Infant Flashcards
When to establish dental home?
12 months
What is your goal for risk assessment
Prevent a problem
Size toothpaste size for ages
under 3: rice size
3-6: pea size
What percent is NaF varnish?
5%
Apply fluoride moderate vs high
moderate: 6 months
High: 3 months
Recall intervals
low
moderate
high
low: 6-12 months
moderate: 6 months
High: 3 months
Define Early Childhood Caries
What is severe ECC
Presence of one decayed, missing, or filled tooth in any primary tooth under the age of 6
Any smooth surface caries under 3 is severe
Most student stop sucking thumb by what year
2-3 years
When to start aggressive tx for thumb sucking?
after 6
Ulcer on ventral tongue disease
Riga Fede disease
What are epstein pearls?
midpalatal raph, remnatns of epithelial tissue
Bohn nodules
buccal and lingual dental ridges and palate
remnants of mucous gland tissue
Dental lamina cysts
Found of crest of alveolar ridges
Remnants of dental lamina