Hi everyone
As
the TN Medical Services Recruitment Board conducted an exam for the post of Assistant Dental Surgeon last year on 24th
April 2025, a notification might be announced at any time.
Here,
we are providing a few sample questions for those who are preparing for it.
1. Heterophile antibody test is used to diagnose which disease?
Infectious Mononucleosis.
This test is otherwise called the Mono test to diagnose Infectious Mononucleosis, primarily caused by Ebstein Barr Virus.
2.
Hyperactive mentalis is seen in which kind of malocclusion?
Answer: Class II div 1.
Class II division 1 patients
present higher mentalis activity than Class I patients especially when
swallowing.
3.
Stones, bones, abdominal groans and psychic moans
are characteristic of
Hyperparathyroidism.
4. Cobblestone appearance of buccal mucosa is seen in Crohn’s disease.
This is the oral manifestation of Crohn’s disease characterised
by linear ulceration and angular cheilitis. Crohn's disease is an
inflammatory bowel disease often manifested first in the oral cavity, characterised
by granulomatous inflammation.
5. The triad of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome consists of
Facial oedema, Fissured tongue and Cheilitis granulomatosa.
6. Schilling test is abnormal in which condition?
Intrinsic factor deficiency.
This
test is used to diagnose Pernicious anaemia due to the lack of intrinsic factor. An
abnormal value indicates impaired vitamin B12 absorption.
