Corpsman Manual Ch 8

Question 1

What is the science that treats the nature, causes, and development of oral diseases?

Answer 1

Oral Pathology

Question 2

Salivary glands secrete about how many ml of saliva on a daily basis?

Answer 2

1,500

Question 3

Microscopic counts in saliva show an average of how many microorganisms per milliliter?

Answer 3

750 million

Question 4

What can be defined as any pathological or traumatic disorder of tissue that creates a loss of function of the area affected?

Answer 4

Oral lesions

Question 5

What is a localized collection of pus in a specific area of soft tissue or bone?

Answer 5

abscess

Question 6

What is an enclosed pouch or sac containing fluid or semi-solid material?

Answer 6

cyst

Question 7

What are a disruption of the superficial covering of the mucosa or skin caused by biting, denture irritation, toothbrush injury, viruses or other irritnats?

Answer 7

ulcers

Question 8

What diseaseis caused by amicrobial process that starts on the surface of the teeth and leads to the breaking down of enamel, dentin, and cementum?

Answer 8

Dental caries

Question 9

The process that destroys the hard surfacesof the tooth is called what?

Answer 9

Decay

Question 10

The cause of tooth decay has been linked to a group of bacteria called what, and other acid producing bacteria that are in the oral cavity?

Answer 10

streptococci

Question 11

If the tooth surface has an area that has not progressed past the decalcification stage, this type of carious lesion is called what?

Answer 11

incepient

Question 12

What are decay processes that occur underneath existing dental restorations?

Answer 12

Reccurent caries

Question 13

Whatrefers to pain in the dental pulp and commonly occurs after a restoration has been placed in a tooth?

Answer 13

pulpagia

Question 14

What is an inflammation of the dental pulp, caused by a bacterial infection resulting from dental caries or fractured teeth?

Answer 14

pulpitits

Question 15

What results when the pulp has become inflamed and a small-pus like abcess forms in the pulpal canal?

Answer 15

periapical abscess

Question 16

The death of tissue is called what?

Answer 16

necrosis

Question 17

What is the most prevalent disease of humankind?

Answer 17

periondontal disease

Question 18

What is an inflammation involving the gingival tissues?

Answer 18

Gingivitis

Question 19

What is the most common type of gingival disease?

Answer 19

Marginal Gingivitis

Question 20

What is an inflamtaion of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth?

Answer 20

pericoronitis

Question 21

the most common of all the herpetic HSV-1 Lesions is what?

Answer 21

Herpes labialis

Question 22

The recurrent HSV-1 lesions take about how many days to resolve?

Answer 22

7 to 10

Question 23

What is the main cause of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS)?

Answer 23

Human Immonodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Question 24

What is the loss of substance of a tooth from a wearing away process caused by teeth against teeth?

Answer 24

Attrition

Question 25

What results in the loss of the tooth structure secondary to the action of external agents?

Answer 25

Abrasion

Question 26

What is loss of tooth substances from a chemical process that does not involve bacteria?

Answer 26

Erosion

Question 27

Some types of lesions are called what because the factors producing this condition are unknown or may occur from a known acid source such as people who have bulimia, an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and self induced vomiting?

Answer 27

Idiopathic erosion