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BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION RESULTS IN INFECTIONS
TRUE
CYCLOSPORINE FREQUENTLY CAUSES GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT.
TRUE
ALTERED TASTE IS OFTEN NOTED IN CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY.
TRUE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE SALIVARY GLANDS DURING CANCER THERAPY?
XEROSTOMIA
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT?
INFECTION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT?
ANEMIA
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOW PLATELET COUNT?
BLEEDING
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WHITE BLOOD CELL LEVELS IS THE MINIMUM FOR DENTALL TREATMENT?
<1000/MM3
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AGENTS IS RECOMMENDED FOR CANCER PATIENTS WITH XEROSTOMIA?
FLUORIDE RINSE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES SHOULD BE PERFORMED BEFORE A PATIENT STARTS ANTICANCER TERAPY?
EXTRACTION OF HOPELESS TEETH, PERIODONTAL SURGERY, ENDODONTIC THERAPY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS HELPFUL IN REDUCING ORAL BACTERIAL LEVELS?
CHLORHEXIDINE
ORAL CANDIDIASIS OCCURS IN PATIENTS TAKING ANTICANCER DRUGS DUE TO A DECREASE IN
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
A PATIENT WITH METASTASIS INTO BONE MAY BE TAKING WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD?
BISPHOSPHONATES
BECAUSE OF LAKE OF SPECIFICITY, MOST ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS COMMONLY PRODUCE?
BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION
BRUISING IS A COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF CHEMOTHERAPY CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF
PLATELETS
WHICHO OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE OBSERVED WITH TREATMENT USING ANTINEOPLASTICS?
HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
ALTERED TASTE
DYSGEUSIA
DEATH/NECROSIS OF BONE
OSTEONECROSIS
DECREASED PLATELET COUNT (CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
NEUTROPENIA
TOXIC EFFECT ON CELLS
CYTOTOXICITY
DECREASED RED BLOOD CELL COUNT
ANEMIA
THE TWO MOST COMMON ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS FROM ANTINEOPLASTICS ARE:
NAUSEA, VOMITING
3 ANATOMIC LOCATIONS OF RAPIDLY- DIVING CELLS IN THE HUMAN BODY THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS:
HAIR FOLLICLES, BONE MARROW, GI TRACT
METHOTREXATE CAN BE PRESCRIBED NOT ONLY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCERS BUT ALSO FOR
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
WHAT IS THE HALF-LIFE OF ALENDRONATE (FOSAMAX)?
10 YEARS OR MORE
WHAT IS THE DENTAL COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH BISPHOSPHONATES AND DENTAL PROCEDURES SUCH AS EXTRACTION AND PERIODONTAL SURGERY?
OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW
3 CONDITIONS TREATED WITH BISPHONATES?
1. OSTEOPOROSIS
2. OSTEOLYTIC TUMORS
3.PAGET'S DISEASE
STATE THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF BISPHOSPHONATES:
INHIBITING BONE RESORPTION BY DECREASING ACTION OF OSTEOCLASTS
3 SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW
1. EXPOSED BONE THAT HASNT HEALED
2. PAIN, INFLAMMATION
3.MOBILITY OF TEETH
WHAT IS THE SUFFIX FOR BISPHOSPHONATE DRUGS?
DRONATES
TREAT VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS OR NEOPLASMS (ABNORMALLY GROWING CELLS) THAT CANNONT BE TREATED BY SURGERY OR ARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SURGERY AND RADIATION THERAPY.
ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
ANTINEOPLASTICS, THE MOST TOXIC DRUGS IN USE TODAY
ACT BY KILLING CANCER CELLS THROUGH DAMAGING CELL DNA OR INTERFERING WITH DNA SYNTHESIS
MOST DRUGS WHILE KILLING CANCER CELLS ALSO AFFECT
NORMAL CELLS
OTHER TOXIC EFFECTS FROM ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS IS
1.BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION
2. DECREASE IN NEUTROPHILS OR WHITE BLOOD CELLS. PRE DISPOSES THEM TO SERIOUS INFECTION
3.THROMBOCYTOPENIA (DECREASE IN PLATELETS) LEADING TO SERIOUS BLEEDING PROBLEMS.
A MAJOR CASUE OF CANCER TREATMENT FAILURE IS
DRUG RESISTANCE
NORMAL NEUTROPHIL COUNT=
4,300 - 10,800/MM3
NORMAL THROMBOCYTE (PLATELET) COUNT=
150,000-350,000/MM3
COMPLICATIONS OF THE ORAL CAVITY OCCUR IN ABOUT 40% OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY AND _______ PATIENTS RECEIVING RADIATION.
ALL
INCREASED INCIDENCE OF CANDIDIASIS AND DENTAL/ ROOT CARIES
XEROSTOMIA
NEUTRAL SODIUM FLUORIDE RINSE SUCH AS PREVIDENT RINSE TO PREVENT
CARIES
IS COMMON RESULTING FROM AN OVERGROWTH OF FUNGI BECAUSE OF REDUCED WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT.
ORAL CANDIDIASIS
-IT MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT TO PREVENT RATHER THAN TREAT ORAL CANDIDIASIS
ALTERATIONS IN TASTE ARE COMMONLY SEEN IN THE CANCER PATIENT CALLED
DYSGEUSIA
GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT
CYCLOSPORINE
PATIENTS TAKING IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP
HYPERTENSION
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ARE SEEN WITH ____ _____ SUPPRESSION
BONE MARROW
IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUGS ARE USED IN ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS TO PREVENT
REJECTION OF THE ORGAN
ANTIBOTICS MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS FALL BELOW
1,500 MM3
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS SHOULD BE STARTED FOR PATIENTS WHO COMPLAIN OF ORAL MUCOSITIS?
RINSE WITH VISCOUS LIDOCAINE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS MAY CAUSE GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT?
CYCLOSPORINE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SIGNS SHOULD BE MONITORED IN THE DENTAL OFFICE IN A PATIENT TAKING CYCLOSPORINE?
BLOOD PRESSURE
A PATIENT TAKING ZOLEDRONATE FOR PAIN FROM MULTIPLE MYELOMA (A CANCER). WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN DEVELOP AFTER PERIODONTAL DEBRIDEMENT?
OSTEONECROSIS