DEPARTMENT OF ORTHODONTICS
SRI SANKARA DENTAL COLLEGE
Post graduate Test -MODULE 1 A
FEB-3-2-2018
Time: 3 hrs Total marks: 100
• Answer all questions. • Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essay (20 marks x 2)
1. Discuss in detail the phenomenon of growth rotation of jaws and how it contributes to
malocclusion?
2. Enumerate the various Functional appliance in orthodontics, Discuss in detail the mode
of action of various functional appliances.
Short Essays (5 marks x 12)
1. Role of Sutures on Growth of Maxilla
2. Influence of Nutrition and Hormones on Craniofacial Growth
3. Methods of growth prediction and its importance in orthodontics
4. Transverse Dysplasia
5. Heat treatment of orthodontic wires
6. Hysteresis
7. Factors Contribute to Stable Occlusion
8. Explain Counterpart Theory of Growth
9. Scanning Electron microscope (SEM)
10. Head Gears in Orthodontics
11. Irreversible Hydrocolloids
12. Angles Classification, Its Merits and Demerits and Its Modifications
Topics
MODULE 1 A
DEPARTMENT OF ORTHODONTICS
SRI SANKARA DENTAL COLLEGE
● Structures and properties of orthodontic materials
● Mechanics and mechanical testing of orthodontic materials
● Techniques for study of orthodontic materials
● ORTHODONTIC Biomaterials
● Cements and Impression in orthodontics
● Introduction & History of Orthodontics
● Development and Concepts of human occlusion
● Scope and limitations of orthodontics
● Removable orthodontic appliances
● Craniofacial growth and development
● Physiology of stomatognathic system
● Etiology and classification of malocclusion
● Preventive Orthodontics
● Craniofacial osteology, myology and neural elements
● Concepts of growth modification
● Functional Appliances
● Interceptive Orthodontics
● Dentofacial orthopedics