Oral surgery tutorials Flashcards
What Anaesthetic is not recommended for pregnant women? and what ingredient causes the issue?
- Citanest ; contains fellypressin which can induce labour
Standing positions of right handed operator?
- Infront at 7 O’clock
Upper anteriors - Infront
Upper molars
Upper premolars
Left lower molars - Behind right shouder - 11O’clock
Right lower molars
What is the patient position for extractions in upper dentition?
- Patient head just below their shoulder height
- Semi-supine
What is the best patient position for extractions in the lower dentition?
- Patient head just below dentist elbow height
- Upright
Describe the technique for using forceps to extract a multi-rooted tooth (3)
- Apical pressure
- Figure of 8 movements
- Buccal expansion
Describe the technique for using forceps to extract a single rooted tooth? (2)
- Apical pressure
- Rotational movement
Give 3 principles in positioning extraction instruments?
- Pressure applied away from soft tissues
- Do not lean against teeth
- Forceps engage the roots
- Use under direct vision
- Support instrument with other hand
What are the 3 actions in which you can use elevators?
- Wedge
- Lever
- Wheel and axle
Give 5 post-op haemostasis methods?
- Apply pressure
- LA with vasoconstrictor
- Suturing
- Sugicel packing
- Bone wax
What 3 things may be important in terms of scheduling an appointment for a patient on an anticoagulant?
- Treat early in the day
- Treat early in the week
- Timing with anticoagulant intake
Give 4 systemic haemostatic agents?
- Tranexamic acid
- DDAVP (desmopressin)
- Vitamin K
- Replace missing clotting factors
What type of drug is Warfarin?
Vitamin K antagonist
What does INR stand for?
International normalised ratio
Give the normal INR for a non-warafrin patient?
1
Give the normal INR for a patient who is stably coagulated by warafrin
2-3
What should you do if a patient is taking warfarin and their INR is above 4 ?
They are getting an extraction
- Delay treatment
- Investigate and refer to patient haematologist
- If an emergency patient refer to second care
If there is evidence of a patient being stably coagulated, what is the maximum time an INR can be taken before an extraction can go ahead?
72 hours
A patient requiring an extraction is on apixaban. What pre-op instructions will you give to the patient regarding his medication? (2)
- Skip morning dose
- Take it in the usual time in the evening
A patient requiring extractions is on rivaroxaban. What pre-op instructions will you give the patient regarding his medication?
- Delay morning dose to 4 hours after haemostasis achieved
What information you would want to know about the patient who is on anti-coagulants or anti-platelets regarding their medical history
- If they are taking any NSAIDs such as ibuprofen and diclofenac - as may increase bleeding risk
- Their INR record if they are taking warfarin
- Kidney, liver and blood conditions
- Any herbal or complementary medicines
Name DOAC that are taken twice a day?
- Apixaban
- Dabigatran
Name DOAC that are taken once a day in the morning?
- Edoxaban
Give examples of injectable anticoagulants
- Dalteparin
- Enoxaparin
- Tinzaparin
What post op instructions would you give specifically for a patient who had an extraction?
- Rest while the local anaesthetic wears off and the clott fully forms (2-3 hours)
- Avoid rinsing your mouth until the next day
- Avoid sucking hard or disturbing the clot
- Avoid hot liquid and hard foods
- The day after treatment gently rinse with warm salty water 3-4 times a day for 5 days ( ts in glass of water)
- Avoid using NSAIDs for pain and use paracetamol instead
- Contact details for any questions or emergency
Give 2 types of antiplatelets?
- Aspirin
- Clopidogrel
A patient requiring extraction is on an anti-platelet what should you do? (3)
- Do the treatment
- limit initial treatment area
- consider staging treatment plan
- Use atraumatic technique
- Apply local haemostatic measures
- Expect prolonged bleeding and warn patient about risk of prolonged swelling and bruising
Give 4 principles of suturing?
- Laid on sound bone
- Achieve haemostasis
- Reposition tissues
- Do not close wound under tension
When to use a monofilament suture?
