Oral surgery interface with other dental specialties Flashcards
1
Q
What are some exampled of dental oral surgery?
A
- Impacted canines
- Impacted wisdom teeth
- Supernumerary teeth
- Frenectomy
- Lingual frenectomy
- Biopsies
- Removal of vascular lesions
Periodontal surgery e.g. free gingival grafting
- Preprosthetic procedures
- Implants
2
Q
What are some examples of some preprosthetic procedures?
A
- Denture irritation/hyperplasia
- Palatal hyperplasia
- Removal of fibrous tuberosities
- Removal of bony exostoses
3
Q
What is this?
A
Palatal hyperplasia
4
Q
What is this?
A
Fibrous tuberosity
5
Q
What is this?
A
Bony exostoses
6
Q
What is vestibuloplasty?
A
The surgical modification of gingival–mucousmembrane relationships in the vestibule of
the mouth.
7
Q
How is a vestibuloplasty carried out?
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8
Q
What are genial tubercles (the mental spine)?
A
A slight projection, sometimes two, in the mid-line of the posterior surface of the body of the mandible,
givingattachment to the geniohyoid muscle (below)
and the genioglossus (above).
9
Q
How are bony tori removed?
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10
Q
How did the mylohyoid ridge used to be removed? (no longer done)
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