Final Flashcards
What is considered severe over jet?
7-10mm
What is considered severe reverse over jet (class 3)
-3 - -4mm
What is considered severe open bite?
-3 - -4mm
Most facial deformities in the U.S are what type?
Mandibular deficiency
Vertically maxillary excess
Or both
(This makes up 2% of the population)
What percent of the population has asymmetry in their face?
0.1%
What are some causes of dentofacial deformities?
Inherited tendencies
Prenatal problems
Systemic conditions during growth
Trauma
Environmental influences
Multifactorial nature of facial development ___ prediction of inherited pattern
Precludes
What does fetal alcohol syndrome cause in regards to congential facial abnormalities?
Midfacial hypoplasia
What are three environmental influences that may influence facial growth?
Respiratory difficulty
Mouth breathing
Tongue position
What are some things that trauma can cause in regards to facial growth?
TMJ ankylosis
Assymetric mandibular growth
True or false… any non-restorable teeth should be extracted before surgical intervention
True
When malocclusion involves ____, treating with Orthodontics alone may result in adequate ____ but poor facial or dental esthetics or poor long term prognosis for post-treatment retention (over-compensation).
Skeletal discrepancy
Occlusion
True or false.. it is typically better to delay surgery until growth complete in pts with problem of excess growth. However, surgery can be considered earlier for patients with growth deficiencies
True
What is compensatory response?
Undesirable angulation of anterior teeth
What is decompensation?
Aim of presurgical orthodontics to align the teeth in proper proportion to the arches. Magnifies the appearance of the defect
How long does presurgical orthodontics typically take?
12-18 months
What is the advantage of a vertical ramus osteomoty?
You arent involving the nerve
What is the advantage of rigid fixation (vertical ramus osteotomy)?
You dont have to wire the teeth shut
Is the bilateral saggital split osteotomy used for mandibular excess or deficiency?
Deficiency
What surgery would you do if it is a class 2 dental relationship but the A-P position of the chin is ok?
Total subapical osteotomy
What allows the adequate collateral circulation for mobilization of total maxilla in regards to maxillary excess?
Palatal and buccal gingival Pedicles
In maxillary excess, you may find what classes of occlusion?
1 2 3 Open bite Transverse discrepancy
Vertical maxillary excess is often associated with apertognathia. What is that?
Anterior open bite
Results from excess downward growth of maxilla
Causes downward rotation of mandible
Result of premature contact of posterior teeth
Corrected by superior repositioning of maxilla in one or several pieces. Le fort osteotomy with or without segmentalization
What class of occlusion do you often see in maxillary/mid-face deficiency?
Class 3 with reverse anterior over jet
What surgical procedure do you do for maxillary horizontal deficiency?
Le fort 1 advancement
In severe midface deficiency you can do a lefort ___ advancement
2 or 3
What is the most common serious congenital anomaly in the orofacial region? It occurs 1 out of ___ births in the US
Cleft lip and palate
700
Who is cleft lip/palate more often seen in?
Less frequent in blacks, more frequent in Asians
Boys more often than girls
True or false… most cases of cleft lip are bilateral
False. 3/4 are unilateral (left>right)
True or false.. you can be genetically predisposed for cleft lip/palate
True
True or false… supernumerary teeth may be involved in cleft palates
True
What type of occlusion is seen in cleft palate?
Class 3 (pseudo-prognathism)
What are the hearing problems involved with cleft palate?
Levator veli and tensor veli palatini muscles unattached, make middle ear a closed space.
Requires myrinogotomy or leads to hearing loss
What is an alteration in a pts speech that persists after surgical correction of cleft palate?
Hyper-nasality
When is the usual time to correct cleft lip and cleft palate?
Cleft lip - rule of 10s (10wks)
Palate - usually 8-18 months
What are some advantages and disadvantages of early surgical repair of cleft lip/palate?
Advantages: proper muscle development, ease of breast feeding, development of phonation skills, better auditory function, better hygiene, psychological
Disadvantages: more difficult surgery on small structures. Scar formation causes maxillary growth restriction
True or false… in a palatorrhaphy, the hard palate is closed with soft tissues only.
True. The 3 layers include nasal mucosa, muscle, and oral mucosa
How does the maxillary sinus communicate with the environment?
Middle nasal meatus and nasal vestibule
What four arteries supply the maxillary sinus?
Facial artery
Maxillary artery
Infra-orbital artery
Greater palatine artery
The pterygoid plexus drains into the ___ vein. It also communicates with the cavernous sinus by ___
Facial
Emissary veins
What is the nerve supply to the maxillary sinus?
ASA MSA PSA IO Greater palatine
How thick is the bone in front of the maxillary sinus?
1mm
This is why palpation works well. When you palpate the superior alveolar nerves are stimulated
What are three types of developmental anomalies seen with the maxillary sinus?
