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Oral Surgery Flashcards

1
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Categories of extractions: emergency

A

Broken tooth

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2
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Categories of extraction: preventive

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Orthodontic purposes

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3
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Categories of extractions: conservative

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Save teeth

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4
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Types of dental extractions: simple

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Above the gum line

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5
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Types of dental extractions: surgical

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Below the gum line/ impacted

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6
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Check medical history, radiographs, financial arrangements, consent forms

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Pre-operative care

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7
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Foods, liquids or medication in the stomach when general anesthesia is administered may cause what?

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Vomiting

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8
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Clean under nails, wash up go elbows with a scrub brush to clean hands and forearms for how long?

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7 minutes (surgical scrub)

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9
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Scrub brush is packaged with what antiseptic contained in the brush

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Chlorhexidine or iodophor

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10
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Pain control: pre medication

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Anti-anxiety

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11
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Pain control: sedation

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Sedative tranquilizers, iv conscious sedation, general anesthesia

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12
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Pain control: anesthetics

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Local anesthetics, nitrous oxide

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13
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During post op:

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Stay with patient until fully recovered to leave office. Give verbal and written post op.

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14
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Maintenance of surgical instruments: hinged

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Placed in ultrasonic or hydrim with hinge in open position

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15
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Maintenance of surgical instruments: class of instruments

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All classified as critical items and must be sterilized before use

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16
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Sterile gauze pressure pack stays in place for how long after procedure

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30-45 minutes

17
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First 24 hours post op

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Use cold pack 20 minutes on 20 minutes off

18
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After 24 hours post op

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External heat can be used to promote healing and saline solution rinse every 2 hours.

19
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Alveolitis (dry socket) symptoms

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Foul odour, taste and pain. Pain after extraction diminishes and then returns after 2-4 days

20
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Instrument transfer: used for many instrument transfers in surgery and a two-handed technique is frequently used

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Palm grasp

21
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Instrument transfer: transfer of sharp items should be done (scalpels, needles)

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One way transfer

22
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Instruments: used to loosen tooth. Locate the tooth out of the socket, and to compress bone and enlarge socket.

A

Elevators

23
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Instrument elevator: detach gingival tissue around the neck of the tooth. Separate or retract the periosteum from the surface of the bone

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Periosteal elevator

24
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Instrument elevator: used to apply leverage against tooth to loosen it from periodontal ligament. Maybe he also used to remove smaller tooth fragments, retained roots and teeth that have been sectioned.

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Straight/angular elevator

25
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Instrument: used for removing root tips or fragments that have broken from tooth during extraction

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Root tip picks

26
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Instruments: the dentist places the beaks on the tooth and firmly grasps the tooth around and below the cementoenamel junction

A

Forceps

27
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Instrument forcep: can be used either in the right or left side of the dental arch (150)

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Maxillary universal forceps

28
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Instruments: resembles a large spoon excavator. It is a double ended, scoop shaped with sharp edges that allow for a scraping motion. Used following the extraction to scrape the interior of the socket to remove diseased tissue or abscesses

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Surgical curettes

29
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Instruments: used to incise or excise soft tissue with the least amount of trauma to the tissue. Designed with to sections the handle and the __

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Scalpel and blade

30
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Instruments: used to retract tissue, remove small root tips, clamp off blood vessels, and grasp loose objects

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Hemostat

31
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Instruments: when there is a need to remove or reshape bone this can be used

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Mallet and chisel

32
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Instruments: used to trim and shape alveolar bone. Widely used after multiple extractions to eliminate sharp projections and to shape the edentulous ridge.

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Rongeur

33
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Instruments: smooths the surface of the bone after the rongeur has removed most of the undesirable bone

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Bone file

34
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Instruments: designed to hold cheeks and tongue during surgical procedures to maintain a clear field

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Cheek and tongue retractors

35
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Instruments: used to trim and recontour soft tissue. Should never be used for non surgical tasks that would dull cutting surface.

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Surgical scissors

36
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Instruments: the mouth prop is placed where

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On the opposite side of the mouth being treated

37
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Instruments: used to keep socket clean as dentist removes tooth fragments. The tip is much narrower compared to HVE tips

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Surgical aspirator

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