Module 16 Wk1 Flashcards
(Small Animal Foundation Dentistry)
What should you inspect and palpate on a conscious head exam?
- Facial symmetry
- Masticatory muscles
- Salivary gland/lymph node
- Ptyalism
- Facial swelling
what is Ptyalism? what could it be due too?
It is excessive salivary secretions
Could be due to pain/toxicity/nausea
What is the most probable diagnosis for facial swelling under the eye?
Tooth abscess
What should you be looking for on an oral examiniation?
- occlusion
- soft tissue
- hard tissue
- TMJ
Whats the most common issue with the TMJ?
Arthristis in dogs and trauma in cats
On an unconscious oral exam what should you be examining extraorally?
- Lymph nodes
- Masticatory muscles
What are the 4 masticatory muscles? and there function pookie
- Temporalis - closes mouth
- Masseter - closes mouth
- Digasticus - opens mouth
- Pterygoids - closes mouth
T/F masseter is the biggest muscle in mouth?
false its temporalis
What are the names of the salivary glands that you should examine in an unconscious oral exam?
parotid
zygomatic
sublingual
What is the invasive papillae and where is it loacted?
It is located behind the incisors.
It connects the mouth and nose stright to the brain. So indicates to the dog if something is okay to be eaten or not
What is the caruncula and where is it located?
It is located at the base of the tongue and is where the submandibular salivary gland empties into the mouth and also connects the tongue to the base of the mouth
What is the most common dental disease in cats?
Periodontal disease and tooth resorption
What are SA paediatric patient dental diseases?
Hypo/hyperdontia
malocclusion
cleft lip/cleft palate
feline juvenile gingivitis
enamel defects
What is the normal dentition in dogs?
3142/3143
What can unerruption of a tooth cause?
a cyst
Should you perform surgery on a grade 1 malocclusion?
No, if the animal is not in pain, there is no need.
What is grade 2 malocclusion?
Discrepancy between upper and lower jaws
What does grade 3 malocclusion look like?
It is were the lower jaw is longer than the upper one
What can gingivitis be triggered by?
The eruption of the permanent dentition
What can juvinile gingivitis be assoc with?
Juvenile periodontal disease, is very painful and should be referred.
What systemic diseases may cause enamal defects?
viral infection, distemper and nutritional problems.
What is gingivitis?
The inflammation of the gums but it is reversible
How is periodontitis a step past periodontal disease?
As it involves damage to the bone and the ligament and its irreversible after bone destruction
What is loss of mandibular bone a sign of?
advanced periodontal disease
What is tooth resorption? and what is the most common tooth to be affected?
This is where the tooth is resorbed and mandibular PM3
Discuss tooth resorption type 1 and how it is treated
Tooth resorption type 1 is associated with periodontal disease and is associated with the crown and is a round lesion triggered by inflammation. Type 1 is treated via extraction.
Discuss tooth resorption type 2
Type two is idiopathic (no clue why it happens) -it occurs everywhere around the tooth and is the most commonly diagnosed via x-ray. Type 2 depends on the grade.
What is type 3 tooth resorption?
Type 3 is a combination of type 2 and type 1
T/F a microline fracture in a tooth is abnormal?
False - it is infact normal
what do you want to do when there is an enamal fracture?
x-ray it
what parts of the tooth are involved in an uncomplicated crown fracture?
enamel and dentine
What parts of the tooth are involved in a complicated fracture?
enamel, dentine and pulp
T/F extraction of tooth is needed for a complicated crown root fracture
True
What are structurally important teeth in dogs?
Upper 4th premolar
Canine
Lower fourth premolar
What are structurally importnat teeth in cats
canine
What is stomatitis?
It is an inflammatory condition affecting the mucous membranes of the mouth causing lesions.
How would you treat stomatitis?
You would treat it by extracting the teeth affected by the disease along with medications such as antibiotics and antifungals.
should you refer an animal with stomatitis?
YEEE
What is ONF?
Oral nasal fistulae
What can ONF be caused by?
- Periodontal disease
- Malocclusion
- Foreign body
- Neoplasia
- Poorly carried out tooth extraction (especially canine)
What should you do if there is an oral mass?
- Take a pic
- Measure it
- Describe it
T/F in cats 50% of oral masses are benign and 50% malignant?
