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Clinical Exam - Dr. Demirdji
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What is the primary activity done at the clinical exam?
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Collect relevant data, and establish communication with patient
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What two things are more important than right or wrong treatment?
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1 What the patient wants 2 What you can deliver
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Name 5 factors regarding the patient health history that should be taken into consideration before ortho treatment.
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1 Systemic problems 2 Tonsils/adenoids removed or present 3 Allergies 4 Trauma 5 Dental checkups
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Why is it important that a patient not have adenoids/tonsils? Why is it important that a patient not have allergies?
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Adenoids/tonsils - Infection all the time. Allergies - Infection all the time and mouth breathers always keep their tongues in the mandible and have crossbite due to narrow maxillary arch
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For ortho, what are the only two times that a patient may need to be premedicated?
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1 Banding 2 Removal of braces
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What is the commonly accepted age for most orthodontists to check patients' need for treatment?
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7 years old
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What head and neck disorder should always be treated before ortho can be done?
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TMJ dysfunction!
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What does ALD stand for? How is it calculated?
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Arch Length Discrepancy. Difference between arch MD width (M of 1st molars to opposite M of 1st molar) and tooth MD width
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Crowding has a (-/+) ALD, while spacing has a (-/+) ALD.
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Crowding = - Spacing = +
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Name two things that may cause crowding. Name 3 things that may cause spacing.
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Crowding: 1 Early loss of primary teeth 2 Supernumerary teeth. Spacing: 1 Small teeth 2 Missing teeth 3 Frenum
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In ortho, what is measured in percentage (not mm), overbite or overjet?
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Overbite
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Define the "Smile Line".
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Relationship of the maxillary teeth to the lower lip line
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