Quiz 2

Question 1

What do you check when you do a mouth inspection?

Answer 1

teeth gums buccal mucosa roof of mouth tongue pharynx

Question 2

What can lead to halitosis?

Answer 2

gingiva smoking diabetic ketoacidosis liver failure

Question 3

What can lead to xerostomia?

Answer 3

mouth breathing dehydration diuretics salicary disease

Question 4

How does recurrent herpes labialis present and what condition causes it?

Answer 4

HSV-1 prodrome lasting 12-36 hours: itching, burning, tingling followed by eruption

Question 5

What can cause a reactivation of herpes labialis?

Answer 5

UV light fatigue stress menstraution

Question 6

What etiologies can lead to carcinoma of the lips and what is the most common type of carcinoma in that location?

Answer 6

Etiologies: tobacco, alcohol, sungliht, poor oral hygiene Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 7

Describe the lesion of carcinoma of the lips

Answer 7

painless, sharply demarcated, elevated, slow growing, high risk of metastitisis

Question 8

What are mucoceles? What causes them to form?

Answer 8

soft cyst, mucin-filled cavity with mucous glands lining the epithelium common on lips and under tongue- ranula caused by minor injury to the minor labial or sublingual salivary glands by trauma

Question 9

Describe a mucocele’s appearance.

Answer 9

thick, mucus like saliva is produced by the damaged gland and creates a buggle that is clear or blueish about 1-2cam, is movable, cystic, and may rupture

Question 10

What is Chelitis and what can cause it?

Answer 10

Erytema and scaling of the lips (chapped lips) cause by use of retinoids, wind-burn, allergies, chronic lip licking

Question 11

Describe angular chelitis and what causes it.

Answer 11

Deep cracks at labial corner, can split and bleed forming ulcers, often bilateral caused by: ill-fitting dentures, changing bite, sicca, poor oral hygieve, nutritional deficiencies, allergic reactions

Question 12

At what point in time should a solitary lesion be biopsied for malignancy?

Answer 12

after two weeks

Question 13

What is the appearance of oral lichen planus?

Answer 13

lace-like white patches/streaks on buccal mucosa, not contagious, not painful

Question 14

What can cause oral lichen planus?

Answer 14

unknown. possible drug reaction, Hep C, worse with stress. can increase risk for oral cancer

Question 15

Describe the appearance of Leukoplakia

Answer 15

white patches or plaque on the oral mucosa that CAN’t be rubbed off located all over mouth, esp tongue, mandibular alveolar ridge and buccal mucosa looks like flaking white paint