3. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests Flashcards
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What does the SOAP diagnostic sequence stand for?
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What does appraisal mean?
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What are subjective symptoms?
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What is the first treatment plan aimed at accomplishing?
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What are objective signs?
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What are 3 parts of the visual examination?
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What is the purpose of clinical tests?
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What should you try to reproduce during clinical tests?
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Are clinical tests often conclusive or inconclusive?
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Clinical tests are not tests of _____ but rather of _______.
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What instrument is used first in a clinical test?
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What are the best control teeth to use for clinical tests?
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Are there tests for both the pulp and the periradicular tissues?
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What are the two types of periradicular tests?
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What does percussion tell you?
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What are three possible etiologies for inflammation of the PDL?
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How do you document negative, mild, moderate, and severe intensities for response of percussion?
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What does palpation determine the extent of?
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How do you palpate?
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What are the three types of pulp tests?
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What is the temperature for ice used in a cold test?
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What is the temperature for carbon dioxide?
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What is the temperature of the DDM Refrigerants we use at Creighton for cold tests?
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What is severe and prolonged response to cold indicative of?
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No response to cold tests could indicate what? What should you be aware of?
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Are heat tests routinely used?
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When are heat tests useful?
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Exaggerated and lingering respone to heat tests is indicative of what?
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What are 4 ways to do a heat test?
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Are the numbers in electric pulp tests important?
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What do electric pulp tests test for?
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What may cause a false negative in Electric Pulp Tests?
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What three things could cause a false positive in Electric Pulp Testing?
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Do electric pulp tests tell you if the pulp is healthy or not?
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What are the range of numbers for electric pulp tests?
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What is the purpose of Gutta-Percha Tracing?
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In gutta percha tracing, insert GP cone into sinus tract between a _____ size, and then take an X-ray.
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When are anesthetic tests used?
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Anesthetic tests are selective for the ______ tooth (_____ teeth only).
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When all other tests for the vitality of the tooth are inconclusive, what test can be done?
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How do you do the test cavity?
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What does pain using the Tooth Slooth suggest?
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What other dental field mimics endo and is often interrelated with it?
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What are two things done in the periodontal examination?
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What does probing help determine?
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Vital teeth with deep probing depths have what kind of prognosis?
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Necrotic teeth with deep probing depths usually have what kind of prognosis?
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The ____ endo and ____ perio the better the prognosis and vice versa.
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Extensive endodontic involvement can cause ______. Usually this kind of motility is dramatically improved after _____.
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If there is marked mobility of periodontal origin, the prognosis is _____.
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Are most pulp pathology visible or not with radiographs?
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Is periapical pathology visible or not with radiographic interpretation?
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What are two things observed on radiographs of periradicular lesions of endodontic origin?
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Is etiology usually evident on radiographs for periradicular lesions of endodontic origin?
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What hard tissue things are visible on radiographs?
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What are three benefits of CBCT?
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Should you ever use one single test to make your diagnosis?
