lecture 1 Flashcards
____ and treatment of oral pain of pulpal and/or periapical origin
differential diagnosis
_______such as pulp capping (direct/indirect) and pulpotomy
vital pulp therapy
___ of root canal systems with or without periradicular pathosis of pulpal origin, and the obturation(filling) of these root canal systems
nonsurgical treatment
selective _____ of pathological tissues resulting from pulpal pathosis
surgical removal
what are the 2 most important principles to come away from these 2 semesters:
diagnosis and case selection
notion that a local infection affecting a small area of the body can lead to subsequent infections and/or symptoms in other parts of the body
focal infection theory
the universally preferred schema of organization and documentation of case histories
SOAP
what the patient tells you
-this is an expansion of the chief complaint from your questions and the patient’s answers
subjective
what you observe to be true
-your pulp tests
-the results of your clinical examination and testing
objective
diagnosis
what your findings indicate to be the problem. this must relate to the chief complaint.
need both pulpal DX and Peri-Radicular DX
assessment
this is hoe and what you plan to accomplish in the way of treatment relating to the DX
plan or procedures
which of the following teeth are not accepted for endo lab
3rd molars with open apices
which of these procedures is out of the scope of the responsibility of the endodontist
crown prep
endodontics is the treatment of apical periodontitis
T/F
true
pulp capping (direct/indirect) is an example of what part of endo
vital pulp therapy
