Learn the simplest mnemonic — Rule of 7 + 4 — to remember primary tooth eruption ages. Perfect for dental students, NEET MDS preparation, and parents tracking baby tooth development.
Quick, exam-friendly guide to the most common salivary gland tumors – pleomorphic adenoma, Warthin’s tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Perfect for BDS, NEET MDS and dental boards revision.
TOPIC: OCCLUSAL RADIOGRAPHY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹It is also called as called ‘sandwich radiography’. Occlusal radiographs are made using an extreme bisecting angle technique in which the primary beam is directed perpendicular to the imaginary bisector of angle formed between long axis of the tooth and long axis of the film. 🔹Mandibular cross-sectional view: […]
⭐ PROGNOSIS IN PERIODONTOLOGY 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Prognosis needs to be described at two levels: overall and individual teeth. 🔹Prognosis is a predilection of the probable course, duration and outcome of a disease based on a general knowledge of the pathogenesis of the disease and the presence of risk factors for the disease. 🔹Short-term […]
📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Father of Resective Osseous Surgery : Schluger 🔹Resective osseous surgery is the most predictable pocket reduction technique. 🔹Spheroiding or parabolizing: It is the removal of supporting bone to produce a positive gingival and osseous architecture. 🔹Scribing: It is the technique by which high-speed rotary instruments are used to outline the radicular […]
Q1. When treating a child who is obviously afraid, the dentist should: use restraint use the hand-over-mouth technique (HOME) permit the child to express his fear avoid all reference to the child’s fear Answer Key: permit the child to express his fear — identify the fear All behavioral patterns are motivated by anger and fear. […]
The congenital absence of many, but not all, teeth is known as:• hypodontia• oligodontia• diphyodontia• anodontia Answer Key : oligodontia Two forms of anodontia:1. Complete true: is a rare condition in which all of the teeth are missing. It may involve both the primary and permanent dentitions. It is usually associated with hereditaryectodermal dysplasia. 2. […]
TOPIC: IMPACTION 📌 IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWER Q1. Define impaction. Ans. An impacted tooth is one that fails to erupt and will not eventually assume its anatomical arch relationship beyond the chronological eruption date. It is also defined as impedance of tooth along the path of eruption. Q2. Mention of few indications for removal of […]
LOCAL ANAESTHESIA 📌 IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWER Q1. Define Verrill’s sign. Ans. Drooping of the upper eyelid to a position half way across the pupil is an indication that the maximum sedative dose has been administered. Q2. Mention a few oropharyngeal airway. Ans. Brooks airway . Gudels airway Q3. Explain the rule of thumb (the […]
LOCAL ANAESTHESIA 📌 IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWER Q1. Define nerve block. Ans. It is a procedure in which the local anesthetic is deposited (injected) close to a nerve trunk. It blocks sensation from the region which receives the peripheral distribution of the nerve. Q2. Define intra osseous injection. Ans. Intra osseous injections are one which […]
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