UHS PGET Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery MCQs with Answers: Sample Questions & Preparation

The UHS Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) in Lahore is the written gate to MD, MS, MDS and FCPS induction. It has two papers of 100 single-best-answer MCQs, two hours each: Paper I basic medical sciences and Paper II the specialty. This page is for BDS graduates aiming for MDS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and shows a sample of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery questions with answers and one-line explanations.

What Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery practice covers

The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery bank covers exodontia, trauma, local anaesthesia and oral pathology, alongside the Paper I BDS basic-sciences core. Questions come from FCPS Part 1 and SZABMU Part-I collections plus reviewed recall material, and each keeps a source tag.

Sample MCQs

1. Pregnant women: Select the ONE correct statement.

• A) Rarely get gingivitis
• B) Can take aspirin safely
• C) Can present with an epulis ✅
• D) Must always be given prilocaine (Citanest) and felypressin as a local anaesthetic

In late pregnancy, some patients become hypotensive when supine as the pregnant uterus impedes venous return. Pregnant ladies often get gingivitis.

2. Purplish blue spots, nodules and ridges on anterior ventral surface of the tongue are referred to as:

• A) Neurofibromatosis
• B) Petechial hemorrhages
• C) Lingual varicositics ✅
• D) Lingual hematomas

Lingual varicosities appear as red or purple shot like clusters of vessels on the ventral surface and lateral border of tongue. They occur due to increased hydrostatic pressure but poorly supported by surrounding tissue.

3. Dry mouth may be caused by: Select the ONE correct statement.

• A) Sjögren's syndrome ✅
• B) Bell's palsy
• C) Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of osteoradionecrosis
• D) Parkinson's disease

Bell's palsy and Parkinson's disease are commonly associated with hypersalivation (ptyalism). Hyperbaric oxygen treatment does not cause a dry mouth although the patients may have a dry mouth following the radiotherapy.

4. Adenolymphoma (Warthin's tumour) typically —

• A) Has no predilection for any group of salivary glands
• B) Has an epithelial component consisting of tall columnar epithelial cells ✅
• C) Progresses to malignant lymphoma in approximately 10% of cases
• D) Recurs after excision
• E) Does not form cysts

Warthin's tumour has a double layer of oncocytic epithelium with lymphoid stroma.

5. Mandibular fractures are typically associated with — which ONE of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Lingual or sublingual haematoma
• B) Occlusal derangement
• C) Cerebrospinal otorrhoea ✅
• D) Anaesthesia over the ipsilateral mental region

Cerebrospinal otorrhoea indicates a skull base fracture, not mandibular fracture alone.

6. Gallium scans — which ONE of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) May localise metastatic carcinomas from the lungs, in the mandible
• B) May be useful in the diagnosis and assessment of lymphomas
• C) May be useful in the diagnosis and assessment of sarcoidosis
• D) Usually show uptake strongly in normal salivary glands ✅

Gallium is not concentrated in normal salivary glands.

How to use these questions

Attempt a block of 50 questions in Tutor mode, read every explanation, then redo the ones you missed two days later. In the last two weeks switch to Timed mode with 100 questions in two hours. Dates, fees and the pass percentile change each cycle, so check the current UHS notification.

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