Last exam questions for exam 1 Flashcards
How to write a treatment plan?
1.Completion of all histories and exams
2. Taking consent for additional testing - TRI-PLAQUE GEL
3. Diagnosis, presentation of treatment plan and consent
4. Chief Concern
5. Preventative care
6. In chair treatment
7. Close date recall
8. Transition to regular recall
What type of framework are you going to use to access hard tissue or soft tissue abnormalities?
Site
Size
Morphology
Colour
Cosnistency
Texture
What are the steps to occlusal analysis?
1.Teeth present/missing
2.Morphology of teeth
3.Wear - mild, moderate, sever
4.Crowding,spacingrotations
5.Axail inclanations
6.Shape of dental arch
7.Cruve of spee and wilsons curve
8.Angle molar classification/canine classification
9.Overbite (%) / overjet (mm)
10.Mediolateral
How does smoking increases the risk of periodontitis and by how much on average does it increase the instance of periodontitis according to latest studies?
The mechanisms:
1. Chronic reduction in blood flow and vascularity
2. Increase the prevelance of potential periodontal pathogens in the sulcus
3. Shift in neutrophil function towards destructive activities
4. Shift to a dysbiotic, pathogen enriched microbiome
5. Affects PMNs making them more aggrevated
6. Increase the number of aggravated T cells that produce inflammatory cytokines
It increases the risk of periodontitis by 85%!
Smoking cessation has beneficial effect on therapy outcomes and disease progression - this should be attempted for patient with nicotine dependence/
Why is the pharyngeal phase is troubled for infants with cleft lip and palate?
Infants with cleft lip and palate may have trouble with the sealing of the nasal cavity as well as creating vaccum for sucking
What are the steps to performing bisected angle?
- Informed consent
- Sit the patient up right or on a slight angle - situated the tube next to the patients side where the taking of the x-ray will take place - check the settings on the x-ray machine
- Grab a standart size film
- Situated the film dot to slot - black to beam
- Situated the film parallel to the palatal/lingual surface of tooth being imaged
- Ask your patient to gently hold the film with their thumb - make sure the patient does not bend the film
- Horizontal beam angulation - align the beam at the right angle to the tooth of interest - similarly to a bitewing - unless 14
- Vertical beam angulation - assess the angulation of long axis of the tooth and angulation of detector - mentally bisect the angle created between the tooth & detector
- Vertical beam adjusted so central ray is at 90 degrees to bisecting line
- Technique is the same for all teeth in mouth
What are the steps of ribbond application?
- Measure the teeth and cut the Ribbond - could be done by making a pattern closely adapting a piece of tinfoil or dental floss around teeth
- Prepare lingual surfaces and labial interproximals for bonding - etch bond cure
- Wet the ribbond with resin
- Apply a thin layer of flowable resin the to the lingual and interproximal surfaces
- Adapt the ribbond around the ressin filled surfaces including interproximal contacts
- Remove excess composite
- Cure the first layer
- Cover the ribbond splint with a flowable
- Light cure the covering layer of composite
- BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN POLISHING
What are TMDs?
Temporomandibular disorders - are a cluster of musculoskeletal disorders of the masticatory system that share many common symptoms.
It is characterised by jaw and face pain, temporal headaches, referred ear symptoms, limited opening, TMJ clicking, crepitus and locking.
It fluctuate with time and may be self limiting.
What are the steps to TMJ examination?
History taking:
- History of pain or discomfort and general health
- Causative factors – trauma or everyday activity
- Social history
Extra-oral examination
- Symmetry of the facial features
- Signs of vertical dimension loss
- Palpation of masticatory muscles
Palpation and TMJ opening
- Palpation of the TMJ on opening checking for crepitus or clicking
- Assess the range of motion on opening
- Assess the amount of opening - use fingers
Intra-oral examination
- Occlusal analysis
What are some of the common TMD disorders dental school wants to focus on?
- Myofacila pain
- TMJ hypertranslation
- Inflammed TMJ
- TMJ Internal derangement
What is the definition of the myofacial pain?
Pain in the facial area (region
below orbitomeatal line,
above the neck and anterior
to the ears) that originates
from oral muscular structures.
However, the high density of
muscular structures within the
craniofacial region can lead to
pain radiating to other areas
What are the signs & symptoms of myofacial pain?
- Limited range of motion & compromised function
- Pain typically felt in the face, jaw and preauricular area that can radiate to ears, teeth, head & neck
- Characterised by terdeness on palpation
- Aching on contraction of masticatory muscles
- Common headaches
- Tendonitis
- Myositis
8.Myospasm
What are some of the management of the myofacial pain?
- Physiotherapy
- Muscle rest/relaxants - soft diet and reduced speech
- Pharmacological - only for acute conditions and temporary usage - NSAIDs
- Occlusal appliances - like a double layers, laminated night guard with a soft portion on the occlusal side of the night guard
- Trigger point injections
- Psychological therapy
What is the definition about TMJ Hypertranslation?
It is the excessive movement of condylar head anteriorly towards articular eminence during opening of mouth.
During opening of mouth, condyles are rotated around a horizontal axis. Anterior translation then occurs, in which the condyles and meniscus move downwards and forwards to the articular eminence.
When translation overshoot the insertion of the TMJ capsule on the temproal bone, hypertranslation occurs.
What are the signs & symptoms of TMJ Hypertranslation ?
- Pain in masticatory muscles and TMJ
- TMJ misaligmment
- Difficulty in performing mandibular movement - functional loss
- Open locking
- Disc displacement
- TMJ sounds - clicking, crepitation, eminance click
What is the management of TMJ hypertranslation?
