Exam 3 CH 49 and 50 The Pediatric Patient Flashcards
Term; Anticipatory guidance?
Provide information to parents and caregivers on what to expect in a child’s current and next developmental stage so that the child’s needs can be anticipated and properly managed.
Term; CAMBRA?
Acronym that refers to the phrase ‘caries management by risk assessment”
Term; Grazing?
Eating or drinking at-will throughout the day or evening.
Term; Infant?
Child younger than 1 year of age.
Term; Nonnutritive Sucking?
Sucking fingers, thumb, pacifiers, or other objects for comfort.
Bacteria is transmitted from parent to child by?
Vertical transmission (handed down)
When is the best time to schedule a child’s dental visit?
Early in the morning or after naps
Why is it not recommended to give children Benzocaine?
It can cause potential fetal condition, Methomoglobinemia.
The Knee-to-knee is also called?
Hold and go
Soft tissue conditions found in 6 months to 5 years are?
- Eruption Cysts
- Mucocele
- Traumatic Ulcer
- Alveolar abscess
- Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis
- Geographic tongue
- Verruca vulgaris
Soft tissue conditions in infants (1-6) are?
- Pseudomembranous candidiasis (thrush)
- Congenital epulis
- Bohn’s nodule
- Epstein’s pearls
- Dental lamina cysts
- Bifid uvula
- Ankyloglossia
Always explain everything you use before doing so, use fun names, like-tooth feeler, slurpy straw, elevator chair. Keep explanations brief and do procedure quick. Let them watch you w/ hand mirror which eliminates fear of unknown is all apart of what technique while working with kids?
The Tell, Show and Do
T/F American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that infants be seen every 6 months or after the eruption of the first primary tooth and no later than age 1.
True
When can children brush adequately by themselves?
If they have developed fine motor skills enough to tie their own shoelace (I.e. 7-8 yrs old)
T/F Any carious lesion under 5 yrs is considered ECC, no matter if it’s only one cavity
True
