‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬

‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

1. Electric pulp testing:

a. Has no limitations

b. Is not a reliable method for determining the state of pulp vitality

c. Measures the sensory nerve response to irritant of electricity

d. Reveals that a recently erupted tooth is vital

e. none of the above.

2. Electric pulp testing is done to:

a. Determine whether pulp is normal or diseased

b. Determine whether a stimulus applied to a tooth is perceived by the cortex of the brain

c. Differentiate between acute and chronic pulpitis

d. Differentiate between vital and nonvital pulp

e. none of the above

3. In an inflamed pulp cold response occurs as:

a. Pain that lasts as long as cold is applied but is of more intense character than on adjacent normal
teeth

b. Pain that is brought on by cold that continues after the cold stimulus has been removed

c. The worsening of a toothache by the application of cold

d. All of the above are correct

e. none of the above

4. The pain of a tooth which disappears at once when stimulus is removed is characteristic of:

a. Necrotic pulp

b. Normal pulp

c. Reversible pulpitis

d. Irreversible pulpitis

e. none of the above

Dr. Hala A. Alwan

 ‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬
‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

5. In case of pulp necrosis the treatment advised is:

A. Root canal treatment

B. Pulp capping

C. Pulpotomy

D. To place bases beneath fillings

E. none of the above.

6. Irreversible pulpitis is usually characterized by:

a. Sensitivity to cold

b. Sensitivity to percussion

c. Severe spontaneous continuous pain

d. Mild continuous pain

e. all of the above

7. Pain on percussion before root canal treatment indicates:

a. Irreversible pulpitis

b. Pulpal necrosis

c. Inflammation of periodontal tissue

d. Reversible pulpitis

e. b & c

8. The treatment advised in case of reversible pulpitis is:

a. Root canal treatment or extraction

b. Pulp capping

c. Pulpotomy

d. Fillings

e. all of above

Dr. Hala A. Alwan

 ‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬
‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

9. solvent used along with file to remove gutta percha is:

a. alcohol 10%

b. chloroform.

c. formalin.

d. sodium hypochlorite 5%

e. b&d

10. the disadvantages of gutta percha used as filling material is:

a. poor biocompatibility

b. difficulty in preparing post space

c. lack of rigidity in thinner zone.

d. solubility in organic solvent

e. none of above.

11- the endodontic instrument number indicates:

a. tip diameter

b. length of the instrument.

c. cutting length of the instrument.

d. tip angle.

e. a &b

12- instrument used for lateral condensation of gutta percha along the canal wall:

a. barbed broaches.

b. plugger

c. reamer.

d. spreader

e. condenser

Dr. Hala A. Alwan

 ‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬
‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

13- the largest component of root canal filling materials (gutta percha):

a. gutta percha.

b. zinc oxide.

c. resins and waxes.

d. coloring agents.

e. all of above

14- the purpose of root canal sealer is to:

a. seal the tubules of the dentine.

b. stimulate the healing in the periapical region.

c. prevent discoloration.

d. fill the space between solid core material and pulp canal walls.

e. none of the above.

15- calcium hydroxide is advocated as an inter appointment intracanal medication because of:

a. its ability to dissolve necrotic tissue.

b. its antimicrobial activity.

c. its ability to stimulate hard tissue formation.

d. its powerful bleaching effect.

e. all of above.

16- thermal fill is:

a. an endodontic obturator.

b. an enlarging instrument.

c. an instrument to remove pulp.

d. is a cold gutta percha technique.

e. a & d

Dr. Hala A. Alwan

 ‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬
‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

17. Endodontic irrigants are used for:

a. Disinfection of canals

b. Harden dentin

c. Remove broken instruments

d. To remove bad smell from canal

e. a & c

18- Most common agent used to seal perforation is:

a. MTA

b. EDTA

c. Calcium hydroxide d.

d. GIC

e. none of the above.

19- A patient received a large MOD composite restoration I week ago. She is now experiencing
intense, spontaneous pain, with exacerbation of symptoms occurring when she applies heat or cold or
when she eats sweets. The pulpal diagnosis is:

a. Acute periapical periodontitis

b. Reversible pulpitis

c. Traumatic occlusion

d. Irreversible pulpitis

e. none of the above.

20- Intraligamental injection of L. A with adrenaline would affect pulpal circulation:

a. Cease for 30 minutes

b. Slightly decrease

c. Remain same

d. Slightly increase

e. none of the above.

Dr. Hala A. Alwan

 ‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬
‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

21- The advantage of silver point as obturating material is that it:

a. Can be used in fine curved canals

b. Is easier to retrieve if retreatment becomes necessary

c. Gives a perfect seal at the apical 1/3rd of the root canal

d. Provides better adaptation to canal walls in open apex

e. all of the above.

22- Ideal requirement of root canal filling material:

a. Seals and fills lateral canal

b. Extrudes beyond the apical foramen

c. Circular in morphology

d. Uniform in shape

e. all of the above.

23- In cases of failed endodontic therapy and root canals undergoing re treatment, the most common
bacteria recovered from the canal is:

a. Fusobacterium nucleatum

b. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

c. T. Forsythia

d. Enterococcus faecalis

e. none of the above.

24- Which rule is used in shift cone technique?

a. Same lingual opposite buccal

b. Same buccal opposite lingual

c. No movement seen on tube shift

d. Same direction movement both sides

e. none of the above

Dr. Hala A. Alwan

 ‫جامعة الفراهيدي‬
‫كلية طب االسنان‬
‫امتحان الفصل االول –مادة معالجة االسنان‬

25- A gingival abscess or a draining fistula in relation to a tooth with deep caries is an obvious clinical

sign of.

a. Reversible diseased pulp

b. Irreversible diseased pulp

c. Pulp degeneration

d. Abnormal tooth

e. b & c

Dr. Hala A. Alwan