3rd year MCQ exam Flashcards
Clinical presentation of reversible pulpitis
Hot/cold stimuli
Seconds duration
Clinical presentation of irreversible pulpitis
Spontaneous hot/cold stimuli
Hours/constant duration
Night waking
Clinical presentation of infective periapical periodontitis
Localised
Biting/pressure stimuli
Hours/constant duration
Night waking
Clinical presentation of traumatic periapical periodontitis
Localised
Biting/pressure stimuli
Hours/constant duration
Clinical presentation of TMJ
TMJ dysfunction causing pain in the joint/surrounding muscles, clicking in the jaw joint, limited mouth opening or locking
Clinical presentation of trigeminal neuralgia
Severe pain, lasting seconds, spontaneous or triggered by touch, eating, talking
Clinical presentation of burning mouth syndrome
Burning sensation experienced in the absence of identifiable organic cause
4 clinical presentations of impacted 3rd molars
Pain
Swelling
Bad taste
Number of episodes
2 types of 3rd molar impaction
Soft tissue
Boney: mesioangular, distoangular, vertical, horizontal
What is the white Winters line
Drawn along the occlusal surfaces of the erupted mandibular molars to show the difference in occlusal level of the 1st and 2nd molar and the 3rd molar
What is the amber Winters line
Drawn from the surface of the bone on the distal aspect of the 3rd molar to the crest of the inter-dental septum between 1st and 2nd molars to show the margin of alveolar bone covering the 3rd molar and how much bone will need to be removed
What is the red Winters line
Drawn perpendicular from the amber line to point of application - usually cemento-enamel junction on mesial aspect of the tooth
4 signs that the inferior dental nerve is close to the tooth
Deviation of nerve
Narrowing of nerve
Loss of tram lines
Change in radiodensity of tooth
6 treatment options for impacted 3rd molars
Surgical removal
Coronectomy
Opercolectomy
Remove opposing tooth
Surgical exposure
Monitor
9 indications for removal of 3rd molars NICE guidelines
Pericoronitis: 2 or more episodes
Unrestorable caries
Non-treatable pulpal disease
Resorption of tooth or adjacent tooth
Periodontal disease
Fracture of tooth
Disease of follicle- cyst /tumour
Tooth impeding surgery
Tooth involved in field of tumour resection
4 indications not to remove impacted 3rd molars
No/ minimal symptoms
Because the contralateral tooth is being removed
Because the patient requests it
Close proximity to ID nerve
4 features of informed consent
Written consent
What is involved
Risks of surgery: post op pain, bruising, time off work, risk of infection, damage to adjacent teeth, damage to ID and lingual nerves
Risks of leaving tooth in situ
STALL mnemonic
Swelling
Trismus
Anaesthesia
Labial
Lingual
3 treatment options for impacted maxillary canines
Leave and monitor
Exposure: open or closed with bracket and chain
Surgical removal
Describe impacted tooth positions identified by parallax
Moves with beam: canine palatally ectopic
Moves opposite to beam: canine labially ectopic
Doesn’t move: in line of the arch
4 common impacted teeth
3rd molars
Canines
Mesiodens
Supernumeraries
Define ameloblastoma
Commonest odontogenic tumour
Benign, locally invasive
Clinical features of ameloblastoma
Incidental finding or presents as swelling, pain, UE teeth
Treatment, prognosis and follow up of ameloblastoma
Requires resection at least 10-15mm beyond radiological margins
Recurrence inevitable if removal incomplete
Annual follow-up for 5 years then every 3 years thereafter
Define odontome
Hamartomatous malformation composed of dentine, enamel, pulp and cementum
Commonest odontogenic tumour-like lesion
Clinical features of odontome
Incidental finding or swelling, UE teeth
Treatment and prognosis of odontome
Enucleation
No recurrence
Define dilacerated incisor
Trauma displaces the crown of the developing tooth, root development continues but at an angle
Define turner teeth
Disorders ranging from yellow brown pigmentation of enamel to extensive pitting and irregularity of crown in permenant teeth
Due to local trauma or infection
Define regional odontodysplasia
Ghost like appearance of teeth
Due to a developmental disorder
Define enamel opacities
White, cream, yellow or brown patches on enamel of random distribution
Caused by local factors
Define tetracycline staining
Grey coloured teeth due tetracycline being ingested and incorporated into teeth and bone mineralising at the time
Define systemic disease or malnutrition teeth disorders
Horizontal band of pitting
Due to systemic disease or malnutrition affecting developing teeth
Define fluorosis
Hypomineralised or hypoplastic enamel due to ingestion of Fl- during tooth formation
Define connation
Union of two teeth during development involving enamel, dentine and pulp
Define concrescence
Union of teeth at the roots by disposition of cementum - always affects the roots
Define dens-in-dente
Deeply-penetrating pit extending into the tooth from the crown
Due to local disturbance of tooth development
Treatment of dens-in-dente
Endodontic/restorative or extraction as required
Define amelogenesis imperfecta
Inherited congenital defects of enamel formation
Clinical features of hypoplastic amelogenesis imperfecta
Thin enamel, surface discoloured and rough but of normal hardness
Clinical features of hypomature amelogenesis imperfecta
Abnormal thickness, opaque or discoloured and slightly softer than normal
Clinical features of hypocalcified amelogenesis imperfecta
Abnormal thickness of enamel, normal colour but very soft
Treatment of amelogenesis imperfecta
Complex restorative procedures required
Define dentinogenesis imperfecta
Inherited congenital defects in dentine formation, which may or may not be associated with osteogenesis imperfecta
Treatment of dentinogenesis imperfecta
Complex restorative procedures required
4 reasons to suspect Gardeners syndrome
Multiple odontomes
Supernumerary teeth
Shortened/deformed roots
“Osteomas” or other stigmata
Common additional teeth
Mandibular and maxillary 3rd molars
Common teeth with connation
Incisors and deciduous canines
Common teeth with concrescence
Molars
Common teeth with dens-in-dente
Maxillary lateral incisors
Define cleidocranial dysplasia
Genetic condition that affects teeth and bones
6 clinical features of cleidocranial dysplasia
Short stature
Prominence of frontal, parietal and occipital bones “bossing”
Absent or hypoplastic clavicles
High-arched palate
Delayed shedding of deciduous teeth
Multiple unerupted teeth in both jaws
Define hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Genetic condition characterised by a developmental failure of ectodermal structures, particularly skin, hair, sweat glands and teeth
Clinical features of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Underdeveloped facial and jaw bones
Few teeth, cone-shaped
Define Down’s syndrome
Congenital condition characterised by intellectual, physical disability and trisomy of chromosome 21
6 clinical features of Down’s syndrome
Hypodontia of deciduous and permanent dentitions
Larger deciduous teeth
Small permanent teeth
Conical, shovel-shaped, talon-cusped incisors
Taurodont molars
Active periodontal disease
Define dentoalveolar abscess
Acute lesion characterised by a localised collection of pus in the structures that surround the teeth
4 conditions that may lead to an abscess
Periapical periodontitis
Periodontal disease
Acute pericoronitis
Infection of a cyst
Clinical presentation of abscess following periapical periodontitis
Severe pain
Poorly localised
TTP
Non responsive to vitality test
History of caries/ trauma
Soft fluctuant swelling
Clinical presentation of abscess following periodontal disease
Mobile tooth
TTP
Positive vitality testing
Swelling often nearer gingival margin
Pus may extrude from gingival margin on probing