the mouth Flashcards
what are two words for the mouth?
- oral cavity
- buccal cavity
patients with what illness could be less likely to care for their teeth?
mental illness
what common disease make patients more susceptible to periodontitis?
diabetes
what are symptoms of oral disease?
- swollen gingiva
- red inflamed gingiva
^both signs of gingivitis - dental caries (holes in the teeth)
- staining
- plaque
what is the oral ecosystem?
factors affecting the oral cavity and disease
describe the oral ecosystem
- disease due to something going wrong
- prevalence is the total amount of something
- the incidence is how many cases over a period of time
- the endogenic input is the bodily factors
- the exogenic input is the environmental factors
- individual’s behaviour
what are factors of the oral environment?
- geography of the mouth- teeth attachment
- resources eg nutrients
- climate eg saliva/pH
- morphology of the teeth
- biochemistry
- physiology
- microbiology
what are the three phases of oral disease?
- healthy
- pathogenic
- end result
what is the healthy phase?
the interaction of aetiological factors which trigger disease- host, environment, agent
primary prevention phase
- reduce development risk
- health promotion
- specific protection
what is the pathogenic phase?
- reversible phase
secondary prevention phase
- intervention
- early diagnosis/risk assessment
- treatment (theraputic/curtive)
what is the end result phase?
death or loss of oral tissue
tertiary prevention stage
- rehabilitation
what are the components of the oral environment?
- tissues
- oral fluids
- dynamics
- oral health aspects
- acquired components (we are born with no bacteria, it is acquired from our primary carers once we develop teeth)
what are the functions of the oral cavity?
- digestive
- protective
- aesthetic
- speech
- wind instruments
