Dental/oral health

Question 1

PCP role

Answer 1

Prescribe oral fluoride tx if water supply is deficient

Apply fluoride varnish to ask-risk children starting at tooth eruption

Question 2

How many teeth by age 2? Adult?

Answer 2

20; 32

Question 3

Teething

Answer 3

Does not cause SYSTEMIC symptoms and not true fevers
Offer CHILLED items, not frozen
No benzocaine gels- could cause methemoglobinemia

Question 4

Physical exam

Answer 4

Teeth, mucosal tissues, tonsils, tongue, floor of mouth, frenula, quantity/quality of saliva