EO/IO Inspection Quiz 3 Flashcards

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Objectives of Oral Exam (1)

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Note Normal Deviations
Oral Cancer Screening
Determine need for postponement of treatment
Early detection of lesions

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Objectives of Oral exam (2)

Identify

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Identify conditions that may require medical eval

Identify need for treatment adaptation

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Objectives of Oral exam (3)

Provide

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Provide baseline comparison

Provides info for legal record

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Compare: Normal/Normal Deviations/Abnormal

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Symmetry/Asymmetry
Color
Size (mm/cm)
Location
Shape (define border)
Consistency (hard, soft, fluid inside)
Texture (rough, smooth)
Painful (are they aware)
Mobility (deeply rooted, mobile)
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History of Lesion

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Duration (When first noticed?)
Changes (in size and look)
Sign/Symptoms associated w/ it (differentiate)
Reoccurrence (Did you have it and now it’s back)

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Systematic Sequence

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Increases patient confidence in you
Prevents overlooking and missing imp. details
Increase efficiency and conserves time

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Types of Exams

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Complete
Screening (limited, classify)
Limited (emergency, important to them)
Follow-up
Maintenance (reoccuring 3,4,6 months)
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Method used in Conducting an Oral Exam

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Observation, Palpation, Ausculation (clicking/popping), Olfactation, Instrumentation, Percussion (tap to check teeth) Electrical (pulp tester)

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Palpation

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Digital, Bidigital, Manual, Bimanual, Bilateral, Circular Compression

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Most Common Sites in the Oral Cavity for Lesions

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Lateral border of tongue
Gingiva
Soft Palate complex (HPV)
Floor of mouth
Lower lip (More common in men)
Salivary Glands
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Oral Cancer Risk Factors

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Age, Gender (M>F) Sunlight, Tobacco/Alcohol use (combined as well) Previous malignancy, Area, Environmental/Occupational, Socioeconomic, Specific Disease (HIV), Repeated Trauma

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Questions to ask the patient

**Make sure to always ask questions

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Are they aware?
Do they know when the lesion occured?
Have they noticed any changes?
Are they having any symptoms?
Have they had any testing?
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Careful Communication

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Be reassuring
Don't act alarmed
Stress the need for a follow-up
Could be normal/treatable
Referral just means to get checked out, could be normal/benign
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Oral Inspection Form (Extraoral)

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General Appearance
Skin
Eyes
Facial Symmetry
Lymph Nodes
Glands
TMJ 
Breath Odor
Lips
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Oral Inspection Form (Intraoral)

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Labial and Buccal Mucosa
Alveolar Ridge
Hard Palate (8+9 and back)
Soft Palate
Floor of mouth
Tongue
Pharynx
Tonsillar region
Salivary Ducts
Papilla
Marginal and attached Gingiva
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Sequence of Exam (Extraoral)

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Overall appearance, Face, Skin, Eyes, Neck, Nodes

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Sequence of Exam, Nodes

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Pre/Post auricular
Occipital
Submental and submandibular
Cervical chain
Supraclavicular TMJ joint
Symmetry
Sound
Asymptomatic/Symptomatic
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Sequence of Exam (Intraoral)

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Lips(P), Breath odor(O), labial and Buccal mucosa, Tongue(P), Floor of mouth, Saliva(d), Hard then soft palate(P), Uvula(D), Tonsillar region/throat(D), other

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Sequence of Exam (Labial and Buccal Mucosa)

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Vestibule (P) Muccobuccal folds (P) Frena (O movement, attachment) Opening of stenson’s duct (Express) Buccal mucosa (P)

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Sequence of Exam (Tongue)

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Dorsal & Ventral sides (P) Lateral borders (retract, P, use mirror) Base of tongue (O attachment) Extension (describe deviation, sometimes veers)

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21
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Where are women most likely to get oral cancer?

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Baseline of tongue

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Sequence of Exam (Floor of mouth)

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Ventral surface of tongue (P) Whartons duct(Express) Mucosa(palpate, use mirror) Frena (attachment)

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Occlusal Screening/Oral habits

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Angle’s Classification
Habits
Occlusal Discrepancies

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Periodontal Exam

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Papilla
Marginal Gingiva
Attached Gingiva

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Periodontal Summary Statement

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AAP Case Type

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Describing and Documenting SF

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Size and Shape, Color, Location and Configuration, Texture, attachment and depth, consistency, mobility, symptomatology

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Size and shape (SF)

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Determined by L,W,H
Margin traits: Smooth/flat, raised/elevated/depressed
Contour of the border: Regular/irregular

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Color (SF)

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Most common: red, white,red and white, pink

Others: yellow, black, brown or blue

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Location and Configuration (SF)

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Generalized or localized

Discrete, grouped, confluent, or coalescing, linear

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Flat Lesions

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Are on the same level as the normal skin and oral mucosa

