Oral Surgery, Bitches Flashcards
SOAP - expand and define:
Subjective: med Hx, CC
Objective: vitals, radiographs, etc. (obtain/organize)
Assessment: analyze and diagnose
Plan: and/or procedure
Surgical Wound Classification, Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Clean, uninfected
Clean-contaminated (resp, alimentary, genital, urinary entered)
Contaminated - open, fresh, accidental
Dirty-infected - old, traumatic, infected
When making incisions, the blade is _______ to the surface
Perpendicular
3 potential complications of a Flap:
Necrosis
Dehiscence (opens up)
Tearing
In a Flap, the _____ should be wider than the ______
Base wider than Tip
T/F
It is almost impossible to make an incision too long
True
*avoid tears and nerve damage/pain
Important: Incisions heal in what direction?
In width (across)
*independent of length, does NOT heal end to end
**longer incision better
Make releasing incisions how many teeth away from the extraction site?
1 - 1.5 teeth away
Irrigate tissue with _______ instead of _______
Saline solution
Distilled water
If an instrument is used to place tissue in _______ , don’t use it again
Formalin
*denatures tissues
T/F
Don’t crush, overheat, or dry out tissue
True
Poorly controlled _______ will lead to increase tension on the wound, decrease vascularity, and provide a culture/medium for infection
Hemostasis
Dead space (like a socket) will remain empty after closure and will fill up with blood, with leads to what?
High potential for infection
Eliminate dead spaces by suturing from the bottom or a ______ dressing
Pressure
4 methods to promote wound Hemostasis:
Assist natural (direct pressure)
Thermal coagulation (electrocautery)
Suture ligation
Vasoconstrictors
4 methods to eliminate Dead Space:
Suture
Pressure dressing
Packing
Drains (suction/nonsuction)
In the 1st couple days use _______ to decrease inflammation
After use ______
Ice
Heat
Decrease infection risk by _________ during surgery
Remove necrotic and foreign ischemic material - known as ________
Irrigation
Debridement
4 ways to Control Edema during surgery:
Careful
Elevation
Systemic steroids
Ice
Mucosal edges heal until they meet, known as…
Epithelialization
When will epithelial healing stop?
Once it touches other free edge of epithelium
3 stages of wound healing:
Inflammatory
Fibroplastic
Remodeling
Anything tending to hold wound edges apart:
Tension
Primary intention:
Secondary intention:
Tertiary intention:
Sutured lacerations/incisions
Gap (extraction sockets)
Grafts