Year 3, Sem 2 Flashcards
What are similarities and differences btwn primary and secondary acute apical periodontitis?
Primary: initial periapical response, so swelling or periapical evidence, vital or non-vital
Secondary: similar symptoms happened before, widening of PDL space at apex, discontinuation of lamina dura, tooth non-vital
BOTH: Pain of short duration, TTP
What is a periapical granuloma also known as?
Chronic apical periodontitis
What are characteristics of chronic apical periodontitis?
- Asymptomatic
- Well-defined radiolucency
- <1cm
- No corticated borders
- Non-vital
How is a radicular cyst caused?
Rests of epithelial cells of Malassez in PDL are stimulated to proliferate and undergo cystic degeneration by inflammatory products from non-vital tooth
What are characteristics of radicular cyst?
- No symptoms unless secondary infection
- Large cysts can cause swelling
- Feel bony hard if cortex intact, crepitant as it thins and rubbery/fluctuant as its lost
- Located at apex of non-vital tooth
- Common in mx anteriors
- Well-defined radiolucency >1cm, with corticated borders (unless infected)
What are some side effects of large radicular cysts?
- Displacement and resorption of nearby roots
- Invaginate antrum
- Outer cortical plates can expand
- Displace IAN canal inferiorly
How to manage radicular cyst?
- Exo, endo or apicoectomy
- If large, can involve surgical removal/marsupialisation
What is a residual cyst?
- Cyst that remains after incomplete removal of original cyst (same symptoms as radicular cyst)
- More common in md
What are characteristics of acute periapical abscess?
- Pus
- Swelling
- Severe pain & sudden in onset
- No radiographic evidence or slight widening of PDL space
- Non vital tooth
What are characteristics of chronic periapical abscess?
- Pus
- No/little pain
- Swelling/sinus opening
- Ill-defined radiolucency at apex of tooth
- No corticated border evident
- Non-vital tooth
What is an apical scar?
Normally surgical site fills with blood clot which mineralises and remodels like surrounding bone. In apical scar, this process fails to occur. If RCT was completed >8 months ago and there isn’t normal bone formation, it is considered apical scar.
Differentiate between periapical and periodontal abscess
- Acute periapical: sharp shooting pain, caries/trauma hx, swelling w/ pus, vertical TTP, non-vital, tender in apical region of B sulcus, no/slight PDL widening, tx: RCT or exo
- Chronic periapical: no pain, caries/trauma hx, sinus opening and pus, vertical TTP, non-vital, ill-defined radiolucency at apex, tx: RCT or exo
- Periodontal: dull aching/gnawing pain, deep pocket & pus extruding from pocket, horizontal TTP, vital, tender in lateral tooth region of attached gingiva, ill-defined radiolucency at let aspect of root, tx: perio management and AB if required
What is condensing osteitis caused by?
If exudate from infected pulp is of low toxicity and long standing, the mild irritation may lead to circumscribed proliferation of periapical bone.
What are features of condensing osteitis?
- Non-vital, large carious lesion
- Widening of PDL space at apex, loss of lamina dura at apex
- no/mild symptoms
- Smooth, distinct periphery that blends into surrounding bone
- Radiopaque internal structure
- Can stimulate resorption or bone formation
- Halo shadow if condensing osteitis lesion reaching mx antrum
How is condensing osteitis managed?
- Endo or exo
- Surgical removal of sclerotic bone not indicated unless symptomatic
Why does periapical cemental dysplasia happen?
Localised change on normal bone metabolism results in replacement of components of normal cancellous bone with fibrous tissue and cementum like material, abnormal bone or both.
What are clinical features of periapical cemental dysplasia?
- Asymptomatic
- Vital tooth
- No TTP
- Large lesions can expand bone
- Middle age, females, md anterior region more common
- Lesions are multiple
- Well-defined radiolucency with varying radiopacities internally, surrounded by sclerotic border.
- Loss of lamina dura, expansion of jaws if large and elevation of mx antrum.
What is this?
Early periapical cemental dysplasia
What is this?
Condensing osteitis
What is focal cemental osseous dysplasia?
Posterior counterpart of cemento-osseous dysplasia
What is florid cemento-osseous dysplasia?
Same as periapical cemental dysplasia but has extensive involvement in 2 or more quadrants
What is the tx for periapical cemental dysplasia?
- Continuous observation
- Surgical removal and microscopic exam for larger lesions
- Rarely teeth exo required
What are aetiological factors for hypercementosis?
- Ortho
- Periapical inflammation
- Unerupted tooth
- Pagets disease
- Idiopathic
- Hyperpituitarism
- Cleidocranial dysplasia
What are features of hypercementosis?
- Asymptomatic
- Vital
- Non TTP
- Most common in premolars, then molars
- Normal lamina dura and PDL
- Smooth/irregular outline
- No tx required