Ch. 4 Procedures for Dental Rehabilitation Flashcards
What is the term for “medical specialization
that includes the group of procedures whose
purpose is to help people to reestablish the
phisiological or anatomical deficiency with the
objective of restoring the lost health”
Rehabilitation
Purpose of dental rehabilitation?
restablish physiological or anataomical deficienty
What is the goal of dental rehabilitation?
restoring lost health (teeth)
What are the 2 types of restorative or conservative procedures?
- direct (dental clinic)
- indirect (dental lab)
What are the conservative treatments? (5)
- PITS AND FISSURES SEALANTS
- FILLINGS
- INCRUSTATIONS
- ROOT CANAL
- APICECTOMIES
What is the purpose of the pits and fissure sealants?
to avoid food being trapped inside
What is the purpose of the filling? (3)
- REMOVAL OF THE DECAYED DENTAL TISSUE
-REPLACE IT WITH A FILLING MATERIAL THAT WILL HARDEN INSIDE
THE TOOTH
-TO REPLACE FUNCTIONAL AND
AESTHETICALLY THE LOST TISSUE
What materials can be used for fillings? (2)
- silver amalgam
- light cured composite (aesthetic filling)
What is the purpose of incrustations? (3)
- to replace decayed tissue with a filling material made in the dental laboratory
- will be bonded to the healthy dental tissue
- functional and aesthetic
What are the 2 types of incrustations?
- in-lay
- on-lay
What materials can incrustations be made of? (3)
- ceramics
- polymerics
- metallics
What materials are used for root canals? (2)
- endodontic files
- guttapercha
What is an apicectomy? (2)
- minor surgical procedure
- removing the tip of the root from one tooth and the infected tissue around it
What are conservative treatments for periodontal disease? (4)
- MANUAL PLAQUE AND CALCULUS REMOVE - ULTRASONICS - SCALING AND ROOT PLANING - SURGERY TECHNIQUES
What are the consequences of tooth decay and periodontal disease? (3)
- AESTHETICS
- FUNCIONALS
- ECONOMICS
