Gingivitis Flashcards
what are some common clinical changes from health to gingivitis> (Color, Contour, COnsistency, Bleeding, Exudate, Sulcus temp..)
- Color: Coral pink to red
- Contour: Edema blunts marginal tissue leading to loss of knife edge adaptation.
- Consistency: Tissue soft with pitting edema
- Bleeding: Positive
- Exudate: increased
- Temp: Increased.
What are the signs of gingivitis?
- Inflammation
- Presence of dental plaque
- No loss of attachment
- Reversibility on removal of plaque
What are some local contributing factors of gingivitis?
- Malocclusion
- Presence of appliances
- Overhanging restorations
What are the effects of puberty on gingivitis?
- Increased effect of steroid hormones.
- Increased inflammation in presence of small amounts of plaque.
- Modified further by local factors (caries, appliances)
What are the characteristics of Pyogenic Granuloma?
- Solitary capillary haemangioma.
- Painless mushroom like mass
- Arises from gingival margin or interproximal space.
- Happens in small amount of pregnant women and disappears post partum.
What are some drugs that cause drug-induced gingival enlargements?
- Anti-convulsants
- Immunosuupressant
- Calcium channel blockers.
With diabetes, gingivitis is best treated how?
Control of diabetes is better than plaque control.
What are some oral manifestations of leukemia associated gingivitis?
- Petichae
- Mucosal ulcers
- Gingival inflammation
- Gingival enlargement.
Linear gingival erythema is associated with what?
HIV
What is hereditary gingival fibromatosis?
Slowly growing genetic overgrowth of gingiva.
-Dense and fibrotic CT.
What is the 0, 1, 2, 3 Gingival index?
0: Normal
1: Mild inflammation
2: Moderate inflammation
3: Severe inflammation
What is the 0,1,2,3 Plaque index?
0: no plaque
1: No plaque visible to naked eye, but visible on probe.
2: Plaque visible to naked eye.
3: heavy accumulation of matter.
