oral med Flashcards
Which papillae are elongated in black hairy tongues?
a) fungiform
b) filiform
c) vallate
d) foliate
b) filiform
A patient has a blueish black oral pigment in the mandibular gingiva localised to an extraction space. The patient informs you the patch has been there for a while and has not increased in size. The patient noticed it after the tooth had been extracted
the patch is flat and has slightly blurred edges.
what could it possibly be?
amalgam tattoo
How do you manage black hairy tongue?
- reassurance
- oral hygiene improvement
- avoid excessive tongue brushing
- oxidising mouthwash
- smoking cessation
true or false:
For a lesion suspect as a graphite tattoo, a biopsy is not necessary
False
biopsy is needed to rule out malignancy
what is the second most common cause of exogenous localised oral pigmentation?
graphite tattoos
What location are graphite tattoos commonly found?
young children anterior palates
what oral pigment pigmentation can be confused for sub gingival calculus?
burton’s lines or Lead lines
How do lead lines or Burton’s lines form?
salts present in the crevicular fluid are precipitated by H2s from plaque microorganisms
what are the differences between an oral melanotic macule and an oral melanoma?
oral melanotic macule:
- distinct borders
- benign
- no changes in size
- uniformly flat
- black/brown macule
Oral melanoma
- irregular borders
- malignant / poor prognosis
- darkish brown/ can be amelanotic
- irregular colour distribution
- thickening
what can spontaneous ecchymosis represent?
underlying platelet or coagulation disorders
what are varices and name the common oral sites?
abnormal venous dilation
commonly seen in lips and sublingual areas
list three developmental causes for oral pigmentation
- peutz jeghers syndrome
- pigmented neavi (mole)
- racial pigmentation
what syndromes would a patient with peutz jeghers syndrome present with?
oral pigmented lesions
abdominal pain
rectal bleeding
How can haematinic deficiency affect the oral cavity?
- depapillation of tongue
- decrease in taste
- general oral epithelial atrophy
- soreness
- ulceration
- candidiasis
What oropharyngeal conditions are associated with haematinic deficiencies?
- plummer-vinson syndrome/patterson kelly syndrome
- burning mouth
- recurrent oral ulcerations
- angular cheilitis + candidosis
- glossitis
What is patterson kelly/ plummer-vinson syndrome?
marked by
- anaemia
- web like growth in the oesophagus (difficulty swallowing)
- increased risk of oesophageal cancer
what does ascorbic acid deficiency lead to?
- impaired phagocytosis
- altered antibody response to viral agents
what does retinol/zinc deficiency lead to?
- diminished cell mediated immunity
- early breakdown in oral mucosal integrity
What oral features exist of alcoholism?
- sialosis
- dental erosion due to acid reflux
- oral squamous cell carcinoma
- signs of liver cirrhosis
- malnutrition
what are the clinical features of bulemia?
- weight in normal range
- hypokalaemia (low potassium)
- sialosis
- dental erosion
- russell’s sign (callous on dorsum hand)
- ulcers on soft palate
- angular cheilitis
what are the risk factors of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis?
- smoking
- poor plaque control
- stress
- malnutrition
- immunosuppression
What is the difference between mucosal erosion and ulcer?
erosion - area of partial loss of skin or mucous membrane
ulcer - area of total loss of epithelium