- Mucogingival surgery
When to use a non resorbable suture?
OAF
When you can use a resorbable suture?
- Post XLA haemostasis
How would you manage a patient for an extraction if they are on injectable anticoagulants? (low dose)
- Treat without interrupting medication
How would you manage a patient for an extraction if they are on injectable anticoagulants on high or uncertain of the dose?
- Consult prescribing clinician
What should you assess when treating a patient with anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs?
- Bleeding risk of dental treatment
- Duration of treatment with drug
- Any other relevant medical complications
- Type of drug the patient is taking
In what groups of patient is it advised to not interrupt anticoagulant/antiplatelet medication?
- Pts with metal prosthetic heart valves or coronary stents
- Pts who had a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis in the last 3 months
- Pts on anticoagulant therapy for cardioversion
What are the 4 categories of pain-related TMDs?
- Myofacial pain
- Arthralgia - pain in joint
- Displacement of joint with or without reduction
- Headaches
Give 4 causes of TMD?
- Stress
- Trauma
- Mandibular displacement
- Medical history - fibromyalgia
- Anatomy of joint
What are 4 signs of TMD?
- Hypertrophy of MoM
- Crepitus
- Deviation on opening
- Pain on palpating TMJ
What symptoms may a TMD patient complain of? (6)
- Pain in the morning
- Intermittent pain
- Headache
- Clicking sounds
- Limited mouth opening
- TMJ pain
When should a TMJ patient be referred to oral medicine or maxfax for specialist investigations? (4)
- Crepitus
- Severe trismus
- Failure of primary treatment
- To carry out further investigations
Give 3 specialist investigations used to diagnose TMD?
- Arthroscopy
- CT scan of joint
- MRI Scan
Give 3 management options for TMD in primary care?
- Counseling
- Bite splint
- Physiotherapy
What counselling advice can you give a patient with TMD? (8)
- Stop parafunctional habits
- Manage stress
- Avoid chewing gum
- Soft food diet
- Cut food into smaller pieces
- Avoid chewy food
- Avoid incising food
- Support mouth when yawning
Give 3 management options for TMD in secondary care?
- Botox
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Joint replacement
What drugs can be used to manage TMD?
- NSAID’s
- Diazepam
- Amitriptyline
- Gabapentin
Give 2 sources of information which you can recommend for patient to read about TMD?
- NHS Information
- British association of oral surgeons
What type of joint is the TMJ?
Modified hinge (atypical) synovial joint
What artery supplies the TMJ?
Deep auricular
What nerve supplies the TMJ?
- Auriculotemporal nerve
- Masseteric nerve
- Posterior deep temporal
** all branches of V3 **
What muscles are involved in elevation?
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid
What muscles are involved in protrusion?
- Medial pterygoid
- Lateral pterygoid
- Masseter
What muscles are involved in retraction
- Deep part of masseter
- Posterior fibres of temporalis
What muscles are involved in lateral deviation?
- Ipsilateral masseter
- Contralateral lateral pterygoid
- both work with temporalis
What muscles are involved in depression? (3)
- Mylohyoid
- Geniohyoid
- Digastric works with gravity
In terms of dis and condylar movement, describe how disc displacement with reduction occurs?
- Articular disc displaced anteriorly to the condyle during opening
- Leading to difficulty in opening the mouth wide until disc reduction occurs
- This results in lockjaw then the joint clicks
What are the main symptoms of disc displacement with reduction? (4)
- Clicking
- Dislocation of joint
- Pain
- Deviation on opening
What is the risk of not treating symptomatic disc displacement with reduction?
Progress to osteoarthritis
How can you manage disc displacement with reduction?
- Counselling
- Limit mouth opening
- Bite raising appliance
- Surgery
Give 5 signs of a mandibular fracture?
- Numbness of lower lip
- Mandibular deviation
- Occlusal derangement
- Pain
- Mobile teeth
What are the ways for classifying mandibular fractures? (6)
- involvement of surrounding tissues
- number of fractures
- Side of fracture
- Site of fracture
- Direction of fracture
- Specific fractures
- Displacement of fracture
What radiographs can be used to assess mandibular fractures?
