Oral Epidemiology
IPFW Dental Public Health Oral Epidemiology
- 1.What index does the research center use for patients using a tartar control toothpaste for 6 lower anterior teeth?
- A.
Navy Plaque Index
- B.
Volpe-Manhold Calculus Index
- C.
OHI-S
- D.
Turesky Modification of the Quigley Hein
- 2.In the DMF caries index for teeth and tooth surfaces, are 3rd molars included if they are decayed, missing, or filled?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 3.An epidemic is a disease occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a high proportion of the population.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What kind of decay is the DMFT & S signifying?
- A.
Irreversible decay
- B.
Reversible decay
- 5.If you were doing a plaque index with debri for a group of preschool children, which one would you use?
- A.
Def
- B.
Pl I
- C.
OHI-S
- D.
PHP
- 6.An endemic is an occurrence of disease clealy in excess of normal expectancy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The "e" in the def index stands for indicated for extraction. If a patient has teeth indicated for extraction for orthodontics, are they included in this index?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 8.Which index would you use for a group of elderly patients in a nursing home?
- A.
Plaque Index
- B.
Patient Hygiene Performance
- C.
Gingival Index
- D.
Root Caries Index
- 9.In measuring the reliability of a measurement, an intraexaminer or intrarater reliability is consistency of findings by one examiner with those previously recorded by the same examiner.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Which index uses the WHO probe to calculate scores?
- A.
Turesky
- B.
Eastman Interdental Bleeding Index
- C.
Sulcus Bleeding Index
- D.
Periodontal Screening and Recording Index
- 11.Recurrent caries fall under which category?
- A.
Decayed
- B.
Missing
- C.
Filled
- D.
Indicated for Extraction
- 12.Root caries can fall under the Decayed portion of the DMFT index.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.What is a proportion that uses a standard denominator and includes a time interval (1,000, 10,000, or 100,000 per year)?
- A.
Rates
- B.
Counts
- C.
Proportions
- D.
Index
- 14.Which index would you instruct your patient to use to calculate plaque control at home with disclosing solution or tablets?
- A.
Plaque Control Record (O'Leary's)
- B.
PI I
- C.
Patient Hygiene Performance
- D.
Plaque Free Score
- 15.What is the name of the index that measures occlusion?
- A.
O'Leary's
- B.
O'Sullivan's
- C.
Angle's
- D.
Dean's
- 16.You have a 9 year old patient with a mixed dentition. Which index would you use to calculate decay?
- A.
DMFT and def combined
- B.
Def
- C.
Dmft
- D.
DMFS
- 17.A 2.5 score on the Gingival Index indicates what?
- A.
Excellence
- B.
Good
- C.
Fair
- D.
Poor
- 18.Which index uses floss to calculate scores?
- A.
Periodontal Screening and Recording
- B.
Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs
- C.
Gingival Bleeding Index
- D.
Eastman Interdental Bleeding Index
- 19.Which index is measured with bleeding on probing?
- A.
Gingival Index
- B.
Sulcus Bleeding Index
- C.
Gingival Bleeding Index
- D.
Eastman Interdental Bleeding Index
- 20.Oral epidemiology is the study of disease and health in populations.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Which one does not indicate an asterisk on WHO probing on the Periodontal Screening & Recording Index?
- A.
Indicated for extraction
- B.
Mobility
- C.
Marked recession
- D.
Mucogingival involvement
- 22.The gingival indexes are reversible, just like the disease itself.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.What is the agent when studying oral epidemiology?
- A.
Host
- B.
Environment
- C.
Disease
- D.
Population
- 24.The Greek word "edemos" means what?
- A.
Native
- B.
Epidemiology
- C.
People
- D.
All
- 25.Morbidity is the rate of disease or proportion of diseased persons in a geographic area.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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