HAAD Exam Questions

Dear all, these are the questions as I remember (they are 150 in total, with 4 choices
sometimes more ) from HAAD exam I took, please forgive me because it’s difficult to
remember the exact way the question was written and the choices gives, but I hope they are
close enough to guide you through your preparation for the exam, you will see that sometimes
I remember part of the question sometimes only the headlines. If I’m sure about my answer ill
mark it with red color if I have my doubt ill leave it to you to search out

I really hope it help you guys .All the best o ma tensona men el doaa

1. LA acts on neurons by
a. Decreasing the initial positive charge
b. Decreasing initial negative charge
c. Doesn’t change the charge of the Neuron
2. Action of LA
3. What is bone swaging?
4. Indication of widmen flap
5. Most common cause for vertical root fracture after endo treatment
a. Lateral condensation
b. Post and core
6. What is the name of the brushing technique when the brush bristles
is 45 degrees from the teeth and gingiva?
7. The use of a reverse aker’s clasp in case of a distal extension RPD
will
a. Reduce the tipping forces on abutments
b. More esthetic

8. Food stagnation in the vestibule is due to paralysis in which

muscle?
a. Buccinators?
9. Asmatic pt using theophylline which drug we cant give him?
a. Arythromycin?
 b. Clarithromycin?
10.Which more frequently needs prophylactic ABX?
a. Acquired heart disease?
b. Congenital heart disease?
11.Cast post versus fiber post:
a. Less destructive
b. More fitting
12.Why drs like to use polyeather impression materials?
a. Dimension stable?
b. More accurate?
13.Cheek biting is due to?
a. Edge to edge occlusion
14.Combination syndrome will cause?
a. Bone resorbtion for opposing arch and ill fitting dentures
15.Ectodermal dysplasia
a. Pt with history of not sweating in summer
16.Class 1 mallocclusion
a. Tooth size and arch discrepancy
17.During protrusive movement interferences occur between?
a. Distal of upper PM and mesial of the first molar
18.Location of deposition of LA solution during PSA nerve block?
a. Infratemporal fossa
19.Location of LA deposition for IAN block?
a. Pterygomandibular space
20.Overextension of the distobuccal corner of the denture flanges will
press on ?
a. Masseter
21.Overextension of the distolingual corner of the denture flanges will
press on?
a. Superior constrictor muscle
22.Trauma to primary central incisor for a child what is the most
common consequence for the permanent successor
a. Dilacelartion
b. Dens evagilatus
c. Dens invagilatus
23. If a child lost his canine what most probably will happen
a. If during primary dentition stage nothing will happen but if
during mixed dentition stage there will be collapse of the arch ?
24.Period of mixed dentistion is between
a. 1st upper m and lower 1st m
b. 1st m and 2nd m
c. Upper canine and 1st m (as the upper canine the last to be
replaced)
25. 8 yrs old child with fractured incisor tip and pin point pulp
exposure for 2 hrs
a. Calcium hydroxide pulpotomy
b. Extraction
c. Pulpectomy
26. Most common tooth to be retained in the primary dentition is
a. 2nd m
b. Canine
c. Lat maxillary incisor
27.All of the following are signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia
except
a. Polyuria
b. Polydypsia
c. Confusion
d. Irritability
28. Signs of hypoparathyrodism
29.Signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism
30.The kinematic face bow registers
a. Maxilla to terminal hinge axis
b. Maxilla to mandible
c. Both jaw to articulator
d. Maxilla to base of the skull
e. ( multiple options)
31.Which of the flowing drugs is less effective with tetracycline
a. Penicillin
b. Heparin
32. In 3 ys old child the location of the mandibular formain is
 a. At the same level of the occlusal plane
b. Above the occlusal plane
c. Below the occlusal plane
d. In general the same level of adults
33.During mandibular movement from the interception position the
pathway of the non working condyle is parallel to
a. The oblique ridge of the 1st max m
b. The lingual groove of 2nd premolar
34.The most common skin cancer in men
a. Basal cell carcinoma
b. Sqamous cell carcinoma
35.The dentine has
a. 50% water
b. 75 % water
c. 60 % water
d. 25 % water
36.Epstine bar virus is associated with
a. Kaposi sarcoma
b. Burkets lymphoma
c. Inficious mononucleosis
d. All the above
37.Regarding resin cements and resin modified GIC cements (chose
incorrect statement)
a. Resin modified GIC cement always have a flouroamino silicate
crystals
b. Resin cements contraindicated for metal restoration
c. Resin cements are available in dual cure , light cure and self
cure
38.When preparing an MO cavity for a primary molar its nt necessary
to use the gingival trimmer to bevel the gingival floor because
 a. The enamel rods incline occlusaly in the gingival third
b. The enamel rods incline cervically
c. It’s too complicated to do an MO cavity in primary teeth
39.The micro tensile strength of a bonding composite restoration is
a. Increased by 50% if clohexidine is used prior to binding
b. Increased by 70% if CHX is used prior to bonding
c. Reduced if benzo… is used as a cavity disinfectant prior to
bonding
40.A 5 yrs old child present to your clinic with a thumb sucking habit
and have a 3 mm overbite and 5 mm overjet, after 6 month the
overbite became 10% and the over jet is 3.5 mm the mother said
that the thumb sucking has reduced to night time only
a. Use a habit breaker appliance
b. Consult a speech therapist
c. Counsel the parents about thumb sucking and monitor the case

41.An RPD with a distal extension for a patient with bajet’s disease:
a. The bone is weak and the alveolar ridge will resorb under the
distal extension and will need frequent relining
b. The bone tends to expand for the maxillary arch and will need
frequent remaking of new dentures
42.The effect of chlorohexidine
a. On cell wall
b. On cell membrane
43.Collimation is used for
a. Reduce low frequency x-rays
b. Better contrast
 c. Magnification
44.When takin a peri apical radiograph to determine the working
length it’s best to use a long cone x-ray why?
a. To reduce magnification
b. To reduce scattered radiation
45.For the treatment of class I furcation
a. Enamel matrix derivatives
b. Root resection
46.To evaluate consciousness depending on how much the patient
speaks and how coherent it is.
a. Glascow scale
b. WHO scale
47.What’s the anterior tooth that can have a bifurcation area
a. Mandibular canine
b. Max canine
c. Max lateral
48.After giving a posterior superior alveolar nerve block what
procedure could be done
a. Extraction of the 2nd molar
b. Apicectomy to the mesio-buccal root of the 2nd molar
c. Mesio-occlusal class II on 1st molar
d. Extraction of third molar
49.Cluster headache
a. Bilateral
b. Unilateral
c. From frontal to occipital
d. Relieved by nicotine in cigarettes
50.Tachyphylaxis is
a. Increased heart rate due to abnormal drug reaction
b. Sudden decrease in the effect of a drug after it was effective
51.What’s the cause of failure of auto-transplantation after 3 years.
a. Inflammatory root resorption
b. Replacement resorption “ankylosis”
c. Root caries
52.The CFU in water in dental clinic should be:
a. Less or equal to 500 cfu/ml
b. Less than 200 cfu/ml