32 Periodontal Ligament

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Liz Maas
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Question 1

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Which of the following is true?
Answer
  • Mandibular molars account for about one third of the total root surface area
  • The PDL is widest in the elderly because it increases with age
  • Most of the nerves of the PDL are myelinated
  • Impacted teeth have the lowest average PDL
  • PDL width is widest midroot

Question 2

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Dental implants have which of the following fibers?
Answer
  • Principle fibers
  • Alveologingival fibers
  • Circular group
  • Alveologingival fibers and circular
  • all of them

Question 3

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Which of the following is false?
Answer
  • Cell rests of Malassez express cytokeratins C18 and C19
  • PDL has a fibroblast population
  • PDL gets remodeled
  • There are osteoblasts in the PDL
  • None of the above

Question 4

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The periodontal ligament is vascularized laterally via fenestrations in the alveolar bone. Apically, the gingival vascular supplies PDL.
Answer
  • T/T
  • T/F
  • F/T
  • F/F

Question 5

Question
Which of the following is false?
Answer
  • Conventional flap surgery leads to attachment via hemidesmosomes of the gingival tissue to the exposed root surface.
  • Guided tissue regeneration results in formation of cellular cementum.
  • Conventional flap surgery results in long junctional epithelium
  • Dentin is necessary for periodontal regeneration
  • The stem cell population of the PDL is pluripotential
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