Dentistry

at a Glance

Elizabeth Kay

Multiple Choice: Chapter 14 Charting the oral cavity

Question 1.You are working your first week in Foundation Training in a Maxillofacial Surgery Department. You are asked to see a 46-year-old man who smokes 30 cigarettes per day. He has been referred by his General Dental Practitioner. The referral letter indicates concerns about papules in the area of the hard palate and gives a provisional diagnosis of nicotine stomatitis. What is a papule?

A Circumscribed palpable elevation, less than 5 mm in diameter
B Elevated area, more than 5 mm in diameter
C Small visible fluid accumulation in epithelium, less than 5 mm in diameter
D Solid mass under or within the mucosa, more than 5 mm in diameter
E Visible accumulation of pus in epithelium