Hospital Corpsman Ch 24 Emergency Treatment for Oral Diseases and Injuries Flashcards
When the HM sees when examining the oral structures, such as bleeding gums, cariuos lesion, heavy deposits of plaque or calculus is know as a?
Sign
When a patient reports about his or her disease or injury such as a toothache or sore gums is known as a?
Symptom
What is also known as tooth decay or cavities, occurs when bacterial processes damage hard tooth structures?
Dental Caries
What is an inflammation of the pulp usually due to injury from dental caries or trauma?
Acute Pulpitis
What usually results from an infection of the pulpal tissue causing the pulp to become necrotic?
Periapical abscess
What are a group of diseasses that affect the periodontium that support and anchor the teeth?
Periodontal Diseases
What is an inflamation of the gingival tissue?
Gingivitis
What is a severe infection of the gingival tissue, commonly referred to as trenchmouth?
Necrotozong Ulcerative Gingivitis (NUG)
What involves progressive loss of the alvcolar bone around the teeth, and if left untreated can lead to the loosening and subsequent loss of teeth?
Peridontitis
What is an inflamation of ythe gingiva around a partially erupted tooth?
Pericoronitis
Pericorontitis most often affects mandibular third molars (What teeth #’s)?
17 and 32
What is a general term used to denote inflammation of the oral mucosa?
Stomatitis
What is a condition commonly referred to as “dry socket”. It’s a common occurance following the surgical removal of mandibular molars, occuring in 20-25% of patients?
Postextracation Alveolar ostcitis
Of all the facial bones, the nasal bones, followed by the what, are the most frequently injured?
Mandible
