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70 Cards in this Set
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Our body is populated bybillions of tiny ___________
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microbes |
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Only ____% of our DNA coexist with microbes |
20 |
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infection is due to failure to host's __________ mechanism |
protective |
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Define Proliferation |
multiplicationof bacteria |
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GI tract is part of our mouth that we use to |
eat/talk |
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What is the largest organ in our body that is also used to protect us? |
skin(epithelium) |
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What 2 components is our immune system made out of? |
humoral and cellular |
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What does humoral components from our immune system come from? |
bone marrow [B cells] |
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What does cellular components from our immune system come from? |
thymus (T cells) |
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What does immunoglobinsfrom the Lymphatic system do? |
protect against bacteria/virus/infection |
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What is another defense mechanism in our mouth that contains immunoglobins? |
saliva |
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True or False? Microbes cause infection without getting past epithelium |
false, they need to pass the epithelium first before causing infection |
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Is oral epithelium keratinized? |
yes |
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What is Keratin? |
thick fibrous,sulfur-containing protein |
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What does stippled look like? |
"an orange peel" |
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Are marginal epithelium stippled? |
no, they are NOT keratinized |
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Is the papilla keratinized? |
yes |
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true or false? mucosal epithelium is highlyvascularized |
true |
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What does highly vascular indicate? |
rapid healing time |
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What is a bad habit that may affect healing? |
smoking |
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define pulpal granuloma tissue |
chronic inflammation adjacent to apex of a tooth with infected pulp |
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give examples of what can give pathogens advantage to colonize tooth stucture |
Restorationswith overhangs, periodontal pockets, or driftingor crowded teeth |
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thehardest substance in the human body is tooth __________ |
enamel |
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enamel is constantlyundergoing a process of ___________ and __________ |
demineralization and remineralization |
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What does acquired pellicle form? |
biofilm |
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What is pyogenic granuloma? |
soft tissue enlargement or hypersensitive to plaque |
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Is pyogenic granuloma chronic? |
yes |
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Does pyogenic granuloma normally occur in pregnant women? |
yes, need to give birth to get rid of it |
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Does pyogenic granuloma have to do with bone loss? |
no |
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Is Demineralization reversible? |
yes with saliva & flouride |
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Do we start with gram positive or gram negative microbes? |
gram positive |
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What does recaldent do? |
remineralize teeth and help prevent dental caries |
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Saliva pH, water content in saliva and saliva as a buffer are all normal ________ ____________ |
oral flora |
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What is netural pH? |
7-7.5 |
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immunesystem monitors the body and distinguish anything that is ___________ |
foreign ex: Periodontal disease |
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What is Candida Albicans? |
yeast organisms found on mucosa
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Why does Candida Albicans occur? |
from anti bacteria killing all the good bacteria |
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What does system of granulocytes do? |
get rid of foreign invadors |
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What are Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN’s)? |
white blood cells (Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils) |
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Where are Neutrophilsfound? |
in sulcus to respond to plaque |
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What do Neutrophils produce that fight bacteria? |
pus |
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Neutrophils are the most prevalent on acute of ______________ |
inflammation |
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What is Leukocyteadhesion disorder? |
raregenetic disease of the white blood cells when adhesion of leukocytes are incorrect |
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What is an example of Homeostasis?
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high salivaryflow |
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What is sialorrhea? |
excessive salivary flow |
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When is saliva flow the lowest? |
during sleep |
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When is saliva flow the greatest? |
while eating |
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Factor with saliva flow varying between individuals would be |
seasons, standing or lying down,medications and age |
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Which gland neutralizes acids? |
parotid gland |
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Where are the minor salivary glands? |
Palatal, Lingual, Buccal, Labial |
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What are the functions of the minor salivary glands? |
lubricate surfaces, improved mastication and passage of food into theesophagus |
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Define Sialoliths |
Saliva stones (can block saliva flow) |
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How much saliva do we produce daily? |
a quart |
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What is Sjogren's syndrome? |
autoimmune disease where all membranes are dry |
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Name 2 salivaryproteins |
histidineand statherin |
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What can histidine and statherin prevent? |
rapid drop in pH & control status of calcium and phosphate |
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What do salivary mucins do? |
help clear carbs from mouth/protect against caries, regulate enzymes (zinc) that areresponsible for tissue repair |
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Immunoglobulins are antibodies made out of ____________ |
proteins |
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Immunoglobulins defend the body against all types of ________ |
infection |
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Describe IgM Immunoglobulins |
largest, earliest to appear in infection or blood transfusion |
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Where are IgG Immunoglobulins found? |
in food allergy response |
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Describe IgD Immunoglobulins |
smallest & linked to IgM |
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Describe IgE Immunoglobulins |
widespread throughout body & blood, fight cancer cells, esophagus shuts down |
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Describe IgA Immunoglobulins |
initial inflammatory response, prevents bacteria/viruses fromentering mucous membranes |
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Where are IgA Immunoglobulins found? |
tears/saliva |
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Which Immunoglobulins are we more focused on? |
IgA |
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What is Job Syndrome? |
rare disease with IgE ex: staph infections of skin, lung infection, some changes in bone (scoliosis) |
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What does Job Syndrome result to for dental? |
crowded teeth from double dentition |
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What needs to be done to primary teeth when someone has Job Syndrome? |
carefully time extraction of primary dentition |
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True or False? oralcavity is connected to the rest of the body serving as the entrance to thedigestive system |
true |
