Dental System Assessment (terms) Flashcards

1
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What term describes a collection of pus?

A

Abscess

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2
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What term describes an inflammation of the pulp usually due to injury from dental caries or trauma?

A

Acute Pulpitis

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3
Q

What is the most frequent cause of severe tooth pain?

A

Acute Pulpitis

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4
Q

What term describes pain and inflammation resulting from exposed bone associated with disturbance of a blood clot after extraction of a tooth?

A

Alveoloar Osteitis

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5
Q

What is another name for Alveoloar Osteitis?

A

Dry Socket

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6
Q

What is the Natural opening in the root of a tooth?

A

Apical Foramen

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7
Q

What term describes the common form of oral mucosal ulcer?

A

Apthous Ulcer (Canker sore)

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8
Q

What term means torn or dislodged by force?

A

Avulsed

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9
Q

What term describes the calcium and phosphate salts in saliva that become mineralized and adhere to tooth surfaces.

A

Calculus (tartar)

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10
Q

What term describes a superficial infection caused by yeast like fungus?

A

Candidiasis (thrush)

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11
Q

What term describes chalky white spots on the enamel?

A

Caries

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12
Q

What term describes inflammation of cellular or connective tissue?

A

cellulitis

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13
Q

What term describes a specialized external bony layer covering the dentin of the part of a tooth normally within the gum?

A

Cementum

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14
Q

What term describes a fluid or semi-solid, fluid filled sac?

A

cyst

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15
Q

What term describes a pitted area in the tooth caused by decay?

A

Dental Cavity

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16
Q

What is the hard portion of the root that surround the pulp and is covered by enamel on the crown and by cementum on the root?

A

Dentin

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17
Q

What part of the root transmits pain stimuli by way of the dental fibers?

A

Dentin

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18
Q

What term describes the natural teeth in the the dental arch?

A

Dentition

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19
Q

What makes up the anatomic crown of the tooth?

A

Enamel

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20
Q

What is the hardest material in the body?

A

Enamel

21
Q

What is a shallow injury in the mucosa caused by mechanical trauma?

A

Dental Erosion

22
Q

What term describes a connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain a part?

A

Frenum

23
Q

What term describes the masticatory mucosa that covers the alveolar processes of the jaws and surrounds the necks of the teeth.?

A

Gingiva (gums)

24
Q

What term describes inflammation of the gingival tissue?

A

Gingivitis

25
Q

What is the most common human disease and is one of the easiest to treat and control?

A

Gingivitis

26
Q

What term describes inflammation of the tongue?

A

Glossitis

27
Q

What part of the mouth is noted for its softer texture, moist surface, and ability to stretch and be compressed, thereby acting as a cushion for underlying structures?

A

Lining

28
Q

What term describes the formation of white spots or patches on the oral mucosa?

A

Leukoplakia (aka white patch)

29
Q

What term describes a severe infection of the gingival tissue?

A

Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis (NUG) aka Trench Mouth

30
Q

What term describes the natural contact of maxillary and mandibular teeth in all positions?

A

Occlusion

31
Q

What structure is almost continuously lines the oral cavity?

A

Oral Mucosa

32
Q

What type of tissue lines the oral mucosa?

A

stratifed squamus epithelium

33
Q

What term describes the study of all diseases in the oral cavity?

A

Oral Pathology

34
Q

What term describes an alveolar abscess localized around the apex of the tooth root?

A

Periapical Abscess

35
Q

What term describes an inflammation of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth?

A

Pericoronitis

36
Q

What term describes an inflammatory reaction that is frequently caused by bacteria entrapped in the periodontal sulcus?

A

Periodontal Abscess

37
Q

What term describes infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth?

A

Periodontal Disease

38
Q

What is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults?

A

Periodontal Disease

39
Q

What term the fibrous connective tissue layer co covering the cementum of a tooth and holding it in place in the jaw bone?

A

Periodontal Ligament

40
Q

What term describes inflammatory disease of the supporting tissue of the teeth?

A

Periodontitis

41
Q

What term describes the structures that surround, support and attach to the teeth?

A

Peridontium

42
Q

How many permanent teeth are there?

A

32

43
Q

How many primary teeth are there?

A

20

44
Q

What term describes soft deposits on teeth that consists of bacterial and bacterial byproducts?

A

Plaque

45
Q

What is the soft tissue inside the tooth developed from connective tissue of the dental papilla?

A

Pulp

46
Q

What is the chief function of pulp?

A

The formation of dentin

47
Q

What is a general term used to denote inflammation of the oral mucosa?

A

Stomatitis

48
Q

What term describes the space between tooth and free gingiva?

A

Sulcus