Article 1: Dental procedures and risk of experiencing a second vascular event in a Medicare population
1. What percentage of patients in the sample who experienced an incident vascular event reported having undergone an invasive dental procedure within 180 days after the event? Select answer A. 44.1 percent B. 21.9 percent C. 13.9 percent D. 8.5 percent
2. What percentage of patients who experienced a vascular event also experienced a second vascular event while in the survey? Select answer A. 44.1 percent B. 21.9 percent C. 13.9 percent D. 8.5 percent
3. What percentage of patients who experienced a vascular event followed within 180 days by an invasive dental procedure subsequently experienced a second vascular event during the survey period? Select answer A. 44.1 percent B. 21.9 percent C. 13.9 percent D. 8.5 percent
4. What intervals for an invasive dental procedure subsequent to a vascular event were not associated with a significantly increased risk of experiencing a second vascular event? Select answer A. 180 days only B. 180 and 90 days only C. 180, 90 and 60 days only D. 180, 90, 60 and 30 days
Article 2: Evaluation of the spatter-reduction effectiveness of two dry-field isolation techniques
1. Which one of the following was associated with the lowest mean number of contaminated squares? Select answer A. tooth no. 20 in the control group B. tooth no. 19 in the Isolite (Isolite Systems, Santa Barbara, Calif.) group C. tooth no. 20 in the rubber dam group D. tooth no. 18 in the control group
2. Which one of the following was associated with the highest mean number of contaminated squares? Select answer A. tooth no. 20 in the control group B. tooth no. 19 in the Isolite group C. tooth no. 20 in the dental dam group D. tooth no. 18 in the control group
3. When Isolite was compared with the other isolation method, which yielded the lowest mean difference in number of contaminated squares? Select answer A. tooth no. 19, versus control B. tooth no. 19, versus dental dam C. tooth no. 20, versus control D. tooth no. 20, versus dental dam
4. Each of the following statements is correct except which one? Select answer A. Overall, spatter was significantly lower for tooth no. 18 than for tooth no. 20. B. For tooth no. 18, spatter was significantly lower for the dental dam and Isolite groups than for the control C. For tooth no. 19, spatter was significantly lower for the dental dam group than for the control group. D. For tooth no. 20, spatter was significantly lower for the dental dam and Isolite groups than for the control group.
Article 3: Craniofacial morphologic predictors of oral appliance outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
1. What was the amount of mandibular advancement achieved with the oral appliances (OAs) in this study? Select answer A. 5.4 millimeters B. 4.2 mm C. 3.8 mm D. 2.9 mm
2. What percentage of participants in this study were classified as responders, with posttreatment scores of less than 10 on the apnea-hypopnea index, representing more than 50 percent improvement? Select answer A. 56 percent B. 39 percent C. 26 percent D. 12 percent
3. Each of the following was significantly related to participants’ responding to treatment with OAs except which one? Select answer A. mandibular position relative to cranial base B. body mass index C. minimal retroglossal airway D. anterior face height
4. What was the positive predictive value when cephalometric measures were used to estimate the probability of success with OA treatment? Select answer A. 73 percent B. 66 percent C. 54 percent D. 47 percent
Article 4: Sleep bruxism and myofascial temporomandibular disorders: a laboratory-based polysomnographic investigation
1. What percentage of participants with myofascial temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) reported that they had been told that they grind their teeth at night during sleep? Select answer A. 74.9 percent B. 67.1 percent C. 55.3 percent D. 49.8 percent
2. What percentage of participants with myofascial TMD met the clinical research diagnostic criteria for sleep bruxism (RDC/SB)? Select answer A. 46.9 percent B. 31.3 percent C. 25.1 percent D. 9.7 percent
3. Which one of the following groups of participants with myofascial TMD reported having the most recent onset of pain? Select answer A. those who did not meet RDC/SB criteria B. those who met RDC/SB criteria C. those who had two or more episodes with grinding noises D. those who had fewer than two episodes with grinding noises
4. Which one of the following groups of participants with myofascial TMD reported having the lowest scores when asked if pain interferes with daily activities? Select answer A. those who did not meet RDC/SB criteria B. those who met RDC/SB criteria C. those who did not meet subthreshold RDC/SB criteria D. those who met subthreshold RDC/SB criteria
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