Dr. Bitters section

Question 1

What two attachments make form the biologic width?

Answer 1

Connective tissue and epithelial attachment form the biological width.

Question 2

What is the average biologic width

Answer 2

2mm

Question 3

When does hemorrhagic exudate occur?

Answer 3

Hemorrhagic exudate does NOT occur with gentle probing UNLESS perio or systemic disease is present

Question 4

Gingivitis

Answer 4

Inflammatory/Immune response to microbes w/in gingiva
Episodic or Reversible
Edema, Bleeding (hemorrhagic exudate), calculus or plaque with NO radiographic evidence of bone loss.

Question 5

Don’t forget, you have chronic and acute gingivitis?

Answer 5

Acute - sudden and short, PAIN, severe inflammation

Chronic - long, fewer symptoms, most commonly diagnosed

Question 6

What is recurrent gingivitis?

Answer 6

reappears after having been eliminated by Tx.

May vary in clinical couse - acute to chronic, depending on microbial virulence and host response

Question 7

What is the sequence of plaque biofilm development and maturation?

Answer 7

Planktonic organisms attach from saliva
Early colonizers
Proliferation and continuing colonization/maturation
Seeding and DISPERSAL

Question 8

Gingival bleeding on probing indicates an inflammatory lesion both in the ___ and the ______.

Answer 8

BOP indicates and inflammatory lesion between the EPITHELIUM and the CONNECTIVE TISSUE.