Final Flashcards
What is a diagnosis?
Precise, scientific terms to describe variations from normal
What influences a prognosis?
- Patients desires and capabilities
- Systemic health
- Supporting structures
- Teeth
- Matching trx plan with desires of patient
- Individual considerations
What are the five steps in the treatment planning process?
- Collect info
- Evaluate findings
- Form treatment plan
- Determine prognosis
- Present to patient
What is the benefit of creating a problem list?
- Foundation of treatment plan
- Organization
- Professional competence
- Patient education
- Standard of care
What is always the first phase in treating a patient?
Systemic phase
The chief complaint should be addressed in which phase of treatment?
Phase I: acute phase
T/F: All phase II treatment must be completed before phase III can begin.
True
Which phase is the disease control phase?
Phase II
Which phase restores the mouth to full function and occlusion?
Phase III
T/F: Phasing the dental treatment is for the benefit of the patient and provider.
True
A patient comes in with pain in a tooth and you extract it that day. What phase of treatment?
Phase I
Most fillings and RUCs would be what phase of treatment?
Phase II
Crowns, FPDs, RPDs, would fall under what phase of treatment?
Phase III
What is the difference between risk assessment and risk prognosis?
RA - propensity to develop disease
RP - predicts future course of disease with/without treatment
Teeth with roughly 1-5 years left that are not capable of being used for support of appliances have what prognosis?
Diminished
T/F: Financial restraints are important in prognosis.
True
T/F: Travel distance is part of the prognosis for a patient.
True
What are some dentist modifiers that affect treatment plans?
Knowledge, experience, technical skill
What is the process of “visioning” to decide treatment plan?
Deconstructive thinking to identify steps necessary to achieve final result
What are key teeth?
Teeth that will be important in treatment plan - often abutment teeth
T/F: Surveying should be done prior to phase III.
True
T/F: Removable treatment should be done before fixed.
False
What is the most widely adopted sequence for treating teeth?
Anteriors first to establish canine guidance -> mandibular posteriors for occlusal plane -> maxillary posteriors
What are five functions of an occlusal appliance?
- Muscle hyperactivity/pain
- Tooth protection
- Improved stress distribution
- Diagnostic for vertical dimension
- Stabilize mobile teeth
