Important Numbers Flashcards
Limited opening is…
below 27 mm (23 mm is example given)
Maximum opening is…
the distance between incisal edges + overbite
Maximum opening in adolescents and adults is… and lateral excursive is…
50 mm vertical opening and 12 mm lateral exursive
Most Cranium growth is completed by age…
5
Anterior Cranial base growth is completed by age…
7
At what age can you begin to superimpose lateral cephalograms?
Age 7
The anterior cranial base stops growing and becomes stable for use in superimposition at…
7 years
Neural Growth is completed at age…
6-7
Most rapid Somatic growth occurs at…
Birth to 2 years OR before birth OR conception to birth
How much will an 11 yo male’s mandibular molars erupt in a 2 year period?
1.5 mm
How much will an 11 yo male’s lower face height increase per year?
1mm/year
The maximum width of the skull is achieved at age…
7-8
The human eye can differentiate… shades of gray
16
Digital photography uses …-bit which gives… shades of gray
8-bit; 256 shades of gray
Gemination
1 root, 1 pulp > fused crown
Fusion
2 roots, 2 pulps > fused crown
Hypodontia
missing 1-5 teeth
Oligodontia
missing 6 teeth or more
If a patient is missing 3rd molars there is a…% changes of missing lower 5’s, …% chance of missing U2 and a …x chance to be missing other teeth.
3.4% missing lower 5’s
2.2% missing U2
13x chance to be missing other teeth
*no incremental likelihood of supernumerary or peg laterals
Genes responsible for tooth agenesis
MSX1 & PAX9
When do primary teeth start to calcify in the fetus?
14 weeks (upper and lower central incisors)
Mineralization of what teeth begins at birth?
Permanent first molars
At birth, which tooth as completed crown calcification?
Mandibular Incisors
The calcification of the upper and lower third molars…
varies greatly
Fusion of the Mandibular Symphysis occurs…
Shortly after birth; 3 months after birth; within the first year
How long should an extruded tooth be retained for stability?
6 months
Fraction of root formation when tooth begins eruptive movement
2/3rds
Fraction of root formation upon tooth emergence into oral cavity
3/4ths
how long does it take for completion of root formation after tooth eruption
2-3 years
What is the minimum number of lobes required to form a tooth?
4
The peak incidence of dental trauma occurs at what age?
8-10 yo
What is the compression rate for adult and child CPR
100 per minute
What is the adult CPR sequence?
30 compression & 2 breaths
How many minutes can the brain survive without oxygen?
6 minutes
For adult CPR a breath is given every …
5 seconds
The proper wavelength for curing/optimal wavelength for Camphorquinone is …
460-480 nm
The appropriate concentration of Sodium Fluoride in mouthwash for orthodontic patient is ..
0.05%
Tongue formation begins at week … in utero.
4
The tongue reaches its maximum size at age …
8
The primary palate is formed by the … week in utero
6th, 6-8 weeks
Secondary palatal closure in the fetus begins at week … and is completed by week …
10
12
At what time during fetal development does cleft lip/palate occur?
6-8 weeks
Cleft Palate develops during the … trimester of pregnancy
1st
Cleft Palate incidence is …
1 in 750 births (worldwide)
The most effective time to close a cleft palate surgically is …
one year after birth
In a cleft plate patient when is the appropriate time for alveolar grafting?
when the canine root is 2/3rds formed (to start eruptive process)
When is the best time for NAM treatment?
within 3 months after birth
Most developmental anomalies occur:
Embryonic (5-10 weeks) stage
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome occurs by … in utero
day 17
Downs Syndrome prevalence is …
1 in 800 births
… mg of folic acid reduces the chance of cleft lip/palate by …
0.4 mg
33%
Most neurons in fetus at …
10 weeks after conception
Most synapses in infant at …
2-3 years
Fusion of the intersphenoidal suture occurs …
at birth, shortly after birth, 3 months after birth
Fusion of Spheno-Ethoidal suture occurs at …
7 years
Fusion of Spheno-Occipital sutures occurs at …
15-16 years, 15-20 years
Ossification of Sesamoid bone in hand-wrist film means …
1 year before maximum growth spurt (30% growth completed); 60-70% of growth remaining (SMI:4)
Peak height velocity occurs at age … in girls and age … in boys
12 girls
14 boys
Peak Height velocity happens from puberty for up to … months after
24 months
In normal girls, Peak Height velocity occurs … months before menarche
18-24
In late-maturing (late menarche) girls, peak height velocity occurs … months before menarche
6-11
Peak Height Velocity is measure in …
cm or inches PER year (it is a rate)
A Physician is concerned if a child’s growth is above the … percentile
95th
More radiation:
Tech 99 > CT
Increase in mandibular intercanine width from primary to permanent dentition is …
2 mm, “slight increase”
Primary to permanent arch length change is …
slight decrease
The greatest amount of mandibular arch length from the mesial of the molars is at age …
6
The greatest loss of arch length occurs at the … at age …
Maxillary second primary molar at age 6.5
Minimum total filtration required by a machine that operates in excess of 70 kvp is …
2.5 mm of aluminum (or the equivalent of that)
How long is x-ray film in the fixer?
10 minutes
The AAO standard for facial photo size is …
1/4th of life size