Practice Questions Flashcards
Complex tongue thrust
- tongue thrust w/teeth apart swallow
- generalized open bite
What is responsible for maxillary arch constriction in sucking habits
Alteration of cheek and tongue pressures
Dentofacial changes in non-nutritive sucking: effect on mandibular and maxillary relationship
- Decrease:
- Interincisal angle
- overbite
- Increase:
- overjet
- class 2 malocclusion
Dentofacial changes in maxillary during prolonged, vigorous, non-nutritive sucking
- Increased
- proclination of incisors
- apical?
- decreased
- palatal width
Indications of space maintainer
- premature tooth loss
- no loss of arch length
- successor present
- favorable space analysis
High Risk sites for squamous cell carcinoma:
- Floor of mouth
- Ventral Tongue
- Posterior lateral tongue
Serial Extraction
- no skeletal disproportion
- Class 1 molar relationship
- space deficiency of 10mm+
Epithelial cells that show loss of maturation, dyskeratosis, altered nuclear to cytoplasmic ratios, and increased mitoses are characterized as
Dysplastic
Patients with scaly crusting and shallow non-healing ulceration of the lower lip have the clinical characteristics of
Actinic Cheilitis
More frequently reported signs of active oral habits
- anterior open bite
- labial movement of upper incisors
- lingual movement of lower incisors
- Maxillary arch constriction
This lesion found incidentally in a smoker is most likely which one of the following
Nicotinic Stomatitis
The condition pictured with a rolled margin and dark keratin-filled crater will “heal” and then re-form. Your clinical impression is:
Keratoacanthoma
The picture most likely demonstrates an individual with a:
Simple open bite
The punctate red “dots” noted in this palatal lesion represent inflamed
Excretory ducts
Seborrheic keratosis occurs in African-Americans as:
Dermatosis papulosa nigra
