ORP Midterm I Flashcards
What are three keratinized tissues of the oral cavity?
Gingiva
Tongue dorsum
Hard palate
What word describes an increase in number of cells? An increase in size of cells?
Hyperplasia
Hypertrophy
What word describes an abnormal collection of normally occurring tissue ? Normal tissue in an abnormal location?
Hamartoma
Choristoma
What word describes an accumulation of fluid within epithelial cells of the buccal muscosa?
Leukoedema
What is the term used to describe a tooth that has suffered extensive enamel dysplasia secondary to previous inflammation (or trauma) of the overlying deciduous tooth?
Which teeth are most commonly affected?
Turner’s Tooth
Permanent bicuspids
Who is most at risk for Leukoedema and what is the treatment?
Smokers and African Americans
No treatment needed
How is Leukoedema appear clinically?
A white-bluish tinge of the buccal mucosa but the color disappears when the cheek is stretched.
What is the term that describes abnormal fibrous attachment either between the ventral surface of the tongue and floor of mouth, or the maxial labial frenum?
Ankyloglossia
What is the term/s that describes nonneoplastic growth of nodular dense bone?
Torus/Exostosis
Where are torii normally found?
Midline of palate and lingual surfaces of the mandible
What are the two main reasons for surgical removal of a torus?
Dentures or cosmetics
What’s the term that describes excessive tissue in the area of the incisive foramen, between central incisors?
Incisive Papilla
What asymptomatic vascular findings are more typical in an older patient?
Varicosities
What is the reason behind “hairy tongue”? What are this patients at risk for?
Excess buildup of keratin on tongue dorsum.
Susceptible to staining and candida infection
What is the term to describe a clinical finding of migratory glossitis (pattern changing daily), erythematous patches on the tongue with a white rim?
Geographic Tongue
What term describes a finding of erythematous patch of atrophic mucosa on the tongue? Where on the tongue is it normal found?
Median Rhomboid Tongue
Middle dorsum of tongue
What is the term that describe wearing away of the teeth resulting from occlusal contacts?
Attrition
What is the term that describes the nonphysiologic wearing away of the teeth resulting from contact with foreign objects
Abrasion
What is the term that describes the wearing away of the teeth from chemical action not involving bacteria ?
Erosion
On which teeth does internal resorption normally occur?
How does it appear radiographically?
Usually in central incisors and first and second molars.
Enlargement of the pulp space at the expense of the tooth structure. Lesions are usually radiolucent and regularly-shaped (round, oval, elongated).
What term best describes the deposition of cementum on tooth roots which may occur around all or part of a root?
Hypercementosis
What diseases are Hypercementosis associated with?
Paget’s disease and hyperpituitarism
What is the most abundant tissue type in the pulpal space?
What is the predominant nerve fiber type in the pulp space?
Loose connective tissue
C- fibers
What are the respective levels of mineralization of Enamel, Dentin, and Cementum?
What is the predominant inorganic material?
Enamel: 96% inorganic
Dentin: 70% inorganic
Cementum: 50% inorganic
Hydroxylapatite
What systemic manifestations may present similar to pulpagia?
- trigeminal neuralgia
- myofascial pain
- atypical facial neuralgia
- cluster headaches
- migraine headaches
- angina pectoris
- nasal or sinus pathoses
