Clinical SAQs Flashcards
What is MIH?
A developmentally derived enamel defect that involves hypomineralisation of one to four of the first permanent molars, often associated with similarly affected permanent incisors
How to manage MIH manifesting as mild enamel opacities without enamel breakdown on first permanent molars?
Prevention - high risk, fluoride toothpaste at least 1450ppm F, fissure seal with resin sealant, fluoride varnish 2.2% up to 4 times yearly, daily 225ppmF- rinse, investigate diet and advise
Manage sensitivity - casein phosphopetide amorphous calcium phosphate tooth mousse, fluoride mouthwash and varnish
May need nitrous oxide sedation to help with compliance because teeth may be tricky to anaesthetise
How to manage MIH manifesting as mild enamel opacities with enamel breakdown on first permanent molars?
Stabilisation - glass ionomer cement, consider orthodontic referral to discuss long term plans for retention of these molars and discuss extractions at appropriate age/stage of dental development
May need nitrous oxide inhalation sedation to help with compliance as teeth may be difficult to anaesthetise
Restorations - GIC or RMGIC not recommended in stress bearing areas and can only be used as intermediate restoration, composite resin is the material of choice, using LA and rubber dam
What clinical signs may suggest that a maxillary canine is ectopic?
Absence of maxillary canine in the appropriate position
Absence of canine bulge in the buccal sulcus
Deciduous upper canine still in place and not mobile
Protrusion of the lateral incisor
Other associated dental anomalies such as hypodontia, malformed teeth, delayed eruption of teeth, enamel hypoplasia
What special tests would be warranted if ectopic maxillary canine was suspected in a 13 year old patient?
Radiograph - maxillary standard occlusal or PA, and another radiograph to localise
CBCT can often give further information about its relationship with the adjacent teeth and any associated pathology
When would you consider the surgical removal of an ectopic canine?
When the tooth shows associated pathology such as a dentigerous cyst or root resorption
Where there is evidence of root resorption of the adjacent teeth caused by the impacted canine
When a patient is having orthodontic tx to align the adjacent teeth and it is thought to be in the way of the planned movement
If the patient chooses the option of an implant to replace the canine and avoid the need for extended orthodontic treatment
When would you consider leaving an impacted ectopic canine?
Where there is no pathology associated with the canine
The patient is not having orthodontic tx that requires its removal
There is a risk of damaging adjacent teeth by removing it
When a patient declines to have it removed
Where there are contraindications in the medical history to removal of the tooth
What are the various components of a removeable orthodontic appliance and what function does each one perform?
Active component - site of delivery of force to move a tooth/teeth
Retentive component - these components keep the appliance in the mouth
Anchorage component - provide resistance to unwanted tooth movement
Baseplate - holds all of the components together
What are the advantages to the design of an Adam’s clasp?
Provides retention and anchorage
Easy to adjust to anterior and posterior teeth
Versatile - auxiliary fittings include double clasps, hooks for elastics, tubes for headgear attachment
Retentive components
Adams clasp
Labial bow
South end clasp
When would you use an anterior bite plane?
To allow the posterior teeth to erupt while preventing the anterior teeth from erupting any more, as the posterior teeth erupt there is vertical development of the alveolus and the condyles will grow - to decrease an overbite
(only to be used in a patient who is still growing)
When would you use a posterior bite plane?
Allows anterior teeth to erupt further while the posterior teeth are prevented from further eruption - to increase a reduced overbite
(only to be used in a patient who is still growing)
Advantages of removeable appliances
Easier to maintain OH than with fixed
Create effective tipping movements of teeth
Can transmit forces to blocks of teeth
Cheap to make
Less chairside time than fixed
Good anchorage
Upper and lower 6s
Mineralisation commences
Eruption
Root formation completed
Birth
6-7 years
9-10 years
Upper As
Mineralisation commences
Eruption
Root formation completed
3-4 months in utero
7 months
1.5-2 years
Upper 3s
Mineralisation commences
Eruption
Root formation completed
4-5 months
11-12 years
13-15 years
Lower 5s
Mineralisation commences
Eruption
Root formation completed
2.25-2.5 years
11-12 years
13-14 years
Upper Ds
Mineralisation commences
Eruption
Root formation completed
5 months in utero
12-16 months
2-2.5 years
Lower 8s
Mineralisation commences
Eruption
Root formation completed
8-10 years
17-21 years
18-25 years
Name 2 conditions which may result in delayed eruption of primary teeth
Preterm birth
Nutritional deficiency
Turner syndrome
Down syndrome
Hereditary gingival fibromatosis
Name local conditions that might delay permanent tooth eruption
Supernumerary teeth
Crowding
Cystic change around tooth follicle
Ectopic position of the tooth germ
Name systemic conditions that may cause delayed permanent tooth eruption
Down syndrome/Turner syndrome - chromosomal abnormalities
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Nutritional deficiency
Hereditary gingival fibromatosis
Hypothyroidism
Hypopituitarism
Prevalence of hypodontia in the primary dentition
<1%
Prevalence of hypodontia in the permanent dentition, and which gender is it more common in?
3.5-6.5%
Females
What is infra occlusion and how is it graded?
Teeth that fail to maintain their occlusal relationship with opposing teeth, previously called submerged or ankylosed.
Most commonly affects deciduous lower molars.
Grade 1 - the occlusal surface is above the contact point of the adjacent tooth
Grade 2 - The occlusal surface is at the contact point of the adjacent tooth
Grade 3 - the occlusal surface is below the contact point of the adjacent tooth
What percentage of primary molars become infraoccluded?
8-14%
How would you manage an 11 year old with an infraoccluded lower second deciduous molar?
Take a radiograph to see if there is a permanent successor
If there is one, it is likely that this infraoccluded tooth will exfoliate at around the same time as the contralateral, when the permanent successor starts to erupt
When would you refer an infra occluded lower second molar for surgical removal?
When there is no permanent successor and the tooth will probably disappear below the gingival margin
If a tooth is infraoccluded below the gingival tissue, and there is a permanent successor what could have happened to the deciduous?
What needs to be considered after removal of the deciduous molar?
IT may have become ankylosed
Space maintenance for the permanent successor will need to be considered after extraction
12 year old patient has fallen and hit 11 and 21 which are now mobile and the crowns palatally displaced
What special tests would you carry out?
Periapical radiographs to check for root fractures
Sensibility testing
12 year old patient with 11 and 21 middle third root fractures. The teeth are mobile and the crowns palatally displaced. How would you treat this?
Splint the teeth using a flexible splint that allows physiological tooth movement
A wire splint that is bonded to the inured teeth and one healthy tooth on either side of the injured teeth used acid etched composite (easy to construct and well tolerated)
The splint must be kept in place for 4 weeks
Middle third root fracture of 11 in a 12 year old
Coronal portion of the pulp becomes non vital
How would you manage this?
Extirpate the pulp up to the fracture line
Fill the root canal with non setting calcium hydroxide to encourage barrier formation coronal to the fracture line
Change CaOH every 3 months until barrier is formed, at which point obturate the coronal root with GP and keep the tooth under review
How to treat dentoalveolar fracture?
Reposition and splint for 4 weeks
What is behavioural management?
A way of encouraging a child to have a positive attitude towards oral health and healthcare so that treatment can be carried out. It is based on establishing communication while alleviating anxiety and fear, as well as building a trusting relationship between the dentist/therapist and delivering dental care
Examples of behaviour management techniques
Tell show do
Positive reinforcement
Non-verbal communication
Voice control
Distraction
What drug is usually used for inhalational sedation?
Nitrous oxide
Contraindications to nitrous oxide
Sickle cell disease
Sever emotional disturbances
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cooperative patient
First trimester pregnancy
Drug related dependency
In a 15 year old with a retained, mobile upper C how would you determine whether the canine was present?
Clinical examination - angulation of the lateral incisors - a buccally placed ectopic canine might push the apex of the lateral palatally making the crown proclined
Palpation of the buccal sulcus and palate may reveal a bulge
Radiographs are the definitive method of determining presence
Explain how you would use an OPT and a PA to determine the position of an unerupted tooth
Parallax technique
When two views are taken with different angulations, any object that is further away from the tube will move the same direction as the tube
This can be applied in a horizontal or vertical direction
With these two views, OPT has been taken from a near horizontal position and the PA has been taken from a higher angulation
If the canine tooth appears lower on the OPT than the PA then it is palatally placed
Combinations of radiographs that can be used for parallax
Two PAs from different horizontal angulations
A PA and an upper occlusal
An upper occlusal and an OPT
What type of appliance are
Andresen
Frankel
Twin block
How do they work?
