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Unit 1: The Periodontium and Microscopic Anatomy Flashcards

1
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The functional system of tissues that surrounds the teeth and attaches them to bone

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The periodontium

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What is included in the periodontium?

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Gingiva
Cementum
Periodontal ligament
Alveolar bone

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3
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Label pink

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Gingiva

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4
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Label orange

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Cementum

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5
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Label blue

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Periodontal ligament

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Label brown

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Alveolar bone

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Covers the cervial portions of the teeth and the alveolar process of the jaw

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Gingiva

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8
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Thin layer of tissue covering the root

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Cementum

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9
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Fibers that surround the root of the tooth, attach to the bone of the socket and cementum

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Periodontal ligament

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10
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Surrounds the root giving it support and protection

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Alveolar bone

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11
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Divisions of the gingiva

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Free gingiva
Attached gingiva
Interdental gingiva
Gingival sulcus

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12
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Label 1

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Free gingival line

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13
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Label 2

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Muccogingival junction

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14
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Label 3

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Gingival margin

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15
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Label 4

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Free gingiva

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16
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Label 5

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Attached gingiva

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17
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Label 6

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Alveolar mucosa

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18
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What type of gingiva is unattached?

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Free gingiva

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19
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What type of gingiva is tightly connected to the cementum on the cervical-third of the root and to the periosteum of the alveolar bone?

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Attached gingiva

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20
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Where is the attached gingiva widest?

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Insicor and molar region

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21
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Where is the attached gingiva narrowest?

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Premolar region

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22
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Is the attached gingiva sometimes stippled even in healthy gums?

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Yes

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23
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Does the attached gingiva vary in colour/pigmentation?

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Yes

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24
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Colour of healthy gingiva?

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Pink

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25
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Contour of healthy gingiva?

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Marginal, meets at the tooth, slightly rounded
Papilla are pointed, filled the space between the teeth

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26
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Consistancy of healthy gingiva?

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Firm

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27
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Texture of healthy gingiva?

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Smooth and/or stippled

28
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Margins of healthy gingiva?

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Slightly coronal to the CEJ

29
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Bleeding index of healthy gingiva?

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No bleeding on probing

30
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What fills the embrausers between teeth and includes a facial and lingual papillae and COL?

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Interdental gingiva

31
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What is the valley-like depression/concavity in the interdental gingiva that lies apical to the contact area of two adjacent teeth?

32
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What is the clinically normal measurement for the gingival sulcus?

33
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What is the layer of connective tissue covering the root, attaching it to the bone of the tooth socket?

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Periodontal ligament

34
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What does the periodontal ligament do?

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Supports the tooth and absorbs mechanical load

35
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Tissues of the periodontal ligament contain:

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Fibroblasts
Cementoblasts
Osteoblasts

36
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What does cementum do?

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Protects the root from resorption during ortho
Gives attachment to the periodontal ligament
Protects the dentin and seals the end of the dentinal tubules

37
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What is the term for excessive cementum being deposited in the apical third of the root?

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Hypercementosis

38
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Label 1

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Alveolar bone proper

39
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Label 2

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Cortical bone

40
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Label 3

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Cancellous bone

41
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What does alveolar bone proper do?

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Lines the tooth socket

42
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What does cortical bone do?

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Forms the wall of the maxilla and mandible

43
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What does cancellous bone do?

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Fills the interior portion of the alveolar process

44
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Innervation of the maxillary alveolar gingiva

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Superior alveolar nerves
Infraorbital
Greater palatine
Nasopalatine

45
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Innervation of the mandibular alveolar gingiva

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Mental
Buccal
Supralingual branch of the lingual nerve

46
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Innervation of the maxillary teeth and periodontal ligaments

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Superior alveolar

47
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Innervation of the mandibular teeth and periodontal ligaments

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Inferior alveolar

48
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Lymphatic system: submandibular nodes drain the

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Periodontal tissues

49
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Lymphatic system: deep cervial nodes drain the

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Palatal gingiva of the maxilla

50
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Lymphatic system: submental nodes drain the

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Gingiva in the region of the mandibular incisors

51
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Lymphatic system: jugulodiagastric nodes drain the gingiva in the

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3rd molar region

52
Q

What tissue makes up the outer surface of the body and lines body cavities?

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Epithelial tissue

53
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What tissue filles spaces between tissues and organs?

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Connective tissue

54
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What is the extracellular matrix of the epithelial tissue?

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Basal lamina

55
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Layers of epithelial tissue

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Outermost layer - keratinized
Inner layers - non-keratinized
Basal cells
Basal lamina

56
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What are epithelial cells that attach to one another by special cell junctions increasing strength of the tissue?

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Cell junctions

57
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What is an epithelial cell to cell connection calls?

58
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What is epithelial cell to basal lamina junction called?

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Hemidesmosome

59
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Hemidesmosomes attach

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Internal basal lamina to enamel surface
External basal lamina to connective tissue

60
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These epithelial cells join the gingiva to the surface at the base of the suclus

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Junctional epithelium

61
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Label 1

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Sucular epithelium

62
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Label 2

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Junctional epithelium

63
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Label 3

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Oral epithelium

64
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Does healthy junctional epithelium have a smooth surface with the connective tissue?

65
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The ends of the periodontal ligament fibers that are emedded in the alveolar bone and the cementum are known as

A

Sharpey’s Fibers

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