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Pathology And Microbiology Flashcards

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1
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Early enamel demineralisation - presentation of this area?

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White spot lesion

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Dentine is the calcified tissue that forms the bulk of the tooth structure and composed of what?

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Hollow tubes (containing the nerve fibrils of the pulp tissue)

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What is the ideal concentration of flouride artificially added to a water supply?

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1 part per million (1ppm)

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Fungal infection that occurs in denture weares

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Denture stomatitis (candida albicans)

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Normal pH level of the oral cavity

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pH 7.0

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Criticial pH level of the oral cavity

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pH 5.5

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Medication that causes dry mouth (xerostomia)?

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Diuretics ‘water tablets’

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Patient suffers severe oral pain, halitosis and ulcerated gingivae (signs and symptoms of acute necrotising ulcerative gingitivis) An oral infection by which microorganisms is involved?

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Borrelia vincenti

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Scaler instrument for subgingival calculus

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Curette and Hoe

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Instrument used to clean off interdental calculus

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Cushing scaler

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Hand instrument to clean off supragingival calculus

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Sickle scaler
Jaquette scaler
Push scaler

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An infection not caused by a microorganism? (It is caused by specialised protein called a ‘prion’)

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Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease “mad cow disease”

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Incisal edge and occlusal surface wear, habitual grinding their teeth (bruxism)

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Attrition

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Cervical margin wear, result of vigorous toothbrushing

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Abrasion

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Palatal and labial surface loss due to acid attack

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Erosion

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Surface loss due to tooth fracture usual affects the cervical areas of heavily loaded teeth

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Abfraction

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Oral cancer, a condition that has been linked to tobacco use and high alcohol intake. Where it is most likely to manifest?

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Squamous cell carcinoma (especially sides of the tongue, and floor of the mouth)

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Shallow break in the tissue surface, often painful, bleeds when touched

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Ulcer

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19
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Abnormal overgrowth of tissue cells

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Tumours

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Abnormal fluid-filled sacs within the tissues

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Cysts

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21
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Invasion of the tissues by microorganisms

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Infection

22
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Virus causes ‘cold sore’?

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Herpes simplex

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Virus causes glandular fever

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Epstein-barr

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Virus causes chickenpox and shingles

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Herpes varicella and zoster

25
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Virus causes mumps

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Paramyxovirus

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Which microorganism that has been linked to acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis (acute periodontal condition)?

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Bacillus fusiformis and Borrelia vincenti

27
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One of the bacteria associated with chronic periodontitis

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Porphyromonas gingivalis

28
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Initial microorganism that causes caries

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Streptococcus mutans

29
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Which analgesics should be avoided in asthmatic patients?

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Ibuprofen

30
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Signs of periodontitis

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Furcation lesions
Subgingival calculus
Tooth mobility
True pockets

31
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One of the sign of chronic gingivitis

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Gingival hyperplasia (causes gums to overgrow)

32
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Drug to treat denture stomatitis?

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Nystatin

33
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Slow-growing abnormal sac of fluid within the tissues

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Cyst

34
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Term describes when pus manages to spread into the surrounding tissues

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Cellulitis

35
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Medical term for white blood cells?

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Leucocytes

36
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Medical term for red blood cells

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Erythrocytes

37
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Medical term for platelets

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Thrombocytes

38
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Leucocytes (white blood cells) are made and released from?

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Bone marrow

39
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Cell that transport oxygen around the body

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Erythrocytes (red blood cell)

40
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Blood cells that form platelets for blood clotting

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Thrombocytes (platelets)

41
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Bacteria that thrive in areas of low oxygen availability

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Anaerobic bacteria

42
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Bacteria that thrive in areas of high oxygen availability

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Aerobic bacteria

43
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Specific antibiotic used for many perio conditions

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Metronidazole

44
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Bacteria that is shaped like round-ended rods?

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Lactobacilli

45
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Pointed rod-shaped bacteria

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Bacilli

46
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Circular shape arranged in chain

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Streptococcus

47
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Circular shape arranged in grape-like cluster

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Staphylococcus

48
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Spiral-shaped bacteria

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Spirochaetes

49
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Patient are more at risk to develop perio disease because of prescribed drugs that cause gingival hyperplasia (which making plaque control difficult)

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Nifedipine (medication for angina or hypertension)

50
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When a sound tooth undergoes carious attack, which most likely point of the tooth the patient will begin to feel sensation?

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At the amelodentinal junction

51
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Microorganisms possesses “hyphae”

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Fungi

52
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Bacteria linked to periodontal disease

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Actinomyces
Bacillus
Porphyromonas
Treponema
Prevotella intermedia

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