- Patient education and behaviour modification - habit awareness - avoid wide opening
- Pharmacotherapy - NSAIDs can be used to manage inflammation
- Chiropractic care - not too much evidence to back this one up
- Prolotherapy - injection of medicaments could promote proliferation and repair the ligaments/tendons which have lost laxity
- Autologous Blood injections - blood injection into the superior joint space
- Surgical procedures - use as least resort
What is the definition of TMJ inflammation?
TMJ inflammation is a type of tempromandibular joint dysfunction which can present as pain in the tempromandibular joint during palpation or function such as chewing.
The aetiology is mostly of osteoarthitis origins is a progressive cartilage degeneration due to increased joint overload and inflammation causing subchondral bone, articular and sub-articular surface remodeling and reabsorption with chronic inflammation of the synovial tissue.
When do you do hot therapy and when do you do hot therapy?
Use cold therapy during initial injury - in order to reduce the symptoms of inflammation.
Use hot therapy if you experience muscle stifness.
What is the management of TMJ inflammation?
- Patient education
- Acute treatment - iburprofen Motrin 400mg, 3x/day for 14 days - unless you get GIT side effects
- Consultation with GP if the condition is systemic
- Prevention for re-tramautising - jaw relexation
- SHort term (3 months) Long term (12 months) review
What is the definition of TMJ internal derangement?
It is the condition where there is an abnomal relationship between the articular disc and the condylar head of the TMJ. Displacement of the articular disc results in loss of structure and function of intra-articular tissue resulting in the biomechanics of the TMJ.
The most common displacements or the articular discs are:
- Disc displacement with reduction resulting in a click
- Disc displacement without reduction result in plocked jaw
Aitiologically - usually caused by joint overload, leading to an inflammatory/degenerative arthropathy of TMJ.
What are the signs and symptoms of Internal TMJ derangement?
- Restricted jaw movement
- Pain and tenderness
- Clicking of the TMJ - usually painless, clicking occurs due to the articular discs’s movement onto and off the condylar head of the TMJ
- Headaches as well as pain associated with the mandible and the ears
- Changes in occlusion
What is the management of Internal TMJ derangement?
- Appropriate classification of the TMJ
- Need to focus on causative factors such as:
- Excessive loading
- Systemic arthropathy
- Localised arthropathy
What are the four stages of mastication?
- Oral preparatory stage
- Oral propulsive phase
- Pharyngeal phase
- Oesophageal phase
What happens during oral preparatory phase?
- Food enters oral cavity
- Voluntary mastication and bolus formations
What happens during oral propulsive phase?
Tongue elevated and propels bolus to pharynx
What happens during pharyngeal phase?
- Machanoreceptos in the pharynx detect the bolus
- Soft palate elevates to seal nasopharynx
- Larynx and hyoid bone move anteriorly and superiorly
- True and folse vocal cord adduct
- Epiglotis moves posteriorly and inferiorly
- Respiration stops
- Pharyngeal wave occurs
- Upper oesophageal sphincter relaxes and opens
What occurs during oesophegeal phase?
- Bolus passes to oesophagus
- Oesophagus contracts sequentially and involuntaraly
- Lower oesophageal sphincter relaxes
- Bolus reaches stomach
What is the pathway of the jaw closing reflex?
- Muscle spindles within the muscle of mastication detect stretch
- Through the first order neuron, which passes through the foramen ovale, trigeminal ganglion into the trigeminal tract nucleus
- Synapses occurs and through the interneuron, the action potential is propagated to wht trigeminal motor nucleus
- Synapses occurs in the trigeminal motor nucleus to the muscle of mastication (for example the masseter) in order to generate an appropriate response and maintaining the mandible in anappropriate position during running fo rexample
What is the purpose of the jaw closing reflex?
- To test patients status of the trigeminal nerve
- To keep the madnible in an appropriate position
What is the purpose of the jaw opening reflex?
The purpose of the jaw opening reflex is to inhibit the jaw-closing muscles due to painful oral and perioroal stimuli.
In humans, the jaw opening reflex is essentially inhibition of jaw-closing muscle with little evidence for excitation of jaw opening muscles
What is the main theory of mastication?
It is the peripheral input + Cortical input + Central Pattern Generator theory.
It is believed that the cortical and the peripheral inputs work with central pattern generator theory for successful masticatory function.
- CPG sets the rhythm for mastication
- Receptors in and around the mouth alter the: strength, duration, rate of force developmetnet - this ensures that the chewing strokes weaker and faster for soft food compared to hard food
- Any painful stimulus or conscious decision can interrupt the acivity of the CPG
- Change in synaptic potentials of receptors of teeth, gingiva, lips or jaws confirms modulation of synaptic input during chewing
- Total lack of peripheral feedback generates inefficient and dangerous masticatory strokes - think about LA
How does GC Tooth Mousse help with dentinal hypersensativity?
Fluoride usually reacts with calcium in the saliva to form CaF2 which sits on the surface of the tooth and releases fluoride ions as it dissolves over time “slow release device”.
Can occlude dentinal tubules.
How does Colgate Neutrafluor 5000 Plus Toothpaste help with dentinal hypersensativity?
Fluoride is able to create lobules and aid in occlusion of dentinal tubules.
How does stanous fluoride (SnF) help with dentinal hypersensativity?
- Precipitation of metal ions on physically occlude dentinal tubule, relieving sensitivity
- Precipitate is also acid resistant and can act as a barrier against future erosive lesions to an extent