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Standardized Format for Drug References


Following is a list of drugs (generic and trade name) that you may be using in your test items. The AAP test
construction committee has reviewed each of the following and developed a standardized format so that all
items on the exam refer to each drug in the same fashion. Please use the format listed below if you refer to any
of these drugs.
Abacavir (Ziagen®)
Clarithromycin (Biaxin®) Clindamycin HCl (Cleocin) American Academy of Periodontology

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Quaternary ammonium compounds (Cepacol) Naproxen sodium (Anaprox, Naprosyn®) Triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide (Maxzide) Physostigmine salicylate (Antilirium) American Academy of Periodontology

Format for Acronyms that Appear in Test Items

You may use the acronym rather than spelling out the words for any of the following:
ABO
(as in “cluster of differentiation”) (Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs) (Collogen type 1 C-terminal telopeptide) (demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft) (fragment crystallizable region, or tail region) American Academy of Periodontology

Format for Acronyms that Appear in Test Items (Continued…)

HCl
(Carboxyterminal Telopeptide of type 1 Collagen) (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphatate) (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial research) (Platelet derived growth factor, rhPDGF should probably be OK too) (Receptor Activator for Nuclear factor Kappa B) (Receptor Activator for Nuclear factor Kappa B ligand) (Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein) (Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase) American Academy of Periodontology

Format for Acronyms that Appear in Test Items (Continued…)

TH

Unacceptable Acronyms – May Not be Used


The following acronyms have been found unacceptable. Terms should be spelled out.
AGP
(as in “are synthesized de novo by the rough ER”) (HIV-associated periodontitis or necrotizing ulcerative periodontitus) (as in “MHC class II” Major Histocompatibilty Complex) (Ramfjord’s Periodontal Disease Index) (P. gingivalis or Porphyromonas gingivalis) American Academy of Periodontology

Unacceptable Acronyms – May Not be Used (Continued…)

PRPP
(Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases)

Formats for Commonly Appearing Terms


When referring to the items below, please utilize the standardized format provided below (including capitalization
and hyphenation).
 “bone-marrow” when being used as an adjective  “bone marrow” (no hyphen) when being used as a noun  Necrotizing Ulcerative Periodontitis All periodontal pathogenic bacteria should be italicized, the genus abbreviated, and the species written out (e.g., P.gingivalis, B. forsythus). Again, in the question stem, spell out the genus.

Source: http://www.perio.org/sites/default/files/files/PDFs/Postdoc%20Education/In-Service%202014%20Format%20for%20Drug%20Reference%20and%20Acronyms.pdf