Intro Lec 1 Flashcards
Phases of perio therapy.
1) Initial Therapy
2) Re-evaluation
3) Perio Surgery
4) Re-evaluation
5) Maintenance
What do you address during initial therapy?
OHI Plaque control Calculus Overhanging Restorations Open contacts
Time between initial therapy and Re-evaluation.
3 months
What does initial therapy address?
Etiology
Contraindications to perio surgery.
1) More than 10% of surfaces covered with plaque.
2) Uncontrolled diabetes
3) Possibly smoking
What does darkness at the gingival margin indicate?
Subgingival calculus
Used to detect subgingival calculus.
1) Blow air at the gingival margin and you’ll see the calculus.
2) Radiographs
3) 11/12 explorer
How to remove amalgam overhangs?
Purple tip cavitron.
Indicates if you have a good contact.
Floss
How will a weak contact look on a radiograph?
Closed- used floss to check.
This can accumulate at the gingival margin on overbulked crowns.
Plaque
Cause of a localized deep pocket.
Cracked tooth.
The cause of localized aggressive periodontitis.
Aggregatibacter actinomycetoconcomitans
Type of occlusal trauma where there’s excess forces on the tooth, but periodontal support is normal.
Primary occlusal trauma
Therapy for occlusal trauma.
Occlusal equilibration, splint to equally distribute the occlusal forces.
Therapy for pathogenic bacteria (like AA) that cause periodontitis.
Antibiotics like Amoxicillin.
Color of the cavitron tip you should be using for cleanings.
GP
Green or Purple
What procedures are performed during a re-evaluation?
- Measure pocket depths.
- Measure plaque with disclosing solution.
- Record BOP.
- Look for calculus
What does BOP indicate?
Inflammation
Absence of BOP does NOT mean that there’s absence of this.
Inflammation
Reasons for continued BOP after initial therapy?
- Pt has bad oral hygiene
- Could be a crack
- Left calculus behind during initial therapy.
An indication for perio surgery?
Pockets don’t resolve after initial therapy.
What pockets depths have the most reduction after initial therapy?
DEEPEST pockets
Probing depths > 7 mm have ____ mm as the average probing depth reductions, and gain ____ mm in clinical attachment.
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