Corpsman Manual Ch 8 Flashcards
What is the science that treats the nature, causes, and development of oral diseases?
Oral Pathology
Salivary glands secrete about how many ml of saliva on a daily basis?
1,500
Microscopic counts in saliva show an average of how many microorganisms per milliliter?
750 million
What can be defined as any pathological or traumatic disorder of tissue that creates a loss of function of the area affected?
Oral lesions
What is a localized collection of pus in a specific area of soft tissue or bone?
abscess
What is an enclosed pouch or sac containing fluid or semi-solid material?
cyst
What are a disruption of the superficial covering of the mucosa or skin caused by biting, denture irritation, toothbrush injury, viruses or other irritnats?
ulcers
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?
Dental caries
The process that destroys the hard surfacesof the tooth is called what?
Decay
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?
streptococci
If the tooth surface has an area that has not progressed past the decalcification stage, this type of carious lesion is called what?
incepient
What are decay processes that occur underneath existing dental restorations?
Reccurent caries
Whatrefers to pain in the dental pulp and commonly occurs after a restoration has been placed in a tooth?
pulpagia
What is an inflammation of the dental pulp, caused by a bacterial infection resulting from dental caries or fractured teeth?
pulpitits
What results when the pulp has become inflamed and a small-pus like abcess forms in the pulpal canal?
periapical abscess
The death of tissue is called what?
necrosis
What is the most prevalent disease of humankind?
periondontal disease
What is an inflammation involving the gingival tissues?
Gingivitis
What is the most common type of gingival disease?
Marginal Gingivitis
What is an inflamtaion of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth?
pericoronitis
the most common of all the herpetic HSV-1 Lesions is what?
Herpes labialis
The recurrent HSV-1 lesions take about how many days to resolve?
7 to 10
What is the main cause of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS)?
Human Immonodeficiency Virus (HIV)
What is the loss of substance of a tooth from a wearing away process caused by teeth against teeth?
Attrition
What results in the loss of the tooth structure secondary to the action of external agents?
Abrasion
What is loss of tooth substances from a chemical process that does not involve bacteria?
Erosion
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?
Idiopathic erosion
