Smoking and oral health quiz

This is a 7-question quiz to test your knowledge of the materials provided in the Practice Information Sheet. Please record your choices on a piece of paper and use it to compare with the answers we provide at the bottom of this page.

Question 1. Smokers are _____________ likely to suffer from severe periodontitis compared to non-smokers. Fill in the blank.

(a) None of the response options given

(b) three times more

(c) less

(d) 5 - 10 times more

Question 2. Smoking is a complex behavioural and psychological issue and

(a) dentists should not deal with it

(b) dentists are not qualified to talk to patients about it

(c) dentist should only deal with it if patients ask questions about it

(d) dental practitioners not only should be able to diagnose smoking related diseases, but also should play an active role in both prevention and smoking cessation.

Question 3. Dental treatment outcome and long term prognosis for oral health: (pick the most important)

(a) depends on the skills of the clinician

(b) has nothing to do with the patient's smoking habit

(c) depends on patient's awareness of his/her role in the maintenance phase of the treatment

(d) depends on patient's cooperation in maintaining oral health after the treatment

Question 4. After dental extraction, the incidence rate of alveolar osteitis is ............ for smokers as compared to non-smokers. Fill in the blank.

(a) greater

(b) no different

(c) lower

(d) no scientific evidence

Question 5. In Australia ...... of all cancers are oral cancers. Fill in the blank.

(a) more than 10%

(b) 5% to 10%

(c) 3%

(d) 1%

Question 6. Awareness of health problems associated with smoking is:

(a) high for general health/low for dental consequences

(b) low for both general health and dental consequences

(c) high for both general health and dental consequences of smoking

(d) low for general health/high for dental conse

Question7. Early oral cancer lesions:

(a) present as a small white or red area that heals up easily

(b) are symptomatic from the beginning

(c) present as a small white or red area that does not heal up for a long time

(d) answers (b) & (c)

 

Please choose your response to the seven questions above: