CLINICAL SYNOPSES Flashcards
When doing your intra-oral exam, what do you need to be able to note in relation to occlusion?
- Angles classification & incisal classification
- History of orthodontic therapy or occlusal disorder
- Presence, location of crowding and malocclusion
- Loss of posterior occlusal contacts
- Signs of toothwear
- Occlusal guidance
- Presence of fremitus
- OVD/RVD
When charting what is the order you follow?
- Teeth present/absent
- Restorations = type, location, integrity, nature, material
- Caries = primary or secondary, active or arrested
- Endodontics = need radiograph
- Aesthetics = toothwear, crown/veneer margins, gingival health & contour, exposed root surfaces, lip line, smile width
Give any further investigations that may be carried about after your initial exam & chart?
- Biopsy
- Diet analysis
- Photography
- Radiographs
- Strategic probing
- Sensitivity tests
- Occlusal examination
- Study casts
What is level 1 of a treatment plan?
Immediate
- relief of pain/symptoms
- address patients presenting problems
What is level 2 of a treatment plan?
Stabilisation
- Home care management = OHI, diet advice etc
- Periodontal/gingival management = PMPR, removal of overhangs/poor restorations, relief/treatment of periodontal/gingival problems associated with removable or fixed prosthesis
- Caries management
- Endo management
- Prosthetic/restorative management
What are visual signs of occlusal caries?
- opacity after drying the tooth for 5 seconds
- opacity without air drying
- opacity +/- localised surface breakdown
- grey/brown appearance underlying
- cavitation
What radiograph is preferred for detection of occlusal and interproximal caries?
Bitewings
What are the procedural steps of placement of an indirect pulp cap:
- caries removed carefully in a progressive manner
- cavity cleaned with 0.2% chlorhexidine
- stained (not soft) dentine over the pulp should be left in situ
- cover with a setting calcium hydroxide cement lining (Dycal or Life)
- stronger lining material over this eg RMGIC Vitrebond
- provisional restoration placement
What is the most appropriate method of isolation when doing a direct pulp cap?
Dental dam
Why is RMGIC Vitrebond the preferred lining material?
- Bactericidal
- Adheres to dentine
- Very low solubility
- Radiopaque
- Good compressive strength
What can be used to record dynamic occlusion?
Miller forceps and thin articulating paper
In order to mount study casts on a semi-adjustable articulator, what two records are required?
- facebow transfer
- interocclusal record
What can cause problems/inaccuracy when recording interocclusal records?
- free end saddles
- multiple bounded saddles
- heels of the casts have not been trimmer properly
When is the conformative occlusal restorative approach not advisable?
- when it is not possiblen
- when an increase in OVD is indicated
- when teeth are significantly malposed
- the patient requires a significant change in appearance
- history of persistant fracture of restorations
When should shade selection for an aesthetic direct/indirect restoration be undertaken?
Prior to tooth preparation
- tooth changes colour as they lose moisture
What are the clinical steps of caries removal?
- remove superficial carious enamel & restorative material to the depth of the amelodentinal junction
- extend the superficial preparation to identify the spread of the lesion at the amelo-dentinal junction
- remove dentinal caries peripherally first, then extending deeper by progressive circumferential removal
- reassess the cavity and check proximity to pulp
What should be used to etch teeth?
37% phosphoric acid
What is composite best placed with?
Zirconium Nitride-coated materials
What may suggest that there is interstitial enamel fracture due to polymerisation contraction stresses?
White opaque lines at the cavosurface margins
What is used for ‘fine’ finishing of composite restorations?
Reducing grit size fine abrasive disks (Sof-Lex 3M)
What clamps are used for molars?
A or AW
What clamp is used for incisors, canines and premolars?
E or EW
What can be used to achieve a better seal with dental dam?
Or a seal or OpalDam
What instrument is used to irrigate during endodontic treatment?
Luer lock syringe with gauge 27 endo needle attached to 3mL syringe