Trauma 1 Flashcards
Whats the most common injury in primary dentition?
Luxation injury
Whats the most common injury in permanent dentition?
Crown fractures
- Enamel dentine fracture
What malocclusion increases the risk of trauma?
Large OJ
OJ > 9mm doubles the incidence
Questions to ask in the trauma hx (4)
- How did it happen?
- When did it happen exactly?
- Where are the lost teeth/fragments?
- Any other symptoms
What conditions may require additional tx for dental trauma tx?
- Rheumatic fever
- Congenital heart defects
- Immunosuppression
Extraoral checks for a trauma patient (6)
- Laceration
- Haematomas
- Haemorrhage/CSF
- Subconjunctival haemorrhage
- Bony step deformities
- Mouth opening
Intraoral checks for a trauma patient (4)
- Soft tissue
- Alveolar bone
- Occlusion
- Teeth
What 3 things can tooth mobility indicate?
- Displacement of tooth within socket
- Root fracture
- Bone fracture
When you’re doing a tactile test for trauma, what do you look for?
- Fracture lines
- Horizontal or vertical - Pulpal involvement
List examples of tests to undertake for a detailed intraoral exam (4)
- Sensibility tests
Thermal: ECL or warm GP
Electrical: EPT - Percussion
- Duller note may indicate root fracture - Occlusion
- Traumatic occlusion demands urgent tx - Radiographs
- Intraoral, occlusal, periapicals, OPT, soft tissue
CLASSIFY THE TRAUMA
What does sensibility testing check?
Nerve supply
If you have a + nerve supply then must have blood supply too
Sensibility testing confirms vitality too
What does vitality testing check?
Blood supply
Laser dopler
How does an ECL work?
Ethyl chloride placed on a cotton wool pellet and placed on the labial 3rd of the patients tooth
They then say whether they feel cold or hot
> Can do ECL with warm GP to see if they feel heat
How does an EPT work?
Electric machine you use on the labial 1/3rd of the patients tooth to stimulate an electrical impulse into the tooth
Patient lets you know when they can feel it, patient creates an electrical circuit by holding on to an EPT
What radiographs are used for detecting any bony fractures?
Occipital mental radiographs
PA mandibles
What teeth should be tested for sensibility + looked at in radiographs when examining an injured tooth?
Test adjacent and opposing teeth in adjacent to those injured
Why do we need to test adjacent teeth for trauma too?
They may have received either direct or indirect concussive injuries
How long should sensibility testing be continued for after injury?
Continue for at least 2 years after an injury
What does a complicated root fracture mean?
Pulp is involved
What does a non-complicated root fracture mean?
Pulp is not involved