CPD questions September 2025

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Article: The interrelationship between periodontal disease and systemic health

This article is freely available to read in the BDJ at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-025-8642-2.

1. The link between periodontitis and endothelial dysfunction can be potentially explained by three primary hypotheses. Which is not one of them?

A. bacteriological

B. inflammatory

C. genetic

D. immunological

2. A group of conditions characterised by obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and dysglycaemia are known under the term:

A. Jurgen's quartet

B. metabolic syndrome

C. pre-diabetes

D. lifestyle dysfunction

3. Oral bacteria have been linked to HAP. For what does HAP stand?

A. human activated periodontitis

B. holistic-allogenic periodontitis

C. hypertensive anomalous phenotype

D. hospital-acquired pneumonia

4. Which common risk factors are shared by chronic kidney disease and periodontitis?

A. DM

B. advancing age

C. smoking

D. all of the above

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