Week 7 Flashcards
Clot removed before healing process on removed tooth also known as dry socket
Alveolitis
Torn away or dislodged by force
Avulsed
Dentist with advanced education in the specialty of periodontics the art and science of examination, diagnosis and treatment of disease affecting the periodontium.
Periodontist
Plastic type of filling material used in endodontics
Gutta-percha
To dislocate, as a tooth from its socket
Luxate
Inflammation of the gingival tissue
Gingivitis
Twisted wire instrument used in the low speed hand piece to spin sealer, cements, or calcium hydroxide pastes into the canal
Lentulo spiral
Attaches to low speed hand piece football shaped bur used to widen canal
Gates-Glidden bur
Specialty in dentistry involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the dental pulp.
Endodontist
Used to remove supra gingival calculus from the tooth surface
Scaler
Surgical reshaping and contouring of the gingival tissue
Gingivoplasty
Tool used Scraping of the gingival wall of a periodontal pocket to remove necrotic(dead) tissue from the pocket wall.
Curette
Complete removal of calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stain from all supra gingival and unattached subgingival tooth surfaces
Prophylaxis
Most common periodontal disease
Gingivitis
How many probe measures are performed per tooth with periodontal probe
6
Procedure where gingival wall of the pocket is scraped
Gingival curettage
Primary cause of gingivitis and most forms of periodontal disease
Dental plaque
Surgical procedure required to reshape bone to remove defects and restore normal contour
Osteoplasty
Dental procedure removes calculus, soft deposits, and stain from all unattached tooth surfaces
Dental prophylaxis
To locate calculus deposits use a
Explorer
Instrument used to outline the area for a gingivectomy
Pocket marker
During the first 24 hours after gingivectomy the patient can expect
Mild to moderate pain
Follows scaling procedure to remove any remaining particles of calculus and necrotic cementum embedded in the root.
Root planning
Used to measure root depths in pockets around tooth
Perio probe
Where the roots join in the tooth
Furcation
2types of cleaning
Prophylaxis
Scaling root planing. SRP
Technique used to remove tooth by rocking back and forth
Lunate
Used in removing teeth from the alveolar bone after they have been loosened in the socket by elevators
Forceps
Mandibular 151
Maxillary. 150
A rongeur is used to
Trim alveolar bone
Periosteal elevators are used to
Separate the periosteum from the surface of the bone
Irrigation solution 3 types used to remove bacteria, tooth structure and materials from canal
1 sodium hypochlorite. Bleach
2 hydrogen peroxide
3 parachlorophenol pcp
3root sealers
Dycal
Zinc oxide-eugenol
Ktack
Fill the canals
Obturate
Used to dry canals
Paper points
Attempt to save pulp. A covering of calcium hydroxide, Dycal, is placed over an exposed or nearly exposed pulp yo encourage the formation of secondary dentin at site of injury
Pulp capping
Removal of the coronal portion of an exposed vital pulp
Pulpotomy
Baby root canal Root canal therapy complete removal of the dentin pulp
Pulpectomy
Before treatment the endodontic patient should be informed
That he will need to complete the restorative phase of the procedure with his general dentist
To place sealer and cement in canal a. Is inserted into the lowspeed hand piece
Lentulo spiral
After placing dental damn it should be prepared with
An antiseptic
Tooth knocked completely out of the mouth is said to be
Avulsed
Arch wires serves as
A pattern that gives the dental arch it’s shape
