Enamel Most Important MCQs

1 - All are true about the striae of retzius except___________?






Have high inorganic content

2 - All are true regarding the enamel spindles except____________?






Produced by ameloblasts

3 - Ameloblasts is______________?






A cell from which tooth enamel is formed:

4 - Among the following the structure that is most calcified is_______________?






Enamel rod

5 - Approximately how many enamel rods will be present in a maxillary molar ?






12 million

6 - Blunt cell processes seen on the developing ameloblasts are celled as________________?






Tomes fibres

7 - calcification in enamel starts at____________?






DEJ

8 - Chronological hypoplasia is_____________?






Hypoplasia of systemic origin

9 - Dark bonds that are present in enamel rods at intervals of 4 μms are______________?






Cross striations

10 - Dentino enamel junction is_________________?






Scalloped and the convexities are directed towards dentin

11 - Enamel can act in a sense like a_______________?






Semipermeable membrane

12 - Enamel is laid down______________?






Only by ameloblasts

13 - Enamel rods at the cervical area at the occlusal edge and incisal lip in permanent teeth are______________?






Bent

14 - Enamel spindles are formed by______________?






Odontoblasts

15 - Enamel tufts are_______________?






Tuft like structure arising from dentin-enamel junction towards enamel surface

16 - Following is not an external manifestation of enamel________________?






Enamel tufts

17 - Formation of dentin by odontoblasts begins in_______________?






Organizing stage

18 - Hertwig's root sheath is formed from______________?






Cervical loop

19 - Hunter Schreger band are____________?






Dark and light bands of enamel seen in longitudinal ground section

20 - Incremental lines of Retzius appear_____________?






In enamel and follow the apposition pattern

21 - Incremental lines of retzius are seen in______________?






Enamel

22 - Inorganic content of enamel is about______________?






0.96

23 - Interwining of the enamel rods at the cusp timps and the incisal edges of a tooth is called______________?






Gnarled enamel

24 - Ionic exchange between enamel surface and environment______________?






Continues through out life

25 - Length of enamel rods is_____________?






Greater than the thickness of enamel

26 - Maximum amount of phosphate is seen in_______________?






Enamel

27 - Metalloprotienases are used in which stage of the amelogenesis_____________?






Formative/ Secretory

28 - Moth eaten appearance of of enamel is seen in____________?






Odontodysplasia

29 - narled enamel is seen in_____________?






Cusp tips of tooth

30 - Neonatal line is also referred to as______________?






Incremental lines

31 - Neonatal lines are found in all of the following except____________?






Enamel of permanent canines

32 - Neonatal lines are seen in_______________?






Enamel of deciduous incisiors

33 - Non acidic, nonionic protein which helps in enamel mineralization _______________?






Amelogenin

34 - Nutritional supply of the ameloblasts during most of their life cycle is from the_____________?






Dental sac

35 - On microscopic examination enamel rods have___________?






Key hole appearance in cross section

36 - perikymata are the external surface manifestations of_____________?






Incremental lines of retzius

37 - Ratio of diameter of enamel rods in the DEJ to the enamel surface is______________?






0.042361111111

38 - Shape of enamel rod is______________?






Key hole or paddle shaped

39 - Specific gravity of enamel is_____________?






2.8

40 - Synthesis of enamel matrix proteins occurs in the________________?






Ameloblast

41 - The average width of enamel rods is______________?






5mm

42 - The class of low molecular weight calcium binding proteins seen predominantly in developing enamel are_____________?






Amelogenin

43 - The diameter of the rod is______________?






4 μ m

44 - The enamel has no capacity of self repair because______________?






Its formative cells are lost once it is completely formed

45 - The enamel of the posterior teeth is thickest at____________?






Occlusal surface

46 - The formative cells of which of the following dental tissues disappear once tissue is formed___________?






Enamel

47 - The key hole, pattern appearance in the cross section is feature of______________?






Prismatic enamel

48 - The percentage of inorganic matter in fully developed enamel is about____________?






0.96

49 - The shallow furrows on the enamel surface, where stria of Retzius end are known as _______________ ?






perikymata

50 - The small ridges, perikymata, seen on facial surfaces of canines are the result of_____________?






Normal development

51 - The striking difference between enamel and other mineralized tissues is______________?






Most of organic component is lost during mineralization

52 - The thickness of prismless enamel in diciduous teeth is______________?






25 μ m

53 - The type of fibrous element in enamel is_____________?






Keratin like fibre

54 - Thin leaf like structures that extend from enamel surface in to DEJ are____________?






Enamel lamella

55 - True about direction of enamel rods______________?






All of the above

56 - Which of the following is correct about enamel crystals ?






Roughly texagonal in shape

57 - Which of the following statement is correct_________________?






All of the above

58 - Which of the following statement is false______________?






None of the above

59 - Which of the following structures is not of ectodermal origin_______________?






Enamel spindles

60 - Which of the following tissues have no reparative capacity______________?






Enamel

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