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Microbiology & Pathology Flashcards

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What are the 5 signs of inflammation?

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Heat, swelling, pain, redness and loss of function

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What is the name of the ulcer often associated with stress, vitamin deficiency and/or poor nutrition?

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Aphthous ulcers

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What are the dentally relevant infections?

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Dental caries
Periodontal disease
Denture stomatitis
Herpes simplex

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Which dentally related cyst develops around an impacted, unerupted tooth?

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Dentigerous cyst

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Which dentally related cyst develops around the tooth apex?

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Periapical cyst

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Which dentally related cyst is produced after trauma to minor salivary glands and usually occurs on the lower lip?

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Mucocele

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Which bacteria is initially found in dental caries as the cavity first forms?

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Streptococcus mutans

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Which bacteria is found within an established carious lesion, as deeper tooth tissues become infected?

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Lactobacillus

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Which bacteria is associated with skin boils and gingival boils?

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Staphlococci

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Which 4 bacteria are associated with periodontal disease? The bacterial infection of the supporting structures of the teeth (gingivae, periodontal ligament, cementum, alveolar bone).

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Actinomyces
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Prevotella intermedia
Treponema denticola

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What 3 natural lines of defence against pathogens does a healthy body have?

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Intact skin and mucous membrane
Surface secretions
Inflammatory response

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Which type of immunity is present from birth by being randomly inherited?

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Natural immunity

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Which type of immunity is present from birth and is specifically inherited directly from the mother’s own pool of antibodies and antitoxins?

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Passive immunity

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Which type of immunity occurs after being given a harmless dose of a pathogen or overcoming a pathogen attack?

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Acquired immunity

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What is a cyst formation within the jaw bone called?

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Alveolar bone cyst

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Name the condition associated with acute bacterial infection if the soft tissues (operculum) of a partially erupted tooth.

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Pericoronitis

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What is the name of the bacterial infection of the bony walls of an extraction socket (also called ‘dry socket’)?

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Localised osteitis

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What is the name of the bacterial infection spreading from a tooth into the surrounding deep soft tissue structures?

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Cellulitis

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Which antibiotic is referred to as a ‘broad-spectrum antibiotic’?

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Amoxicillin

20
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Which antibiotic is used against anaerobic bacteria often associated with pericoronitis, periodontal disease and acute ulcerative necrotising gingivitis?

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Metronidazole

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Which antibiotic is an alternative for penicillin and its derivatives given to patients who are allergic?

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Erythromycin

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What antibiotic can be used against the spread of infection in periconronitis and cellulitis, and to prevent secondary infection after oral surgery procedures?

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Penicillin

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Which antibiotic is used as a prophylactic alternative against infective endocarditis in patients allergic to amoxicillin?

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Clindamycin

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What antiviral drug is used to treat herpes simples type I virus (cold sores)?

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Aciclovir antiviral cream

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Name 4 antifungals used to treat infections caused by the fungus Candida albicans.

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Fluconazole
Nystatin
Amphotericin
Miconazole

26
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Which analgesic reduces body temperature when fever is present (has antipyretic properties)?

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Paracetamol

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Which analgesic is anti-inflammatory and should not be given to asthmatics?

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Ibuprofen

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Which analgesic is anti-inflammatory, an anticoagulant (so must not be given after surgical procedures) and must be avoid by asthmatics and children under 16 because of the rate complication of Reye’s syndrome (fatal brain disease)?

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Aspirin

29
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Name 3 dentally related diseases caused by the fungal infection Candida albicans.

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Oral thrush
Denture stomatitis
Angular cheilitis

30
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Name 3 congenital/ developmental defects (genetic mutations or inherited conditions).

A

Cleft lip or palate
Hypodontia - absence of some teeth
Amelogenesis imperfect - defect of tooth formation

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