False - this is true for dogs but in cats its 90% malignant and 10% benign.
You are presented with a WHWT 6y/o MN whi has mesial pocket of 8mm - what you doing?
X-ray
You are presented with a mix breed brachy 2y/o missing its first premolar - what you doing?
x-ray
You are presented with a 10/yo FN lab with recurrent right facial swelling - what could be causing it and what you doing?
Tooth root abscess
Extract the tooth
You are presented with a DSH FN 12y/o who hase advanced tooth reabsorption - what you doing?
x-ray
(equine dentistry)
How can an overjet and overbite be decribed?
‘parrot mouth’ ‘overshot jaw’ ‘over bite’
Does overjet and over bite cause grazing issues?
Rarely
T?F overjet and overbite are not inheritable?
False they are
How might you go about treating an overbite?
Orthodontic treatment with biteplate or wire
What is a mandibular prognathism and how might else it be called?
It is shortened premaxilla or maxilla and can be called ‘sow mouth’ ‘undershor jaw ‘ or ‘underbite’
With a underbite what teeth do you get over growths with?
lower 06 and upper 11 overgrowths
where anatomically do retained deciduous incisors sit and what do they cause to permenant teeth?
They are usually displaced in front of permanent teeth so cause caudal displacement of permanent teeth
When removing lower incisors what nerve block should you use?
Left mental nerve block
When removing upper incisors what nerve block should you use?
infraorbital nerve block
What are supernumerary incisors?
They are additional to the 6 normal adult incisors, they have long reserve crowns
When is incisor trauma common?
In juveniles and following kicks/collisions
When faced with a complacated fracture what question should you ask yourself?
Is the pulp necrotic or still viable
What does endodontic treatment of fractured incisor allow?
The tooth to regrow
T/F Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis is similar to Feline resorptive lesions?
True except the horse often lays down much more cementum subgingivally
T/F slope or slant mouth are mostly secondary to mild craniofacial abnormalities?
True - wrynose is most common, others have abnormalities of hard palate/facial bones and some have painful unilateral dental disorders.
What is Wry nose and what may it result in?
It is lateral deviation of nose to dysplastic side and may result in nasal occlusion
Up to how many months can Wry nose be surgically corrected?
up to 6months
What are abnormalities seen in canine teeth of horses?
- Displaced
- Incompletely erupted
- Long? – Do not reduce
- Calculus (“tartar”)
- EOTRH / resorptive lesions
How would you deal with calculus on canines?
Break off with forceps
How would you deal with a canine resorption lesion?
Either extract tooth or just leave it in to be fully resorbed
What will lower wolf tooth cause and should they be extracted?
Yes they should be - they are likely to cause a bitting problemo
Describe the procedure for extracting a wolf tooth?
Sedate
Local Anaesthetic
Burgess Punch for Mucosa only
Slowly Elevate all Sides of Tooth
Lever against 06s last
What are the normal occlusal angles and what can the go up to?
10-15 degrees up to 35
What are the different developmental cheek teeth disorders?
- Retained deciduous
- Diastemata
- Rostral positioning
- Displacements
- Supernumerary
- Oligodontia
- Maleruption
What are the different aquired cheek teeth disorders?
- Sharp enamel points
- Periodontal disease
- Fractures
- Tumours
- Periapical infections
What are caps?
the remnants of deciduous teeth
When are caps normally shed?
During eruption of permenant teeth
What can retained caps cause?
Buccal/oral pain and may delap cheek teeth eruption and cause eruption cyts
What is a possible sequelae of diastema?
Food trapping decending periodonatl disease
In severe cases of diastema what can happen?
- periapical abscessation or
- oro-sinus fistula
What is the treatment protocol for diastema?
- Removal of impacted food
- Filling diastemata with impression material
- Partial or Full widening of diastema
- Reduction of excessive transverse ridges (ETR) opposite diastema
- Dietary modification
What three things are needed when cleaning the diastema with right angles diastema forceps?
- A well sedated horse
- IV anti- imflammatories
- Topical anaesthetics
What kind of substance can cause dramatic improvements in diastemas?
Firm substances between adjacent teeth
What is the downside to using firm substances over putty-like ones between teeth?
May cause severe buccal/Tongue trauma