Agenesis (completely absent)
Aplasia/hypoplasia (seen with cleft palate, Chonal atresia, high palate, septal deformity, mandibular dysostosis, malformation of external nose)
Supernumerary (two completely separated sinuses on same side)
Hypoplasia of the sinus is seen with what conditions?
Cleft plate
Choanal atresia (back of nasal passage is blocked)
High palate
Septal deformities
Mandibular dysostosis
Malformation of external nose
What is the most common symptom of acute sinusitis?
Headache
What should you do if a pt fails to respond to the initial tx within 72 hours?
Culture and sensitivity tests should be carried out
What are some similarities between pulpal pain and sinusitis pain?
Tenderness on percussion
Sensitive to cold
Pain on mastication
What are some things that distinguish sinusitis pain from pulpal pain?
Cannot locate pain (unlike pulpal pain)
Radiating pain/headache (may also be present in pulpal pain)
Fever (may also be present in pulpal pain)
Viral infection
Pain of changing position
Nasal discharge
Foul taste, blood, pus, tinged mucous
When can sinus lift procedures contribute to acute maxillary sinusitis?
When the sinus membrane is severely lacerated or avulsed
When the sinus is overfilled
*significant disruption of the sinus membrane allows exposure of the graft material to the open sinus and possible contamination by nasal bacteria. (This is why you must place a membrane cover befor you place bone graft)
True or false… fistula are ALWAYS lined by stratified squamous epithelium and the patency of the tract is preserved until epithelial cells are removed
True
True or false… fistulas are associated with acute sinusitis
False. Chronic sinusitis
True or false… oro-antral fistulas are often iatrogenically created
True
True or false… you should be conservative with the A-P dimension of the palatal flap by making it short to avoid the artery
False. You want to be anterior enough so you contain the artery within the flap. Make it anterior enough so you dont cut the artery.
What is the difference between a pseudocyst and retention cyst?
The serum under the lining.
Pseudocyst = accumulation of serum (not mucus)
Retention cyst = accumulation of mucin forming a true cystic lesion
True or false.. you cannot distinguish between a pseudocyst and a retention cyst radiographically
True. You’d have to biopsy
What are the causes of pseudocysts and retention cysts?
Pseudocyst = cause is not clear but may be replanted to inflammation of the sinus lining
Retention cyst = blockage of ducts within the mucus-secreting glands within the sinus
Which antral pathology can become expansile and erode the walls of sinus?
Mucocele
This is why you must differentiate through removal and biopsy
Why are nasal cavity and sinus tumors so dangerous?
They are extremely close to vital organs
Sino-nasal malignancies are rare in the US but common in ___ and ___
Africa and Asia
Among the sino-nasal tumors, __ - ___% are maxillary sinus tumors
60-70%
Other than the two most common malignancies of the sinus (SCCA, adenoid cystic carcinoma) what are other types of malignant tumors of the maxillary sinus?
Malignant melanoma
Lymphoma
Salivary type neoplasm
Sarcomas
Metastatic tumors
What are some etiologies that can lead to cancer of the maxillary sinus?
Viral infections (EBV and HPV)
Exposure to wood dust
Nickel and chrome industries
Leather industries
Iatrogenic causes (irradiation)
What are the clinical features of a maxillary tumor?
Nasal obstruction
Recurrent sinusitis
Cranial neuropathy
Sinus pain
Facial parashteia
Propotosis
Diplopia
The treatment of maxillary tumors depends on the extent and histological type. What are some treatments?
Surgery - maxillectomy
Radiotherapy - total 6500 rads in 5 weeks
Chemotherapy - cisplatin and 5 flurouracil
Combined management
Should the chair be lower for the extraction of maxillary or mandibular teeth?
Mandibular
True or false.. in the first step of an extraction, you use the periosteal elevator to sever the PDL
False.. just separate the soft tissue attachements.
What is very important before extraction?
Proper oral hygiene
An un-obstructed pathway is a requirement for ideal extraction. What can you use to ensure an unobstructed pathway?
Use a bite block. This is because pts usually close their jaw to compensate for the pressure
When are tractional forces used for tooth extraction?
The final removal of tooth from socket. They should always be small forces because teeth are never “pulled”
What is the initial movement during the extraction of the lower second and third molars?
Lingual (this is also the direction that these teeth should be finally withdrawn)
All other teeth (expect those with conical roots) the initial movement should be buccal
What is the initial movement used in upper central incisor and lower second premolars?
Primary rotary movement
Why should the final withdrawing movement of teeth be outward?
To avoid traumatizing the opposing tooth
When would you use the wheel and axel technique?
When one root of a multiple-rooted tooth is left in the alveolar process
__% of the population have sought TMD treatment
16%