M6 Actual Patient Management Flashcards
5 steps in preoperative preparation in tooth extraction
- Sterilization of armamentarium
- Preparation of the operatory, the surgeon and the patient
- Assessment of patient’s health status
- Developing a surgical diagnosis
- Surgical hand scrubbing and donning of sterile gloves
Instruments for regular tooth extraction (8)
Injection syringe and needle
Desmotome or gum separator
Molt periosteal elevator
Straight elevators, #301 & #304
Tooth extraction forceps
Periapical curette
Needle holder and needle
Suture scissors
Emergency instruments (10)
Chisel and mallet
Bard parker scalpel handle #3
Blade #15 and #11
Root tip elevators
Crossbar elevators
Hemostat
Seldin retractor
Minnesota retractor
Roeko suction tip
Surgical handpiece and bur
12 Materials and supplies used
- Anesthetic carpules, ex. 2% lidocaine with epinephrine and topical anesthetic
- 27-gauge short needles
- 3-0 black braided silk suture thread & half circle needle
- Gauze pads & applicator swab
- Antiseptic mouthwash, ex. 1% povidone-iodine
- Specimen container
- Sterile gloves, plus extra pairs
- Patient drape, headcap & shoe covers
- Hand scrub brush and antibacterial soap
- Cuspidor brush & detergent
- Cling wrap for dental headlamp handle and control buttons
- Plastic trash bag
3 things to do when preparing the operatory field
- Cover the bracket table & all control buttons & handles to be touched
- Lay out all necessary materials on the bracket table
- Pay attention to positioning of patient for visibility and access during surgery
How to accomplish adequate visibility and access
- Position of patient & clinician
- Adequate lighting
- Surgical field free of excess blood or other fluids
2 things to be done when prepping the patient
- Cover patient’s head, street clothes and shoes
- Ask the patient to rinse his mouth with antiseptic solution for at least 30 seconds..
Personal protective equipment of the surgeon includes 7
Scrub suit, headcap & N95 facemask
Hazmat suit
Face shield or goggles
Shoe covers
Sterile gloves (Bring extra pairs)
Rationale of assessing patient’s health status
Check for presence of a health problem that may require: medical management prior to surgery or modification of dental tretament
Complete health questionnaire (7)
Medications being taken or has taken
Past medical history
History of surgery
History of allergies
Bleeding tendencies
Diseases in the family
Past dental history
3 forms to accomplish comprising the patient’s records
Oral diagnosis form
Health questionnaire
Consent for anesthesia and surgery and waiver form
After accomplishing the patient’s record, what is next
Perform a quick physical exam.
After performing a physical exam, what is next?
Take the vital signs: body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure
Working diagnosis is the tentative diagnosis created prior to surgery. What is the rationale of developing a surgical diagnosis?
To identify the disease that would dictate the proper treatment approach
Sign & symptoms of patient’s condition are derived from (3)
Interview for case history
Present s/s from clinical examination
Radiographic evaluation
Where do we get the information for case history
Chief complaint
History of present illness
What do we perform in clinical evaluation?
Inspection, palpation, percussion
Surgical hand scrubbing with antiseptic soap is completed for at least
10 minutes.
3 steps of gloving without an assistant
- The 1st glove is donned by holding the glove merely by its folded cuff.
- No part of your bare hands or skin should touch the outside of sterile gloves.
- Fingers of gloved hand may be inserted into the fold of the cuff of the other glove
4 general steps in routine tooth extraction
I. Instrument set-up
II. Preparation of the operative site
III. Closed technique of exodontia
IV. Postoperative management