CLINICAL SCIENCES
Bhatia fs
Dentogist
MCQs in
DENTISTRY
with explanatory answers
Fourth Edition
By
Nanda Kishore Patteta (MDS) ORTHODONTICS
Government Dental College
Bangalore
JAYPEEBROTHERS
MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD
New Delhi
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL
SURGERY
Maxillofacial Injuries
1. A patient with maxillofacial injuries should be
carried in:
A. Supine position B. Lateral position
C. Prone position D. Sitting position
2. A patient with maxillofacial injuries should be
carried in a supine position only when there is:
A. Spinal, cervical injury
B. Bilateral parasymphysis fracture
C. Unconsciousness
D. Excessive mobility of fractured maxilla
3. Tongue-tie is indicated in:
A. Bilateral parasymphysis fracture
B. Unconscious patient
C. Chin has been destroyed in gunshot
D. All of the above
4. Immediate management of nasal bleed in facial
injuries is:
A. Reduction of nasal bones manually
B. Paraffin gauze packing
C. Positioning the patient in supine position
D. Positioning the patient in prone position
5. Glasgow Coma Scale is used:
A. To ascertain motor responsiveness
B. Verbal responsiveness
C. Eye response
D. To ascertain level of consciousness
6. Examination of pupils is of paramount importance
in maxillofacial injuries because it indicates:
A. Trauma to brain
B. Trauma to optic tract
C. Progress of patient after trauma
D. All of the above
7. The method commonly used to differentiate
nasal discharge from CSF in fracture of middle
third of face:
A. Examining level of glucose
B. Examining level of chlorides
C. Drying the discharge on a piece of cloth
D. Examining the level of proteins
8. Placing a nasal pack during nasal bleeding and
CSF leak carry the danger of:
A. Fracture of ethmoidal plates
B. Redirecting the CSF to oropharynx
C. Meningitis
D. Redirecting CSF to orbit
9. A patient with maxillofacial injury complains of
regurgitation, absence of gag reflex and weakening
of voice, he may have:
A. Laryngeal trauma
B. Injury to middle cranial fossa
C. These symptoms are due to acute pain
D. Paralysis of IX N
10. The crystalloid which should be given first, after
maxillofacial trauma:
A. Normal saline
B. 5% dextrose
C. Ringer's lactate
D. 10% dextrose
11. Hypovolumic shock develops after loss of:
A. 10% blood
B. 20% blood
C. 30% blood
D. 40% blood
12. Facial wounds can be considered for primar\
closure when they report within:
A. 24 hrs B. 72 hrs
C. 36 hrs D. 48 hrs
13. The most important step in suturing lacers:-;
lip:
A. Apposition of muscular layer
B. Apposition of vermilion border
C. Apposition of mucosal layer
D. All of the above