- Towne’s view
- PA mandible
- OPT
- Occlusal oblique
What is the treatment for undisplaced mandibular fracture?
- Accept and monitor
What is the treatment of a displaced mandibular fracture?
- Closed reduction with internal fixation
- Open reduction with internal fixation
Give the bones that are involved in the three types of Le Fort fractures ?
1 - maxilla
2- maxilla and nasoethmoidal
3- maxilla , nasoethmoidal and zygomato-orbital
Give 5 signs of a zygomatico-orbital fracture?
- Epistaxis
- Diplopia
- Bony step deformity
- Peri-orbital bruising
- Swelling
- Subconjunctival haemorrhage
How would you clinically assess for a zygomatico-orbital fracture?
- Palpate for depression of
Supraorbital region
infraorbital ridge
zygomatic arch - Observe the movement of maxilla
What radiograph can be used for a zygomatico-orbital fracture?
- Occiptomental ( parallax 0-30 degrees )
What initial management should you carry out for a zygomatico-orbital fracture? (4)
- Rule out damage to orbital nerve - color vision test , visual acuity test
- Prophylactic ABs
- Avoid nose blowing
- Refer to maxillofacial department
What are the 4 types of skull radiographs in maxillofacial trauma?
- Occipitomental
- PA mandible
- Reverse Towne
- CBCT
What is the occipitomental view primarily used for?
Maxillary middle third fractures
What PA mandible used for? (3)
- Ramus fractures
- Lower condylar fracture
- Angle of the mandible fracture
What is Reverse Towne view used for ?
- TMJ investigations
- Coronoid notch
- Condylar fracture
What is CBCT primarily used for in fractures?
Spatial assessment of fractures
in three planes
- coronal
- axial
- saggital
What are 5 radiographic signs of fractures?
- Sharply defined radiolucent line
- Radiopaque line
- Change in normal outline or shape of bone
- Opacification - new bone formation
- Surgical emphysema (air)
What are 5 common fracture patterns that can be seen radiographically?
- Mandibular displacement
- Zygomatic arch fracture
- Tripod fracture
- Orbital blowout
- Nasoethmoidal complex
Identify fracture?
- Fracture of right condylar neck of mandible (subcondylar fracture)
Identify fracture?
- Fracture of right body of mandible
- Fracture of left angle of mandible
What type of radiograph is this?
PA mandible
What is this? and what type of image?
- Left inferior orbital blowout fracture
- CBCT
What is this radiographic view?
- Occipitomental
- 25 year old patient complaining of toothache
- I/O - localised swelling in lower left quadrant
What is your provisional diagnosis?
- Acute periapical abscess ( lower left region)
- 25 year old patient complaining of toothache
- I/O - localised swelling in lower left quadrant
What 4 further investigations will you carry out?
- Percussion
- Sensibility testing
- Peri-apical of the lower left molar
- Mobility testing of 46,45,43
- 25 year old patient complaining of toothache
- I/O - localised swelling in lower left quadrant
How will you manage this case? (5)
- Assess cause of abscess using special investigations
- Inform patient of treatment options for his case
- Carry out emergency treatment for the patient
- Provide analgesia advice + CHX 0.2% twice daily for 7D
- Give instructions on what to do if infection returns
- 25 year old patient complaining of toothache
- I/O - localised swelling in lower left quadrant
when would you review after carrying out emergency treatment?
48-72 hours
Give 3 methods for abscess drainage post-incision?
- Hilton technique - for areas of major nerves trunks
- Pressure + gauze
- Extra-oral drain
What common bacteria is found in dentoalveolar abscesses?
- Anearobic - P.intermedia
- Strepcocci - S.angiosus
What antibiotics are effective against P.intermedia?
- Penicillin
- Metronidazole
What Antibiotics are effective against S.angiosus?
- Penicillin
- Erythromycin
- Clindamycin
What part of microorganism do penicillin act against?
Cell wall
What part of microorganism do erthromycin and clindamycin act against?
Protein synthesis