Oral Path

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an infectious disease resulting in dissolution of enamel/dentin caused by microbial action

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dental caries

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pulp death due to the pressure of blood into tooth not being able to overcome pressure of blood pushing out due to inflammation

Back 2

pulp strangulation

Front 3

location of this shape of caries: two triangles with apex of one into base of the other

Back 3

smooth surface caries; narrows at DEJ then spreads

Front 4

location of this shape of caries: back-2-back triangles with bases of both touching

Back 4

pit/fissure caries; spreads at DEJ

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zone indicating the extent to which caries has penetrated the tooth; bacteria found in this zone

Back 5

zone of demarcation

Front 6

T/F: arrested caries do not need to be removed

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T

Front 7

inflammation of the pulp from any cause

Back 7

pulpitis

Front 8

an infection of the pulp where origin of organisms is not local

Back 8

anachoresis

Front 9

-sudden mild-moderate pain on exposures to extreme temps
-sweet/sour foods cause pain
-pain doesn't occur without stimulus
-mobility/sensitivity to percussion is absent

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characteristics of reversible pulpitis

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-severe pain upon thermal stimulation that continues after stimulus removed
-extremes in temp = pain; later heat intensifies and cold relieves
-pain progressively more diffuse
-pain is throbbing; worse when lying down; keeps pt. up at night

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characteristics of irreversible pulpitis

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form of pulpitis in which there is a projection of inflammed pulp tissue into a carious lesion; rare

Back 11

pulp polyp

Front 12

mass of chronically inflammed granulation tissue at apex of non-vital tooth

Back 12

periapical granuloma

Front 13

synonym of periapical granuloma

Back 13

chronic apical periodontitis

Front 14

no mobility and no sensitivity to percussion; asymptomatic generally

Back 14

periapical granuloma

Front 15

lesion circumscribed or ill-defined radiolucency; loss of apical lamina dura

Back 15

periapical granuloma

Front 16

T/F: one cannot distinguish a periapical granuloma from a periapical cyst upon x-ray examination alone

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T

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synonyms for periapical cyst

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radicular cyst
apical periodontal cyst

Front 18

a fluid-filled sac that is well demarcated and lined with epithelium

Back 18

true cyst

Front 19

typically asymptomatic; large lesion produces swelling; movement/mobility of adjacent teeth may occur; associated tooth is non-vital

Back 19

periapical cyst

Front 20

accumulation of acute inflammatory cells at the apex of a non-vital tooth

Back 20

periapical abscess

Front 21

acute: pain, sensitivity to percussion, extrusion of tooth tooth doesn't respond to pulp testing

Back 21

acute periapical abscess

Front 22

thickened PDL; ill-defined radiolucency

Back 22

periapical abscess

Front 23

mass of sub acutely inflammed granulation tissue at the opening of the intraoral sinus

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parulis

Front 24

caused by inflammation arising from a periodontal or periapical abscess

Back 24

parulis

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diffuse inflammation of soft tissue; not circumscribed or confined; tends to spread through tissue spaces/along fascial planes (different from an abscess)

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cellulitis

Front 26

two types of cellulities

Back 26

ludwig's angina
cavernous sinus thrombosis

Front 27

swelling of floor of mouth, tongue; posterior involvement causes elevation/protrusion of the tongue; tenderness of the neck; *can lead to respiratory obstruction*

Back 27

ludwig's angina

Front 28

swelling around eye; protrusion of eyeball; lacrimation and photophobia w/ pupil dilation; pain over the eye; possible CNS involvement

Back 28

cavernous sinus thrombosis

Front 29

inflammatory process in medullary spaces/corticol surfaces of bone extending away from initial site of involvement

Back 29

osteomyelitis

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mostly male and mandible; fever, leukocytosis, lympadenopathy, sensitivity, soft tissue swelling and redness

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acute osteomyelitis

Front 31

pain, inflammation, varying degrees of gnathic periosteal hyperplasia, sclerosis and lucency

Back 31

diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis

Front 32

a reactive lesion due to the overuse of the muscles of mastication--radiolucencies in areas of radiodensity

Back 32

chronic tendoperiostitis

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synonym for condensing osteitis

Back 33

focal sclerosing osteomyelitis

Front 34

localized areas of bone sclerosis associated w/ apices of teeth w/ pulpitis; NOT DIFFUSE

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condensing osteitis

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3 things NOT present in diagnosis of condensing osteitis

Back 35

-no expansion of jaw
-no radiolucent "rim" around the radiopacity
-no separation from apex of tooth

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synonyms of osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis

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periostitis ossificans
garre's osteomyelitis

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periosteal rxn to inflammation; source of infection is a carious tooth;

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proliferative periostitis

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radioopaque laminations of bone that parallel each other

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proliferative periostitis

Front 39

dry socket
fibrinolytic alveolitis

Back 39

alveolar osteitis

Front 40

result of destruction of blood clot which naturally occurs following extraction; prevents normal healing [local trauma, estrogens and pyrogenic bacteria can cause]

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alveolar osteitis