathosis

Answer 15

Periapical granuloma