Functional appliances
They use, guide, or eliminate the forces generated by the orofacial musculature, tooth eruption and facial growth to correct a malocclusion
What age group are functional appliances most effective in?
Growing children
Preferably before the pubertal growth spurt as they use the forces of growth to correct the malocclusion
Which type of malocclusion is most successfully treated with functional appliance?
What skeletal effects are thought to occur?
Class II especially div 1
Can also be used to treat AOB and class III
Thought to provide a combination of skeletal and dental effects
The mandible is stimulated to grow and the glenoid fossa remodels forwards as the appliances pull the condylar cartilage forwards
It is also claimed that maxillary growth is inhibited
Name two skeletal and two dental changes that are reported to occur with the use of functional appliances
Skeletal
Restraint or redirection of forward maxillary growth
Optimisation of mandibular growth
Forward movement of glenoid fossa
Increase of lower facial height
Dental changes
Palatal tipping of upper incisors
Labial tipping of lower incisors
Inhibition of forward movement of maxillary molars
Mesial and vertical eruption of mandibular molars
What determines the response of a tooth when force is applied to it?
Magnitude and duration
What changes are seen in the PDL when orthodontic forces are applied to teeth?
Tension side - stretching of the PDL fibres and stimulation of the osteoblasts on the bone surface leading to bone deposits
Compression side - Compression of blood vessels, osteoclast accumulation which results in resorption of bone and formation of Howship lacunae into which fibrous tissue is deposited
Give 5 complications of ortho tx
RR
Enamel decal
Gingivitis
Trauma
Allergy
Relapse
Loss of tooth vitality
Tipping force
50-75g
Translational force
100-150g
Rotational force
50-100g
Extrusion force
50g
Intrusion force
15-25g
Name a commonly used index that categorises the urgency and need for orthodontic treatment?
How many components does it have and what grades does it incorporate?
IOTN Index of orthodontic treatment need, designed to establish the impact a malocclusion is likely to have on a patients dental health and psychological wellbeing
1 - dental health component 1-5, 1 being no and 5 being very great need for tx
2 - aesthetic component 1-10, 1/2 being no and 8/9/10 being significant need for treatment
When is it important to consider the aesthetic IOTN score?
When DHC gives a 3, 6 or above in aesthetic indicates a need for ortho treatment
Name 4 caused of a midline diastema
Physiological
Small teeth in larger maxilla
Missing teeth
Midline supernumerary, odontome
Proclination of upper segment
Prominent frenum
How would you determine the cause of a midline diastema?
History and examination
Look for a prominent frenum (pull the lip to put under tension and look for blanching of the incisive papilla), proclined upper incisors, size of the teeth in the segment
Radiographs will help confirm if any teeth are missing or the presence of supernumerary. A notch of the interdental bone between the upper centrals is another sign of prominent frenum
Once you have determined the cause of a midline diastema how should the patient be managed?
- If upper 3s UE and diastema <3mm then reassess once 3s erupted
- If upper 3s are UE and diastema >3mm then ortho may be needed when 3s erupt
- If upper 3s are erupted the incisors require ortho or restorative to close gap
- If there is a prominent frenum, refer for surgical opinion
- If supernumerary refer for surgical removal
How common is CLP in western europe
1:700 births
At what age do most units carry out closure of the cleft lip?
3 months
At what age do most units carry out repair of cleft palate?
9-18 months
Name two dental anomalies that often occur in cleft patients
Hypodontia
Supernumerary
Delayed eruption
Hypoplasia
At what stage is ortho treatment needed in CLP?
Mixed and/or permanent dentition
Mixed dentition - proclination of the upper incisors may be necessary if they erupt in lingual occlusion, ortho expansion of collapsed arch and alignment of upper incisors is required prior to alveolar bone grafting
Permanent dentition - fixed appliances are usually required for alignment and space closure
Orthognathic surgery and associated ortho when growth completed
Pts classically have a hypoplastic maxilla with class III and orthognathic surgery is for improvement in aesthetics and function