Midterm- not good Flashcards
Normal Healing:
reversible pulpitis
Return to normal condition
reversible pulpitis
Test not routinely done:
EPT
T/F: untreated pulpal infections can become life-threatening:
true
First thing you do when thermal testing?
establish baseline
Current x-rays:
2-6 months
Chronic infections favor:
anaerobic flora
Baseline and with how many teeth?
2-3
T/F: Start testing with percussion on suspected tooth:
False
Cold test with endo ice on Q-tip:
False
Prioprioceptors:
PA
T/F: Chronic infections with DST rarely become emergent:
true
LEO stands for:
lesion of endodontic origin
Most commonly mistake for LEO:
PCOD or mental foramen
Which one lingers?
Irreversible pulpitis
Which one would lead to PA lesion, select all that apply:
Asymptomatic and symptomatic irreversible and necrotic
Bender and Seltzer’s. It can take weeks for radiolucency to show up. All medullary bone can be destroyed, need 40% of cortical bone gone before it will show up on an x-ray:
Both statements true
T/F: Sunquist figured out bacteria were anaerobic gram negative in an infection:
true
T/F: Without bugs there would be no caries: Kakehashi
true
First thing you do with a new patient:
take medical history