Macule or patch

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Macule

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Small flat, discolored spot that exhibits no change in skin texture or thickness
Less than 1 cm in size
Color: brown, black, red, or any color lighter than skin
EX: freckles, petechia

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Patch

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Flat, discolored area on skin or mucosa
Greater than 1 cm in size
EX:Snuff patch, Birth marks

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Elevated Lesions-Nonblisterform

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Area where surface of the lesions are raised above the normal level of the skin or oral mucosa
Denser/Firmer cell filled
EX: Papules, Plaque, Nodule, Tumor

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Papule

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A solid raised lesions that is usually less than 1 cm in diameter
Ex: moles and skin tags

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Plaque

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Superficial raised lesion often formed by the coalescence of closely grouped papules. Greater than 1 cm in diameter and slightly raised by still flat
Ex: leukoplakia, psoriasis

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Nodule

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Raised marble-like lesion dectectable by touch usually 1 cm or more in diameter- hard mass
Ex: wart, enlarged lymph node

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Tumor

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General swelling or enlargement, 2 cm or greater in width

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Fluid Filled Lesions-Blisterforms

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Elevated lesions filled with clear fluid or pus
Softer, more fluctuant
EX: Vesicle, Bulla, Pustule, Wheal

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Vesicle

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Small blister filled with a clear fluid, Usually less than 1 cm in diameter

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Bulla

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Large blister filled with clear fluid. Greater than 1 cm in diameter
EX: Burn blister

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Pustule

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Small raised lesion filled with pustule

EX: acne, boil, abscess

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Wheal

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Raised, irregular area of localized edema. Usually from an allergic reaction lasting 24 hours
EX: Mosquito bite, Hives

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Depressed Lesions

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Surface of the lesion is below the normal level of the skin or oral mucosa. Can be superficial or deep
EX: Ulcer, Erosion

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Ulcer

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Crater-like Lesion of the skin or mucosa where the top of 2 layers of skin are lost
Superficial is less than 3 mm depth
Deep ulcer is greater than 3 mm depth

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Erosion

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Shallow, depressed lesion that does not extend through the epithelium to the underlying tissue
(usually 1st layers, lip pickers)

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Linear Cracks

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Crack

Fissure

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Crack

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Long narrow break in the surface of the skin or mucosa

EX: lips crack

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Fissure

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Linear crack in the top two layers of skin or mucosa

EX: corners of mouth

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Other Descriptive Terms

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Exophytic (growing outside)
Petechiae (pinpoint red dot)
Sclerosis (hardening)
Verrucous (wartlike)

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DBCTA

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Diameter, Border, Color, Type, Anatomic Location

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Oral Cancer

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Devastating when detected late
50% survival rate w/n 5 years after treatment
Squamous cell carcinoma makes up 90% of all malignant neoplasms in oral cavity. Associated with sun, tobacco, alcohol, and HPV

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Appearance of Early Cancer

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White area, Red area, Red and White area, Ulcers, Masses, Pigmentation (Doesn’t need to be all, can be just one)

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Diagnostic Aids

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Toluidine Blue

Chemiluminescence

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Toluidine Blue

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Identify changes in mucosa that could be malignant. Rinse or painted on. Rinsed w/ acetic acid and the retaining dye should be biopsied.

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Chemiluminescence

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Rinse w/ 1% acetic acid and used light which will help detect abnormal cells

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Checking Suspicious lesions

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Biopsy
Exfoliative cytology
Cytologic Smear

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Biopsy

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Total or partial removal of the lesion by excision means so the tissue can be examined for the purpose of diagnosis (Best Method)

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Exfoliative Cytology

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Diagnostic Aid in which cells are removed from the lesion and slides fixed and mailed in for results.
Usually comes back as suspicious so need biopsy anyway

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Cytologic Smear

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Diagnostic aid in which cells are removed from the lesion for microscopic evaluation.
Can get false positives, not reliable

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Healthy Characteristics of Gingiva

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Pink, Flat, Knife-like edge, Stippling (looks like an orange peel)

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Unhealthy Characteristics of Gingiva

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Erythemic, Bulbous, and Rolling (on marginal)

Cratered (Blown up with fluid), Irregular border, Blunted, Smooth, Smooth/Shiny (w/ a lot of edema)

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Papilla Healthy

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Pink, Melatonic, Flat, Firm, Stippled

Can be either healthy/unhealthy: Pointed, Shiny, Smooth

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Papilla Unhealthy

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Erythemic, Cyanotic, Bulbous, Blunted, Cratered, Edematous, Irregular, Fibrotic

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Marginal Gingiva Healthy

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Pink, Melatonic, Flat, Firm, Shiny, Smooth

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Marginal Gingiva Unhealthy

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Erythemic, Cyanotic, Rolled, Festooned, Recessed, Clefting, Edematour, Stippled, Irregular, Fibrotic

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Angiodema

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Swollen on lower lip

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Bells Palsy

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Affects one side