ch. 2 Flashcards
what causes turners tooth?
Inflammation of the primary tooth causes enamel defect of permanent tooth
What’s optimum fluoride levels for water?
.7 parts per million
What levels should you worry about kids getting fluorosis?
1.2-1.5 ppm
What is hutchisons triad? (for syphilis)
hutchison’s teeth
interstitial ketatitis (corneal scarring)
8th nerve deafness
What is the definition of “no teeth”? caused by what?
Anodontia
Hereditary hypohidrotic ectdermal dysplasia
What is “lack of 6+ teeth”?
Oligodontia (type of hypodontia)
Where’s the most common site for hyperdontia, supernumerary teeth? And what’s the tooth called
maxillary incisors
mesiodens
Where is the most common site for hypodontia?
Molars
What is Riga-Fede disease?
When you have soft tissue trauma (because of natal teeth)
What are natal teeth?
teeth erupted at birth
What’s it called when you have two fused teeth, but normal number of teeth?
Gemination
What’s it called when you have two fused teeth, but one less tooth than normal?
Fusion
What does concresence teeth look like?
The root cementum is fused to the next tooth
What do dilaceration teeth look like?
Bent tooth root
Dens evaginatus?
a lobe that shoots out the middle of the tooth (usually premolar)
What’s the difference between dens invaginatus and Dens evaginatus?
Dens invaginatus: lateral incisor (actual extra tooth in the center)
Dens evaginatus: usually premolar (extra lobe coming out
What’s dens-in-dente?
Dens invaginatus (seen as a pit on the incisor edge) and it’s an extra tooth inside the tooth