Cariology pp3 Flashcards
Having any one of the 4 disease indicators place patient automatically in what risk category?
High risk category
Having any one of the 9 risk factors for caries automatically places patient in what risk category?
Moderate risk category
Having any of the protective factors and the absence of disease or risk factors automatically places the patient in what category?
Low risk category
What are the 4 risk assessment procedures?
- Diet analysis
- Plaque pH measurements
- Saliva flow test
- Bacterial test
What 4 things are you looking for when you ask a patient to record a week long diet log or fill out a dietary risk survey?
- Analyze fermentable sugars/carbs
- Find “hidden sugars”
- Frequency of snack time exposures
- Duration of each sugar exposure
Is dietary risk the same as caries risk?
No - high dietary risk put you at moderate caries risk
What are some examples of “hidden sugars”?
- Cereals
- Fructose
- Lactose and baby bottle syndrome
- Sucrose
- Sticky foods (contact time)
When is the bacterial test mandatory in an exam?
Extreme or high risk levels (optional in moderate)
How is plaque pH measured?
Use toothpick to collect plaque from teeth then place on litmus paper, record the pH every minute for at least 20 minutes, and then create a graph
Frequent snacking throughout the day =______ _____ _____ = multiple demineralization periods. _______ occurs between demineralization times.
Multiple acid challenges
Remineralization
How is the saliva flow test done?
Get a small piece of paraffin wax or 2 sticks of sugarless gum and have patient chew at least 3 minutes. Then patients spits into measuring cup and calculate ml/minute
What is the saliva flow that indicates xerostomia?
< or equal to 0.7 ml/min with sugarless gum**
What is the normal saliva flow rate for adults?
> or equal to 1.4 ml/min with sugarless gum***
What are 4 affects of xerostomia?
- Slow clearance of food particles
- Decrease buffering of acids
- Encourage growth of bacteria
- Inhibit remineralization bc Ca and P ions are reduced
5 possible causes of xerostomia
- Many medications
- Radiation therapy to head/neck
- Salivary gland disease
- Diabetes
- Aging