Minor Oral Surgery, LA And Anxiety Control Flashcards
Instrument used to protect lingual nerve during surgical procedure
Periosteal elevator
Dental nerve supplies the upper premolar teeth and the anterior half of the upper first molar tooth, and their buccal gingivae
Middle superior dental nerve
Nerve supplies the palatal gingivae from upper posterior half of the canine up to upper third molar tooth, but not the teeth themselves
The Greater Palatine Nerve
To neutralise the pH of the fluids in the surrounding tissues by raising or lowering the pH to 7
Buffer
LA cartridge content to prevent electrical stimulation
Anaesthetic
LA content that prevents the solution from deteriorating
Preservative
LA content which is the carrier for all the constituents
Sterile water
LA content that acts to prolong the anaesthesia by shutting down the local blood vessels so that the solution is removed from the area more slowly
Vasoconstrictor
An abnormal fluid-filled sac that encloses the crown of an unerupted tooth within it
Dentigerous cyst and also known as a “follicular cyst”
Cyst in association with erupted teeth and usually form in the periapical area of the root
Apical cyst
Local anaesthetic presentation must not be used for pregnant women
Prilocaine 3% contains the vasoconstrictor felypressin
Instrument used to remove any sharp spicules of bone on the top of the alveolar ridge
Bone rongeurs
Surgical amputation of the root apex, carried out when all attempts at root treatment have failed but the toot is not to be extracted
Apicectomy
Surgical procedure of removing the operculum, or the flap of the gum that partially covers a tooth
Operculectomy
Nerve supplies the buccal soft tissues from lower posterior half of first molar to lower third molar tooth (gums/soft tissues only)
Long buccal nerve
Painful complications that sometimes happens after having a tooth out.
‘Dry socket’ alveolar/localised osteitis
Colour coding of a nitrous oxide cylinder (inhalation sedation)
Blue
Medical term for Bad breath
Halitosis
Inflammation of the tissue surrounding a third molar
Pericoronitis
Removal of some/all of alveolar bone
Alveolectomy
Removal of frenulum
Frenectomy
Cuts gums in the mouth
Gingivectomy
Removal of operculum or flap of the gum that partially covers a tooth
Operculectomy
Removal of whole pulp tissue from crown down to root
Pulpectomy/root canal treatment
