PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY - FEBRUARY 2018 FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

[LM 661]                               FEBRUARY 2018              Sub. Code: 4223

FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

(Common to Third Year Paper IV - Modified Regulation III Candidates and Final Year Paper VIII - New  Modified Regulation Candidates)

PAPER VIII – PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Q.P Code: 544223
Time: 180 Minutes                                                               Maximum: 70 Marks

I. Elaborate on:                                                                                  (2 x 10 = 20)

1.   Discuss the various caries activity and susceptibility test used in dental practice.

2.   Define  dental  auxiliaries.  Discuss  the  functions  of  various  non operating dental
auxiliaries in oral health promotion.

II. Write Notes on:                                                                               (10 x 5 = 50)

1.   Describe the difference between a individual and public health practice.
2.   Describe the various principles of primary health care approach.
3.   Describe the various uses of epidemiology.
4.   Discuss the importance of normal distribution.
5.   Discuss the various approaches for tobacco cessation practices.
6.   Discuss the basis for third party pre payment plans in dental finance.
7.   Describe the method and criteria for scoring Plaque Index.
8.   Describe the various works of World Health Organization.
9.   Discuss the role of caries vaccines in preventive dentistry.
10.   Discuss the various concepts of causation of diseases.
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PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY - AUGUST 2017 FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

[LL 661]                                    AUGUST 2017                 Sub. Code: 4223

FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

(Common to Third Year Paper IV - Modified Regulation III Candidates and Final Year Paper VIII - New Modified Regulation Candidates)

PAPER VIII – PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Q.P Code: 544223
Time: 180 Minutes                                                               Maximum: 70 Marks

I. Elaborate on:                                                                                   (2 x 10 = 20)

1.   Define Health Education. Enumerate various methods of Health Education aids.

2.   Describe in detail the various modes of Finance in dental care delivery.

II. Write Notes on:                                                                                (10 x 5 = 50)

1.   Write a brief note on the historical studies on artificial water fluoridation.
2.   Enumerate the indications of  pit and fissure sealants. Enumerate the various steps in the
disposal of hospital waste.
3.   Describe in detail the various concepts of disease.
4.   Enumerate the various modes of interventions of primary prevention of dental caries.
5.   OHI - S Index.
6.   Enumerate the various principles of ethics.
7.   Describe the Antiplaque mechanism of action of chlorhexidine mouthwash.
8.   Defluoridation.
9.   Describe the various methods of dispersion in biostatistics.
10.   Enumerate the various types of smokeless tobacco products.
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PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY - FEBRUARY 2017 FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

[LK 661]                                FEBRUARY 2017              Sub. Code: 4223

FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

(Common to Third Year Paper IV - Modified Regulation III Candidates and Final Year Paper VIII - New  Modified Regulation Candidates)

PAPER VIII – PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Q.P Code: 544223
Time: 180 Minutes                                                               Maximum: 70 Marks

I. Elaborate on:                                                                                  (2 x 10 = 20)

1.   Define Potable water. Enumerate various methods of water purification.  Write in detail about
biological water purification.

2.   Define planning. Enumerate the steps in planning.

II. Write Notes on:                                                                               (10 x 5 = 50)

1.   Behaviour learning theory.
2.   Differentiate between Propaganda and health education.
3.   ASKOV.
4.   Comprehensive dental care.
5.   Community water fluoridation.
6.   Cluster sampling.
7.   Sampling error.
8.   Recommended dietary allowance.
9.   ART.
10.   Biomedical waste management.

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PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY - AUGUST 2016 FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

[LJ 661]                                                    AUGUST 2016                                          Sub. Code: 4223

                                                FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM 
(Common to Third Year Paper IV - Modified Regulation III Candidates and Final Year Paper VIII  New  Modified Regulation Candidates)

PAPER VIII – PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Q.P Code: 544223
Time: 180 Minutes                                                                   Maximum: 70 Marks

I. Elaborate on:                                                                                  (2 x 10 = 20)

1.   Mention the various methods of water purification. Write in detail about rapid sand filter
method.

2.   Define   and   classify   epidemiology.   Describe   in   detail   about descriptive
epidemiology.

II. Write Notes on:                                                                                (10 x 5 = 50)

1.   Barriers of communication.
2.   Comprehensive dental care.
3.   Types of biomedical waste.
4.   Measures of dispersion.
5.   Indian Dental Association.
6.   Mechanical plaque control.
7.   Pit and fissure sealant.
8.   Cohort.
9.   Defluoridation methods.
10.   Epidemiological triad.

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# Some antibiotics are bacteriostatic in nature but bactericidal in high doses, such as:
a- erythromycin
b- amoxycillin
c- tetracycline
d- metronidazole
e- cephalosporin

The correct answer is A. Erythromycin.

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A.  injury to the orbicularis oris
B.  detachment of mentalis muscle
C.  incisive nerve damage
D.  periosteal striping
E.  detachment of the platysma muscle

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