Dental Flashcards

1
Q

List equipment for an equine dental exam

A

Sedation
Gloves
Headtorch
Speculum
Mirror
Dental syringe
Dental chart
Headstand
Helmet

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2
Q

What are you looking for on incisors

A

Alignment
Missing teeth
Diastema
Food impactions fracture

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3
Q

What do you look for in the oral exam

A

Mucosal inflammation/ulceration
Sharp points
Alignment
Infundibular/peripheral caries
Diastema
Missing teeth
Fractures

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4
Q

What can retained deciduous teeth cause (incisors)

A

Gaps between adult teeth

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5
Q

What does EOTRH stand for

A

Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption hypercementosis

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6
Q

How many deciduous caps to horses shed

A

12

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7
Q

What are diastema

A

Abnormal gaps between teeth

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8
Q

What are the two types of carie

A

Infundibular and peripheral

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9
Q

Where is an infundibular carie

A

Centre of upper cheek teeth - treatment involves filling

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10
Q

What view is used to image maxillary incisors

A

Dorso-ventral

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11
Q

What view is used to image mandibular incisors

A

Ventro-dorsal

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12
Q

What view is used to image cheek teeth

A

Latero-lateral and dorso-ventral

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13
Q

What view is used to image maxillary cheek teeth

A

Latero30°dorsal-lateroventral oblique

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14
Q

What view is used to image mandibular cheek teeth

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Latero45°ventral-laterodorsal oblique

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15
Q

What view is used to image temporomandibular joint

A

Rostro35°lateral50°ventral-caudidorsal oblique

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16
Q

What is polydontia

A

Too many teeth

17
Q

What is oligodontia

A

Too few teeth

18
Q

What is prognathia

A

Parrot mouth

19
Q

Brachygnathia

A

Sow mouth

20
Q

Which horses are prone to diastemata

A

Warmbloods and senile

21
Q

What do you have to do for sinoscopy

A

Traffine

22
Q

How fast do horses teeth erupt

A

2-5mm a year

23
Q

Where do horses teeth get sharp

A

Buccal aspect of maxillary and Lingual aspect of mandibular

24
Q

Which wolf teeth should be removed

A

Large, unerupted, abnormally positioned, fractured/loose or unilateral

25
Q

Why does over eruption occur

A

Missing tooth loosing

26
Q

When does galvaynes groove occur

A

Starts at 9 reaches occlusal surface around 15

27
Q

How does the shape of the corner incisor change with age

A

<10 wider than long
10 square
>10 longer than wide