Anatomy Of Oral Cavity And Face Flashcards
What does the parotid gland secrete?
-serous saliva, more watery
What do the sublingual glands secrete
Mucous saliva, more viscous
What do submandibular/maxillary glands secrete?
A mixture of serous and mucous saliva
What is the frankfort plane and when is this important for radiographs?
the horizontal line from the lower margin of the orbit and the upper notch of the tragus of the ear (hole). Important for lining up the horizontal line in OPTs
what is Kennedy class 1 tooth loss
Bilateral edentulous areas located posterior to natural teeth. Most common
what is Kennedy class II tooth loss
A unilateral edentulous area located posterior to natural teeth
what is Kennedy class III tooth loss
A unilateral edentulous area with natural teeth remaining both anterior and posterior to it
what is Kennedy class IV tooth loss
A single, but bilateral (crossing the midline), edentulous areas located anterior to the remaining natural teeth
what is a modification in the Kennedy tooth loss classification (for types 1-3)
an extra space of tooth loss e.g. if a patient had Kennedy class II modification II; they would have UL 3-1 and UR1-3 and UR5-7
why are palatine injections painful
mucosa is tightly bound to the bone so when the fluid is injected into the tissues there is very little space for it to move into, causing a build up of a pressure and pain to the mechanoreceptors
why must we be very careful aspirating when doing a maxillary regional block.
In the area of pterygoid plexus with high vascularity so ensure we aspirate or adrenaline enters the blood system
why should haemophiliacs be very careful with maxillary blocks?
pterygoid plexus full of blood vessels that may haemorrhage and cause excessive bleeding
why can we not provide mandibular infiltrations?
very thick cortical bone with less vasculature than maxilla
which nerve and artery pass through the parotid gland
facial nerve CNVII
external carotid branch of facial nerve
What are the three branches of the trigeminal nerve
opthalmic, maxillary and mandibular
What are the branches and route of the maxillary V2 and what do they innervate?
- posterior superior alveolar nerve branches before entering the infraorbital canal innervates posterior superior teeth
- (in 50% of people there is a middle superior alveolar nerve innervates the middle superior teeth - branches within the infraorbital canal)
- The nerve exits the infra orbital canal s the anterior superior alveolar nerve to innervate the anterior superior teeth
What does the lesser palatine nerve inntervate and where does it exit the cranium
uvula, soft palate and tonsils
lesser palatine foramen
how is the hard palate and nasal septum innervated
- V2
- majority innervated by anterior greater palatine nerve from greater palatine foramen
- nasopalatine nerve innervates the most anterior palate through sphenonasal foramen
why are palatine injections painful
Mucosa is bound very tightly to the underlying bone so very little tissue for anaesthetic to diffuse into, building up pressure and activating pain receptors
what nerve passes distal to the third mandibular molar
lingual nerve branch of alveolar nerve
what joins the lingual nerve to innervate the anterior tongue motor
chorda tympani of CNVII facial nerve
what does the lingual nerve innervate
Lingual gingiva of all mandibular teeth
Mucous membrane of the tongue anterior to the circumvallate papillae (anterior ⅔)
floor of mouth
what does the mental nerve innervate
buccal mucosa and gingiva anteriorly and chin
what branch of the CNV innervates sensory information of the anterior mandibular teeth
incisive branch of IAN
what does the inferior alveolar nerve branch into
mental nerve
incisive nerve
what artery follows the inferior alveolar nerve
inferior dental artery of maxillary artery
what makes the 2 sides of the triangle of which we aim to the centre for an IAN block
anterior ramus of mandible
pterygomandibular raphe
how do we change the angle of injection for a child’s IAN block and why
aim down and more lateral as their alveolar foramen is lower and mandible’s more flared
how do we deal with a flared mandible during IAN block
swing syringe laterally to try hit get closer to bone near the mandibular foramen
use indirect IAN block
differentiate direct and indirect IAN block and reason for
direct: normal route of injection from across contralateral premolars
indirect: used for flared mandibles
- hit bone, swing syringe medially and advance further before swinging laterally and advancing further
if we can not achieve numbness doing an IAN blcok what do we do
aim much higher towards the mandibular condyle to anaesthetise higher up the nerve
why do we not do bilateral IAN blocks
complete numbness of tongue and lips is very uncomfortable for patient
what is anaesthetised with an infraorbital nerve block
teeth and buccal gingiva of upper 1-5 and mesiobuccal cusp of 6
what does the nasopalatine nerve innervate
palate from 1-3 either side and nasal septum
what does the greater palatine nerve innervate
hard palate from 4-8s
if a patient has a middle superior alveolar nerve, what does it supply?
upper 4,5 and mesiobuccally cusp of 6
what is the aim of a mental block
for anaesthetic to diffuse back along the nerve to supress action potentials in the incisve and mental nerve, anaesthetising the lower anterior 4, 3,2,1
what nerve provides sensory innervation of the pharynx
mostly glossopharyngeal nerve CNIX
anterior nasopharynx innervated by pharyngeal branch of V2
what provides motor innervation to the pahrynx
vagus nerve CNX
apart from stylopharyngeus innervated by glossopharyngeal
what does the infra-oribtal nerve innervate
lower eyelid, the side of the nose, and the upper lip (buccal mucosa of upper 1-5)
what is the pathway of the CNV2
maxillary branch of trigeminal
zygomatic branch comes off before entering canal
enters the infra-orbital canal
within canal branches superior posterior, middle superior and anterior superior alveolar nerves branch off to innervate teeth
exits infraorbital canal becoming infraorbital nerve
innervates buccal mucosa, lower eyelid and upper lip
how does an infraorbital nerve block work
anaesthetic diffuses into the infraorbital canal affecting anterior (and middle) superior alveolar nerve and infraorbital nerve numbs upper 1-5 and mesiobuccally cusp of 6 and lips, lower eyelid and buccal mucosa of 1-5
where is there overlap between soft tissue innervation in the oral cavity
between 5-6 long buccal and mental nerve
across any midline tongue/gingiva/lips
what is the pterygomandibular space bound by and why is this important
medially by medial pterygoid anteriorly by buccinator laterally by ramus of mandible superiorly by lateral pterygoid where we find mandibular foramen for IAN block