Primary & Mixed dentition Flashcards
Formal term for baby teeth
Primary (decidious) teeth
Dont call them baby, milk teeth cause it denotes lack of importance
What is tooth letters for primary teeth?
A-T
Apple Jacks at K-marT
What is dental formulae for primary teeth?
In each quadrant
I 2/2 C1/1 M2/2
no primary pre-molars!
What is dental formulae for permanent teeth?
In each quadrant
I2/2 C1/1 P2/2 M3/3
What teeth are succedaneous (replace teeth)
- Inciors
- Canines
- Pre-molars
molars are fresh, non-succedaneous
What teeth come in at 6 years old?
Permanent 1st molars!
3,14, 30, 19
“ 6 year old molars”
WHat teeth are normally lost at 5/6 years old?
Primary incisors
From birth to 5 years old what is dentiton?
All primary dentition
* Intact primary teeth
What occurs if you have early loss of primary teeth?
You will have a space for a while because the permanent teeth are not ready to erupt yet.
From 6-13 years old what is dentiton like?
Mixed dentition
Explain the result of pressure and space formation in orthodontic movment.
Pressure= osteoclast bone resobriton
SPace= osteoblast ot build new bone
What does pressure of a permanent tooth erupting below a primary tooth do?
Causes resorbtion of the primary root.
Function of primary dentiton?
- Chewing (mastication)
- Support for lips and cheeks
- Formulation of speech
- Maintain arch space and room for secondary teeth
What is one of the causes of adult tooth crowding
premature primary tooth loss. Nothing to hold space.
How is poor diet and poor oral hygine a consesquence of primary teeth deccay
- dont want to eat because it hurts
- Dont want brush or clean because it hurts
Spots of discoloration on permanent teeth as a result of reperative dentin formation due to decay from primary teeth trasncending down to affect the developimg pernanent tooth.
Turner Spots
Localized issue
What can cause early tooth loss?
- Tooth destruction for dental caries
- Trauma
- Endocrine disorders, immune disorders, etc.
what kind of dental caries is this?
Baby bottle decay!
Delayed tooth loss due to
* Endocrine disorders such as hypothyroidism or hypopituitarism
* Ectodermal dysplasia
* Genetic disorders
* Vitamin D resistant rickets
Delayed Exfoliation
What are some symptoms associated with teething but not only limited too
- Sleep disturbances
- Descrease apetitine
- Loose stool
- Vomiting
does nto always mean tooth eruption
WHat are good reccomended intervention for teething?
- Clean wet washcloth
- Refrigerated teething rings
- Topical anesthetic (caution, 2y/o +)
Cold= numb gums
What are some general traits of primary dention
- Smaller than replacment tooth
- Constriction at CEJ and cervical crown budlges
- Long roots compared to crowns
- Less mineralized
Dentition trat of all primary teeth
- Thinner enamel and dentin
- Whiter
- Fewer anomales
Primary teeth are ____ than those of same name
Smaller
What does this picture display?
Marked cementoenamel junction (CEJ) constriction and cervical crown bulges
- Thinner enamel and dentin layer
- Whiter
- Fewer anomalities
Compare color of permanent teeth and primary teeth
Permanent (ccentrals) are distinctly darker than primarys
Primary anterior teeth have ____ cervical bulges facial and lingually
**prominant cervical buldges*
Primary anterior teeth have what root bend at apex?
Thin where?
Labial root bend at apical 1/3rd
Thin MD
DO Primary anterior teeth have labial depressions, mamelons, or perikymata?
No. None of that.
Primary molars have prominant ____ and exaggeraated ____ on facial
- Prominent mesial cervical ridge (bulges)
- exaggerated cervical line curve apically on facial