6. Periodontal Pocket Formation and Bone Loss Flashcards
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What kind of radiograph is needed for all patients in periodontal clinic?
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What do periapical radiographs do?
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What technique is used for periapical radiographs?
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What is a horizontal bitewing used for?
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What is a vertical bitewing used for?
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What are bitewings best used to evaluate?
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What type of radiograph has the least interproximal bone distortion?
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What are the two definitions for periodontal pockets?
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What is another name for a Gingival Pocket?
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How is a gingival pocket formed?
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When does a periodontal pocket form?
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What are the three classifications of pockets?
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What are the 2 types of periodontal pockets?
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Where is the bottom of the pocket of a suprabony pocket relative to the alveolar bone?
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Where is the bottom of an intrabony pocket relative to the alveolar bone?
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For an intrabony periodontal pocket, the pocket wall lies between the ______ and the ______.
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What is the initial lesion in the development of periodontitis?
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What is the first step of pocket formation?
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What fibers are destroyed when there is inflammation in the connective tissue wall of the gingival sulcus?
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What does the junctional epithelium do as a result of loss of gingival collagen fibers?
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What happens to the cementum facing the pocket wall when there is pocket formation?
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What two things do bacteria penetrate when the cementum facing the pocket wall becomes exposed to the oral environment?
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Scaling an root planing should remove _____ of the cementum to _______.
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Bacteria may evade the host defense and scaling and root planing efforts by ________.
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What is the formula for Clinical Attachment Loss?
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Gingival margin position is relative to the _____.
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What is it called when the gingival margin is apical to the CEJ?
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Is the number for gingival margin when there is recession negative or positive?
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Is the number for the gingival margin when the gingival margin is coronal to the CEJ negative or positive?
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What is the number for the gingival margin when the gingival margin is at the CEJ?
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What instrument do you use to detect a subgingival CEJ?
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Detecting Subgingival CEJs:
- Insert pribe into the ____ to feel for the CEJ.
- Hold the probe at a ____ angle when detecting CEJs.
- Measure where the gingival margin _____.
- Record gingival margin as a _____ number.
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What is the gingival margin a negative or positive number when the interdental papilla fills the interproximal space?
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Is the interproximal gingival margin negative or positive when there is gingival recession and there is an open interproximal space?
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What is the clinical attachment loss value when the probe depth is 6 mm and the GM is -2mm?
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Clinical attachment loss tells you how much attachment loss there is from the _____. It is the distance from the ____ to the ______.
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Periodontal disease activity goes through periods of ______ and ______.