Oral disorders Flashcards
clinical patterns of oral pathology?
- ulcers
- keratosis
- swelling
- vesicles (viral)
- pigmentation changes
- combo of the above
Primary factors contributing to oral disease?
- smoking/ETOH
- systemic disease: infections, diabetes (immunocompromised) - thrush due to hyperglycemic levels which promote enviro for yeast to grow
- anemia
- bowel disease
- autoimmune disease (bechet’s)
- meds - dexamethasone can be prone to candida
- stress/hormonal changes
- genetics
What is oral frictional hyperkeratosis?
- excessive growth of stubbornly attached keratin, may happen for number of reasons and may be genetic, physiological, pre-cancerous, and cancerous
- change may result from chemical, heat or physical irritants. It isn’t known to be infectious
- habit of cheek biting, chewing or tongue thrusting can usually be ID’d as responsible irritant if site of the white patch is examined in careful relationship to level at which teeth meet
Local infections examples?
- dental caries/acute pulpitis
- gingivitis/periodontitis
- dental abscesses
- necrotizing periodontal disease (vincent’s angina)
- ludwig’s angina
- fever blister or cold sores
- herpangina
- thrush
- hairy tongue
Cause, PP, and sx of dental caries/acute pulpitis?
- cause: strep mutans and other bacteria
- PP: destroys hard tissues of teeth, progresses into dental pulp (acute pulpitis)
- sx:
hot/cold sensitivity
continuous throbbing pain (later)
Prevention and tx of dental caries?
- prevention: fluoride, brushing, flossing, mouthwashes, routine cleanings
- tx: simple caries - restoration
pulpitis: abx, NSAIDs, root canal may be necessary
High risk populations - dental caries?
- chemo
- diabetics
- xerostomia secondary to other causes (meds)
What is gingivitis (periodontitis)?
- inflammation of marginal gingiva
- earliest form of periodontal disease
- etiology:
anaerobes (cause of halitosis) most common cause - clinical: usually painless, increased bleeding with brushing, soft tissue separation (pocket formation)
Periodontal abscess PP, Tx and prevention?
- PP: gingival soft tissue inflammation, infection
- clinical: edema, erythema, pyorrhea, pain
- tx: oral abx (PCN or clindamycin), NSAIDs (prn)
- prevention: good oral hygiene (brushing, flossing, antibacterial mouth rinses, removal of impacted food debris, routine visits to dental hygienist)
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis signs/sxs and tx?
- AKA vincents angina (trench mouth)
- signs/sxs: halitosis, ulcerations fof interdental papillae
- tx: PCN (po) + metronidazole
- clindamycin (alone)
- strongly assoc with HIV but not pathognomonic
Ludwig’s angina pp, signs/sxs, tx?
- pp: rapidly spreading cellulitis of SL and submandibular spaces
usually begins as infected lower molar - signs/sxs: febrile, drooling, trismus, edema in SL area spreading down neck
- tx: IV abx covering strep and oral anaerobes
- PCN or unasyn of a b lactam and b lactam inhibitor
- plus metronidazole (flagyl) 500 mg PO tid (metallic taste in their mouth)
Herpetic lesions? Presentation, and tx?
- cold sores (fever blisters) or painful vesicles on tongue/buccal mucosa
- etiology: HSV1 or 2
- lesions:
vesicles
white coated tongue
ulcerative gingivitis
lip lesions
facial lesions
tx:
acyclovir (zovirax) 400 mg 5x/day
valacyclovir 1000 tid
Herpangina
etiology?
clinical features?
Tx?
- picornovirus (not herpes) called coxsackie virus
- clinical features:
painful, fever, malaise, sore throat - vesicles are present on soft palate, 7-10 days
- tx: supportive, analgesics
** any sore in mouth give 2 weeks but if not healed by this time refer!
Oral candidiasis
etiology
signs/sxs
tx?
- Candida sp
- occurrence: neonates, prolonged abx use, immunocompromised pts
- signs/sxs: white plaques on tongue/oral mucosa, burning tongue, raw throat
- tx: topical antifungals: clotrimazole (mycelex) troches or nystatin (swish and spit/swallow)
- oral fluconazole (diflucan) - used with recurrent candidiasis, 200 mg one dose or 100 mg for 7 days
Hairy tongue? etiologies?
- elongation of filiform papillae of dorsal surface
- coloration due to staingin (by tobacco or food) or infection with chromogenic organisms (commonly fungi)