specific gingival diseases

Question 1

wickham striae
oral involvement alone
could turn malignant

Answer 1

lichen planus

Question 2

autoantibodies detach CT from basement membrane

Nicholsky sign

Answer 2

pemphigoid

Question 3

strong genetic background
intraepithelial bulla
acantholysis

Answer 3

pemphigus vulgaris

Question 4

widening of PDL

Answer 4

osteosrcoma

Question 5

reduced host defense (reduce commensal bacteria)
erythematous and pseudomembranous
thrush

Answer 5

candidosis

Question 6

unilateral lesions

dorsal root ganglion

Answer 6

v. zoster

Question 7

1 usually causes oral probs

found in NUG/NUP
old age in industrialized nations

Answer 7

herpes virus

Question 8

DD of fibroma/focal fibrous hyperplasia

Answer 8

giant cell fibroma

Question 9

DD of pyogenic granuloma

Answer 9

pregnancy tumor

Question 10

DD of peripheral giant cell granuloma

Answer 10

focal fibrous hyperplasia

Question 11

DD of papilloma

Answer 11

verruca vulgaris

Question 12

DD of recurrent herpetic infections

Answer 12

aphthas ulcers

Question 13

DD of periapical cemental dyplasia

Answer 13

cemento-ossifying fibroma