Restorative 2 Flashcards
what is the ‘Gate Control Theory’?
- melzack and wall 1965
- possible explanation of how pain can be modulated in the spinal cord and physiological, pyschological and sociolocultural factors contribute to the experience
What pain index is often used for adults?
- McGill pain index
- numbers
what pain index is often used for children?
- Wong-Baker pain index
- smiley faces
What is a placebo?
-An inert medicine given for its suggested effects, but has no pharmacological benefits but can have psychological benefits
what word should be avoided when doing treatment?
-oain
how can anxiety be reduced?
- initial explanation of things
- calm and instruct the patient to be calm
- warn the patient if there is any discomfort to be expected
- give the pt control and help them to cop (eg. breathing exercises)
- distract them
what is the aim of analgesia?
- elimination of pain
- reduction of haemorrahe
what is the physiology of a nerve?
eg. ….-……-……
-dentride-cell body-axon
What are two parts of a nerve that contribute to conduction?
- nodes of ranvier
- end feet synapse
what are 4 pain producing substances that are produced by injured tissue?
- potassium
- sodium
- chloride
- calcium
what are the 4 phases of physiological conduction?
1-polarisation
2-depolarisation
3-action potential
4-repolarisation
what happens in the polarisation stage (1st stage) of physiological conduction?
- NO pain
- pottasium inside the cytoplasm and sodium outside
what happens in the depolarisation stage?
- ionic exchange
- pottasium now higher concentration outside the cell and sodium now higher inside the cell
what stage of physiological conduction is the same as ‘resting’?
-polarisation is the same as resting as there is now pain
what are the 6 contents of LA?
-LA agent
-vasoconstrictor
-reducing agent
-preservative
-fungicide
-climbing
(Long Vales Reduce People From Climbing)
what is the gold standard LA?
-lidocaine
what is prilocaine less effective at?
-less effective in controlling haemorrhage
what is articaine useful for?
-repeat injections
what are 3 advantages of using epinephrine?
- more profound anaesthesia
- longer lasting
- haemostasis
is felypressin better or worse at haemorrhage than epinephrine?
-felypressin is not as good at haemorrhage as epinephrine
what are some precatutions required for safe analgesic?
- good pt cooperation
- enrolled with GDC
- written/signed prescription
- needle guards
- sharps boxes
- self aspirating syringe
- MH checked and updated at each dental visit
how may toxicity due to LA occur?
-IV injection
if a pt shows signs/symptoms of allergy to LA who should they be referred to?
-dermatologist
what LA is latex free?
-citanest
how many LA cartridges is max. for cardiac pt’s?
-3
what is the dose needed of LA to induce labour?
100 cartriges
what nerve are you aiming for when you anaesthatise the apex of 12?
-anterior superior alveolar nerve
can therapists carry out indirect restorations?
-no. therapists can only carry out direct restorations
what does the word ‘onlay’ mean?
-overlying the cusps of the teeth
what is attrition?
-tooth to tooth surface lost
what is abrasion?
- abrasion from a foreign object in the mouth
what is erosion?
-acid causes tooth loss
what is abfraction?
- loss of tooth due to flexural forces
- stress from occlusal overload
what is micro-preperation?
-hand pieces and burs of reduced size keep cavity to a minimum
what is sonic preperation?
-handpiece’s work by vibration rather than rotation
what is ‘air abrasion’?
-spray aluminium oxide particles through a fine angled nozzle
what are some advantages of air abrasion?
- no LA required
- preservative
- quite
what are some disadvantages of air abrasion?
- lots of contamination
- irritates asthma
- expensive
what can lasers remove?
-soft and hard tissue
what is meant by ‘ozone’?
- new concept
- where bacteria in caries is identified with a laser and it delivers ‘active’ oxygen molecules through suction cup to desired area
- this kills certain types of cariogenic bacteria
what are some disadvantages to ‘ozone’?
-not much scientific research been done about it
what is Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) ?
-hand excavaion, restore with GI