Oral Surgery Flashcards
Which instrument is used to retract a mucoperiosteal flap?
A. Kliner retractor
B. Rake retractor
C. Austin retractor
D. Blake retractor
Rake retractor
What complications may you have after extraction of a tooth?
Haemorrhage, localised osteitis (dry socket), nerve damage, oro-antral communication
What is a primary haemorrhage?
Bleeding that occurs at the time of the extraction due to the initial severing of the vessels.
What is reactionary haemorrhage?
Bleeding that occurs within hours of the extraction due to the blood clot being disturbed.
What is secondary haemorrhage?
Occurs after 24 hours due to an infection developing.
What is a localised ostetitis (dry socket)?
This is when blood clot gets lost and the bone and socket is exposed which becomes infected. This mainly occurs with people who smoke
What is a nerve damage?
This can happen when the nerve is cut during the procedure or by damaging the nerve due to poor soft tissue retraction. This can cause trauma to the nerve.
What is oro-antral communication?
Oro-antral communication is an unnatural communication between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus. This happens mainly when extraction of upper molar/premolar teeth.
What is a cryer elevators?
Used to loosen the root from the socket (mainly for broken roots) prior to using the extraction forceps.
What is warwick james elevator?
Used to displace teeth in the maxilla before using the forceps.
What does cryer elevators do?
Used to loosen the ROOT from the SOCKET (mainly for broken teeth)
What does Warwick James elevator?
Used to displace teeth in the maxilla before using the forceps.
What does couplands chisel do?
Used to loosen and elevate the tooth from the periodontal ligaments.
What does a luxator do?
Used to cut through the periodontal ligament.
What does periostea elevators (Howarth) do?
Retracts and holds the mucoperiosteal flap which rests on the alveolar bone.
