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Name of the University : The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
Degree : MASTER OF DENTAL SURGERY (M.D.S)
BRANCH VII : PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Subject Code/Name : 2435/Dental Public Health
Year : I
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TN MGRMU Dental Public Health Question Paper

March 2009 :
[KU 409] Sub. Code: 2435
M.D.S. DEGREE EXAMINATION :

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Branch VII : PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
(Revised Regulations)
(Common to all candidates )
Paper III : DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Q.P. Code : 242435
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions :
Draw suitable diagram wherever necessary :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Write in detail epidemiology of dental caries. Add a note on current trends in India and other developed countries.
2. Write in detail various school dental health programmes and give your design for an ideal school dental health programme for rural India.
II. Write short notes on : (6 x 10 = 60)
1. ART.
2. Advantages of topical fluorides.
3. Payment plans.
4. Caries vaccines.
5. Nicotine replacement therapy.
6. TNM classification.

March 2010 :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. How can you develop a comprehensive dental health service for a rural area?
2. Discuss the role of behavioural science in community dentistry.
II. Write short notes on : (6 x 10 = 60)
1. Diet and dental caries.
2. Dental payments.
3. Oral health promotion.
4. Epidemiology of oral cancer.
5. Salivary substitutes.
6. Specific protection.

[LA 409] Sub. Code: 2427
Answer ALL questions in the same order. :
1. Defluoridation techniques and its feasibility in India.
2. Lifestyle and dental health.
3. Role of host factors in periodontal disease.
4. Dental public health practice in India.
5. Nutritional counseling for oral health.
6. Space maintainers.
7. Preventive resin restorations.
8. Iatrogenic effects in dentistry.
9. Computers used in dentistry.
10. Consumer protection act- relevance in dentistry.

April 2012 :
(10×10=100)
1. Epidemiology of Periodontal disease.
2. School dental health program.
3. Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary.
4. Steps in evaluation.
5. Post- payment schemes.
6. Prevention of malocclusion.
7. Practice management.
8. Defluoridation.
9. Pit & Fissure sealant.
10. National oral health care delivery system.

APRIL 2014 :
(10×10=100)
1. Epidemiology of Oral cancer.
2. Difference between dental public health and clinical practice.
3. School dental nurse.
4. Voluntary agencies in dental care.
5. Fee for service.
6. Prevalence of Dental fluorosis.
7. Plaque control measure.
8. Atraumatic Restorative Technique .
9. Forensic dentistry.
10.Types of practice.

Dental Anatomy, Embryology & Oral Histology :
August 2010 :
Answer ALL Questions :
I. Essays : 2 x 15 = 30 Marks
1. Describe the bell stage of tooth development with the help of diagrams and add a note on root development.
2. Define and classify oral mucosa. Describe the macroscopic and microscopic structure of gingiva.
II. Short notes on : 6 x 5 = 30 Marks
1. Age changes in dentin.
2. Ligament traction theory.
3. Duetal system of major salivary glands.
4. Differences between maxillary 1st premolar and mandibular 1st premolar tooth.
5. Epithelial mesenchymal interaction in tooth development.
6. Dentogingival junction.
III. Short answer questions : 5 x 2 = 10 Marks
1. pH of saliva.
2. Epithelial attachment.
3. Fibroblasts.
4. Structure of a taste bud.
5. Key of occlusion.

February 2011 :
Answer ALL questions. :
I. Essays : (2 x 15 = 30)
1. Classify salivary glands. Discuss in detail about the histology of major salivary glands with suitable diagrams.
2. Discuss in detail about the chronology and morphology of permanent mandibular right first molar.
II. Write short notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Life cycle of Ameloblast.
2. Muscles of Mastication.
3. Theones of tooth eruption.
4. Specialized mucosa.
5. Types of dentin.
6. Composition of raliva.
III. Short Answers questions : (5 x 2 = 10)
1. Osteoclasts.
2. Enamel tufts.
3. Stellate Reticulum.
4. Penodontal ligament fibres.
5. Cementocytes.

August 2011 :
Answer ALL questions :
I. Essay Questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Write in detail about the structure of dentin. Add a note on age changes of dentin.
2. Classify cementum. Write about cementogenesis and the functions of cementum.
II. Write Short notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Serous cell.
2. Occlusal morphology of mandibular second premolar.
3. Deglutition.
4. Zones of pulp.
5. Enamel lamellae.
6. Chronology of permanent dentition.
7. Basal lamina.
8. Fixation.
9. Bell stage of tooth development.
10. Incremental lines.

February 2012 :
I. Elaborate on : (2X10=20)
1. Define eruption. Explain the theories of eruption. Mention the eruption time period for all the permanent teeth.
2. Describe the morphology of permanent maxillary first molar. Write the differences between deciduous and permanent maxillary molar.

II. Write notes on : (10×5=50)
1. Pain transmission in dentin
2. Ridges
3. Hypo mineralized areas in enamel
4. Development of palate
5. Epithelial cell rests
6. Fibres of periodontal ligament
7. Spillway space
8. Non keratinocytes
9. Myoepithelial cell
10. Alveolar bone proper