Chapter 8: The Digestive System Therapeutic Procedures Flashcards
Bridge
Dental appliance to replace missing teeth. Added to adjacent teeth for support
Crown
Artificial covering for a tooth that is created to replace the original enamel covering of the tooth
Denture
Partial or complete set of artificial teeth that are set in plastic materials. Acts as a substitute for the natural teeth and related structures.
Extraction
Removing or pulling of teeth
Implant
Prosthetic device placed in the jaw to which a tooth or denture may be anchored
Root canal:
Dental treatment for the pulp cavity of the root of a tooth. Save a tooth that is badly infected or abscessed.
Gavage
Use of a nasogastric (NG) tube to place liquid nourishment directly into the stomach
Lavage
Use of a nasogastric (NG) tube to wash out the stomach (after ingestion of dangerous substances)
Nasogastric intubation:
A flexible catheter is put into the nose, esophagus & stomach. Can be used for feeding or to suction out stomach contents
Total parenteral nutrition:
Providing 100% of a patient’s nutrition intravenously (when a patient is unable to eat)
Anastomosis
To surgically create a connection between two organs or vessels. (joining together two cuts of the intestines after a section is removed)
Appendectomy
Surgical removal of the appendix
Bariatric surgery
Group of surgical procedures used to treat morbid (extreme) obesity in which there is stomach stapling and restrictive banding to reduce the size of the stomach
Cholecystectomy
surgical removal of the gallbladder
Choledocholithotripsy
Crushing of a gallstone in the common bile duct