Chapter 5 Flashcards
Developmental disorder
Abnormality resulting from the failure or disturbance of the developing body’s cell divisions, multiplication or differentiation.
Inherited disorder
Caused by abnormality in genetic makeup passed in from parents to offspring
Congenital disorders
Present at birth. Not all congenital disorders are genetic, but all genetic disorders are congenital because they are present at birth.
Ankyloglossia
Soft tissue abnormality
Extensive adhesion of tongue to the floor of mouth.
Can cause gingival recession and bone loss.
Commisurar lip pits
Soft tissue abnormality.
Corners of mouth
Cyst
Abnormal, pathological, sac or cavity lined by epithelium, enclosed in a CT capsule
Dentigerous cyst
(Follicular cyst)
Forms around crown of unerupted tooth
Originates from the reduced enamel epithelium
Most common in third molar area
Well defined unilocular radiolucency around crown or impacted tooth
TX: surgical removal of cyst, and often tooth.
Found in BONE
Odontogenic cyst
Anodontia
Congenitally missing all teeth
Hypodontia
Congenital lack of one or more teeth
Supernumerary tooth
Extra tooth, mesiodens (at maxillary midline) are most common
Mocrodontia
Small teeth. Most common: peg lateral
Gemination
Single tooth root attempting to divide into two crowns.
Counted teeth - should be a normal count of teeth
Fusion
Union of two adjacent tooth germs
Counted- less than normal counted teeth
Concreasance
Adjacent teeth joined by cementum only
Dilaceration
Abnormal curve or angle of roots