Surgery and Ortho Flashcards
1
Q
- What are the surgical procedures that can be associated with orthodontics?
A
- Extractions
- Fraenectomy
- Impactions (expose or extract)
- Orthognathic surgery
2
Q
- When extraction can be carried out in orthodontics? and which teeth are indicated to be extracted?
A
- Extractions can be carried out where the space is needed
- 4’s, 5’s, 6’s or a combination depending on (where + how much) space is needed
3
Q
- True or false – wisdom teeth eruption causes anterior crowding
A
- False
4
Q
- True or false – anterior crowding can be as an effect of aging
A
- True
5
Q
- True or false – Anterior crowding is likely to get worse or occur despite the fact that wisdom teeth have been removed
A
- True
6
Q
- What we need to look for if we are going to undertake Fraenectomy?
A
- Evidence of tight bundle of fibrous tissues is being inserted between the teeth
- How big and bulky is the frenum
- How close is it to the gap between the U1s
7
Q
- How do we release the frenum?
A
- hold the lip and making an incision across, that relieves the tension of the frenum
8
Q
- what do you know about lingual frenum
A
- It is common
- Common to be treated by oral surgeons in combination with orthodontic treatment
- Test – stick tongue out and if it appears like it is divided into 2 lobes that mean the frenum is significantly tight and that patient might benefit from frenectomy
9
Q
- How to do frenectomy?
A
- Put some tension on the tongue backwards
- Make a cut across there (horizontal turn into diamond)
- In babies we wouldn’t think about having to suture those at all
10
Q
- Reason for babies lingual frenectomy
A
- Failure to latch on and failure to feed with breastfeeding is probably one of the most common reasons for babies to be referred for a lingual frenectomy
11
Q
- Is the lingual frenum the main cause of the child not feeding?
A
- No as babies can be challenging, and just because a baby doesn’t appear to be latching on and they’ve got lingual frenum, doesn’t mean that the frenum is the cause of that child’s problem
12
Q
- Impacted teeth can be part of orthodontic treatment. If we have got impacted/ displaced teeth we always want to know where they are. Why?
A
- They can develop cyst
- If they develop cyst, that can move the tooth
13
Q
- Problems with impacted teeth
A
- Requires orthodontic treatment
- Cyst formation
- Damage to adjacent teeth
14
Q
- How do we assess unerupted teeth?
A
- Clinical assessment – Looking for the tooth + feeling it
o If the tooth buccal you can feel it
o If the tooth palatal, you cannot feel it - Radiographs – e.g., PAs, upper occlusal, OPG, CBCT
15
Q
- Why we do assessment?
A
- To assess impacted teeth position
- To check if there has been damage to the adjacent teeth
- to check if there has been cyst formation on the impacted teeth
16
Q
- In the radiograph, how would you assess where is the canine in relation to other teeth according to the SLOB role?
A
- Looking at the tooth in relation to fixed point in OPT (reference point). The beam in the OPT is horizontal
- According to SLOB role – same lingual, opposite buccal
- Compare the PA radiograph (beam is vertical) with the reference point.
o if the tooth is going up the reference point, then it is in the same direction of the beam. So, the tooth is lingual
o If the tooth comes down the reference point, then it is opposite the beam. So, the tooth is buccal
17
Q
- How to treat supernumerary teeth?
A
- Extraction
18
Q
- What do you know about Mesiodens?
A
- Sometimes doesn’t cause problems
- Sometimes be found in relation to persistent upper midline diastema
- Better to be removed as they can form cyst +and damage to adjacent teeth
19
Q
- What is great thing about mesiodens?
A
- tend to be short
- have a short conical root
- once exposed, straightforward to be removed
20
Q
- what is a common kind of impaction that oral surgeons deal with apart from wisdom teeth and in relation to orthodontic treatment
A
- upper canine impaction
21
Q
- things need to be considered in canine impaction:
A
- Exposure or removal
- We have to assess:
o Patient compliance
o Other treatment the patient is going to be having e.g., orthognathic surgery etc…
o Space – is there enough space
o Angulation
o Position of the apex
22
Q
- Regarding to the impacted tooth, which angulation would be more favourable to move into space (90 or 15 degrees)?
A
- 15 degrees is much more favourable as the minimum amount of tooth movement is easier to be achieved. 90 degrees is very hard to be achieved