Final Exam Flashcards
When does the maxilla grow, and how does it happen?
- Intramembranous Ossification
- Sutural apposition & surface remodeling
- Moves out from under cranium- downward and forward
How does the mandible grow?
- Chin?
- Condyle?
- Ramus?
Endochondral & Intramembranous
- Chin - downward & forward
- Condyle - upward & backward
- Ramus - grows away from chin
Developmental Milestones:
- Tooth buds appear?
- Major development of face?
- Fusion of palatal shelves?
- Deciduous teeth begin to calcify?
- Reflexes develop?
- Permanent teeth begin to calcify?
- 6th week
- 3-6th week
- 7-8th week
- 14th week (or 16th week)
- 14-32nd week
- Birth
What are the time lines for the formation and eruption of primary teeth?
Review chart
What are the different anomalies in the mouth of the newborn?
- Inclusion Cysts
- Epstein’s pearls
- Bohn’s nodules
- Dental-lamina cysts
- Natal & Neonatal Teeth
- Predeciduous teeth
- Primary teeth
- Eruption hematoma
- What inclusion cyst is found on the midpalatal raphe?
- Buccal & lingual aspects of dental ridges?
- Crests of alveolar ridge?
- Epstein’s pearls
- Bohn’s nodules
- Dental-lamina cysts
What’s the difference between natal teeth and neonatal teeth?
- Natal teeth - present at birth
- Neonatal teeth - erupt within 30 days of birth
What are predeciduous teeth?
- Supernumerary teeth, defective, mobile
- Incidence 1 in 4000
- Risk for aspiration, removal is generally recommended
Describe the characteristics of primary teeth that erupt prematurely?
- Normal primary teeth
- Incidence 1 in 2000
- Should not be extracted (if possible)
- Radiograph helpful
What is the eruption sequence of primary teeth?
ABDCE
What is the eruption sequence for maxillary and mandibular permanent teeth?
- Maxillary - 6-1-2-4-5-3-7-8
- Mandibular - 6-1-2-3-4-5-7-8
What’s the rule of 6 regarding flouride supplements?
- Less than 6 months - No Flouride
- More than 0.6ppm - No Flouride
- More than 16 years - No Flouride
- Dosage changes at 6 months, half of 6 (3 years) and at 6 years
What is the Tanaka Johnson formula?
- mandibular incisor length/2 + 11 (max or 10.5 mandibular)
What’s the prevalence of diastemas in 6,9 and 14 year olds?
- 6 (ugly duckling) - 44-97%
- 9 - 33-46%
- 14 - 7-20%
What are the etiologies for diastemas?
- Normal
- Space, small teeth, supernumary
- Habit, malocclusion
- Frenum - may be effect, rather than cause
What’s the treatment for diastemas?
After eruption of the permanent canines, based on diagnosis of cause