14295_Ch8_OralPathologyQs Flashcards
Daily saliva?
1,500ml
Microorganisms per milliliter of saliva?
750 million
Most common lesions beneath mucosa?
Abscess, Cyst, Ulcers
Localized collection of pus, often bacterial infection?
Abscess
Sac containing fluid?
Cyst
Toothbrush injury may cause?
Ulcers
Two most common elevated lesions?
Vesicles, Hematoma
Elevation that contains fluid?
Vesicles
Two common non-elevated lesions?
Petechiae, Ecchymoses
Break on or in tooth?
Carious lesion
Process that destroys hard surface of tooth?
Decay
First step in decay process?
Bacterial plaque, acid (from food)
Dental caries appear first as?
Chalky white spot on enamel
Lesion that hasn’t passed calcification stage?
Incipient
Common diseases of the pulp?
Pulpalgia, pulpitis, periapical abscess, necrosis
Pain in dental pulp?
Pulpagia
Inflammation of dental pulp caused by bacterial infection?
Pulpitis
Small pus-like abscess forms in the pulpal canal?
Periapical abscess