preventive ortho Flashcards
part of orthodontics which is concerned with the parents and patients education, supervision of the growth and development of the dentition and the craniofacial structure
Preventive orthodontics
PROCEDURES UNDERTAKEN: (2)
PARENTS EDUCATION:
CARIES CONTROL:
- Advised on use of physiologic nipples which permits suckling of the milk by movement of tongue and lower jaw
- Brushing techniques
PARENTS EDUCATION:
- Proximal surfaces of the deciduous teeth if not restored leads to loss of arch length
- Bite wing radiographs are essential for diagnosis
CARIES CONTROL:
CARE OF DECIDUOUS DENTITION
* Excellent ___________
* Prevent ___________
* __________ applications
* _______________
space maintainer
early loss of teeth
Topical fluoride
Pit and fissure sealant
EXTRACTION OF ______________ TEETH
* Should be identified and extracted before they cause displacement of other teeth.
* ________ prevents maxillary incisors from erupting
SUPERNUMERARY
Mesiodens
There should ______________ difference in shedding of deciduous teeth and eruption of permanent teeth in one quadrant as compared to other quadrant
not be more than 3 months
FACTORS LEADING TO DELAY IN ERUPTION
- Presence of _____________ deciduous teeth or root.
- ___________ tooth
- ______
- _____________ in deciduous teeth
- ________ of gingiva
- ___________ primary teeth
over retained
Supernumerary
Cysts
Overhanging restorations
Fibrosis
Ankylosed
- ___________ does not get resorbed and therefore either prevent the deciduous teeth from erupting or deflect them in abnormal locations
- Should be diagnosed and surgically removed at appropriate time.
Ankylosed teeth
- ____________ prevents maxillary central incisors from approximating each other.
_________________:
* Prevents normal development due to lowered tongue position and abnormalities in speech and swallowing.
Thick maxillary labial frenum
ANKYLOGLOSSIA OR TONGUE TIE
- can be defined as the provision of an appliance (active or passive) which is concerned only with the control of space loss.
- appliances used to maintain space or regain minor amounts of space lost, so as to guide the unerupted tooth into a proper position in the arch
SPACE MAINTAINERS
_______________
* Space maintaining is the process of preserving a space in a given arch previously occupied by a tooth or a group of teeth
_________
* Space maintainers are fixed or removable appliance used to preserve the space created by the premature loss of a primary tooth or group of teeth
JC Brauer:
Boucher:
CAUSES OF SPACE LOSS
1) ____________ of primary teeth
2) ____________________ lesions
3) Loss of permanent incisors ___________
4) _______________ teeth
5) _______________ of permanent teeth
6) Dental ____________
Premature loss
Unrestored proximal carious
due to trauma
Congenitally missing
Ectopic eruption
malformation
Space maintainers which are fixed or fitted onto the teeth are called fixed space maintainers.
FIXED SPACE MAINTAINERS
The fixed space maintainer generally are constituted of the following components: (4)
a) Band
b) Loop / arch wire
c) Solder joint
d) Auxiliaries