Dental Diseases: Periodontal Disease and Dental Caries
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What is the percentage of the population of Barangay 111 affected by dental caries?

  • Almost ¾
  • Almost ¼
  • Almost â…“ (correct)
  • Almost ½

What happens to dental caries if left untreated?

  • They undergo remission or termination
  • They are not affected by professional treatment
  • They require simple professional treatment
  • They do not undergo remission or termination (correct)

What is the best approach to dealing with dental caries?

  • Preventing dental caries from occurring (correct)
  • Undergoing regular extraction of teeth to prevent caries
  • Treating dental caries as soon as they arise
  • Ignoring dental caries until they become severe

What is the relationship between the host, agent, and environment in the causation of dental caries?

<p>Interrelated factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary host factor in the caries process?

<p>The tooth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the fluorine content of a tooth and its caries susceptibility?

<p>Inversely proportional (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary cause of losing one's teeth due to mobility?

<p>Periodontal disease (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of a healthy periodontium?

<p>No signs of lesions, no bone loss and lamina dura is intact (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the second most common reason for losing one's teeth?

<p>Dental caries (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of prevalence in the context of dental diseases?

<p>The proportion of a population affected with a disease at a given point in time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of measuring the prevalence of dental diseases?

<p>To track the progression of the disease over time (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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