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what is the common setting in which someone gets an aspirin burn?
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person breaks tooth
puts an aspirin in their mouth and keeps it near the tooth the salycilc acid then leaves a 3rd degree burn |
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chronic cheek chewing can lead to what issue?
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cellular change
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if you see tissue change on both symmetrically, what should you think?
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it should be okay
if you see a change on one side only that should be a red flag |
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Papilloma, benign or malignant?
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benign
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Fibroma, benign or malignant? cause? (mouth)
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benign
due to trauma normally a person keeps biting their cheek |
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if a pt has a fibroma of the mouth should you get rid of it?
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probably leave it to an ENT, a fibroma generally involves a mucocele (traumatized salivary gland)
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what is a mucocoele? should you remove them?
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Traumatized salivary gland
can be flat or elevated off the tissue don't cut them out as family practice, there is a high amount of vascularity, you can make them bleed |
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what is a Hemangioma of the mouth
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capillary blood vessels that coagulate in the traumatic area
filled with dry blood |
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what is an Amalgam tattoo
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someone did a shitty job putting in a filling
ends up leaving a stain that looks like melanoma this doesn't act like a foreign body! just sits in there note: you will probably see a darkened tooth too (so think about a root canal, or tooth trauma) |
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What is this? **TEST
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BONY EXOSTOSIS
(Maxillary & Mandibular Tori) pts dont know what it is, and freak out. it is bone growth |
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what leads to black hairy tongue? how do you stop it?
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prolonged Penicillin use
just stopping the use and good oral hygiene |
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is fissured tongue pathological? what can it lead to?
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no it is normal
yet it can be a pooling zone for bacteria so warn your patients |
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pt comes into your office with hyperplasia of the gingiva. The teeth are covered with the gingiva! What would you likely see in their chart?
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Dilantin (anti-seizure medication)
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what is a Sialolithe?
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stone blocking the Parotid gland within the Stensons Duct
the stone is made of calcified mucous pt will jump when you palpate it (super painful) |
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What is the DOC for a sialolithe? what will the pt report when it is working?
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Keflex 500
QID for 2 weeks they will say they have a ropy, metallic taste (this shows that it is working, emptying the salivary gland) |
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what promotes salivary gland stones?
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eating!
Tart stuff |
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Sialolithe of the Parotid Gland within Stensons Duct
tx w/ kephlax (metallic taste shows it is working) |
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Where is the sublingual salivary gland?
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right under the tounge
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sublingual sialolithe
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keep eyes open for people messing up their gums, palate, etc from ill-fitting dentures
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not really sure how to ask that
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