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13 Cards in this Set
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List the Tx options for symphyseal separation:
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1. Circumferential wiring
2. Composite bridging of the MN and MX canines 3. Stout wire 4. Essig wire 5. Any of the above techniques used in combination |
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List in decreasing order the top 4 areas for a cat mandible to fracture.
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Symphysis (73.3%), body (16%), condyle (6.7%), coronoid (4%)
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What is the most common maxillofacial fracture in the cat?
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Mandibular symphyseal separation
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82.3% of maxillofacial fractures in cats occur due to what traumas?
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1. Automobile accidents
2. Falling from heights |
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What may predispose a cat to symphyseal separation?
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1. Fibrous union b/w the mandibles
2. Head down position assumed when cats fall from a distance |
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What is the most common complication of maxillofacial fracture repair?
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Malocclusion
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What is the 2nd most common complication of maxillofacial fracture repair?
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Infection
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What are the normal microbes found in the mouth of a healthy feline?
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Mostly Gram + aerobic and facultative anaerobic , and non-motile aerobic cocci
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Define enamel hypocalcification
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soft, chalky enamel. It is a hereditary condition defined as defective maturation of ameloblasts causing undercalcified teeth that are soft and chalky
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Define enamel hypoplasia
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thin enamel that is hard and can be hereditary or an acquired condition
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What may have caused enamel hypoplasia of 304 and 404 in this case?
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1. Initial injury (traumatic event)
2. Pressure from the cerclage wire fixation of MN/SYM/FX 3. Iatrogenic injury from removal of necrotic tissue may have contributed to the disruption of amelogenesis |
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Is the symphysis of a cat a true joint or just a fibrous union?
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It is a true joint. It has a fibrocartilaginous disc interposed b/w the rostral mandibles.
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Bonding agents with self-etching primers (6th generation) do not require ____________ and ______________.
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etching with phosphoric acid, rinsing
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