Corpsman Manual Chapter 8

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How much Saliva is secreted on a daily basis?

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1,500 Mls

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Abscess

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Collection of puss in a specific area of soft tissue or bone, commonly caused by bacterial infection

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Cyst

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Enclosed pouch or sac containing fluid or semi-solid material

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Ulcers

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Disruption of the superficial covering of mucosa or skin caused by biting denture irritation, toothbrush injury, viruses or other irritants

Front 5

Most common elevated lesions

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Vesicles: small elevation that contains fluid.

Hematoma: localized collection of blood that escaped from blood vessels due to trauma

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Non-elevated lesions

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Petechiae: Round pinpoint, non-raised, purplish-red spots

Ecchymoses: Large, purplish-red areas caused by blood under the skin or mucosa(blue or yellow color)

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What causes tooth decay??

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-Traced back to a group of bacteria called streptococci and other acid producing bacteria.

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Pulpalgia

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-Pain in dental pulp

-sensitive to touch, temperature sensitivity, and or sweet or sour foods

-Pain described as sharp shooting pain that increases when laying down or walking upstairs

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Pulpitis

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-Inflammation of the dental pulp caused by bacterial infections

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Periapical abscess

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-Pulp has become inflamed and a small pus-like abscess forms

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cecrosis

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-Death of tissue, untreated pulpitis from a traumatic injury

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Marginal gingivitis

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-most common type of gingival disease

-tendency to bleed easily

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Necrotizing Ulcerative gingivitis

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-(NUG)

-Trenchmouth or Vincent's infection

-redness, swelling, pain, bleeding of gingival tissues

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periodontitis

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Chronic inflammatory condition that involved the gingiva

-results in loss of bones that affects the teeth

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Periodontal pocket formation

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gingival tissue bleeds easily

Front 16

recurrent aphthous stomatitis

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-Canker sores, painful ulcerations

-physical and emotional stress make them appear

7-10 day healing time

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Herpes Simplex Virus

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-Herpes simplex virus, Type One(HSV-1): Oral

-Herpes simplex virus, They Two(HSV-2): genital

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Candidiasis

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fungal infection of mouth(red or white in color)

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Hairy Leukoplakia

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Viral infection on the tongue with lesions that appear as white and slightly raised

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Kaposi's sarcoma

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cancerous dark bluish-purple lesions that involve blood vessels

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Carcinoma

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Cancer of the epithelium, found on oral mucosa of the mouth, lips, tongue, cheeks, and floor of mouth.

-Look like elevated or ulcerated lesions

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Adenocarcinoma

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-salivary glands, appears as lump or bulge

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Anodontia

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Absence of single or multiple teeth

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Supernumery teeth

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Development of one or more extra teeth

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Cleft Lip

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Maxillary and medial nasal precesses fail to fuse

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Cleft Palate

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Palate shelves, right and left side do not fuse leaving a space

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Ankyloglossia

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short lingual frenulum attachment, known as tongue tied

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Impaction

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Tooth is blocked by a physical barrier, usually teeth or bone

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Attrition and abrasion

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-loss of substance of a tooth from a wearing away process caused by teeth against teeth.