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Question 1

What are 3 diseases of the teeth and supporting structures?

Answer 1

Caries
Gingivitis
Periodontitis

Question 2

What are 3 diseases of the teeth and supporting structures?

Answer 2

Caries
Gingivitis
Peiodontitis

Question 3

What is Caries?

Answer 3

Tooth decay

Question 4

What causes Caries?

Answer 4

Focal demineralization by acidic products of bacterial sugar fermentation

Question 5

What is a major cause of tooth loss before age 35?

Answer 5

Caries (tooth decay)

Question 6

Complications of Caries?

Answer 6

Pain
Nutrition problems
Potential life-threatening infections

Question 7

What is Gingivitis?

Answer 7

Inflammation of oral mucosa that surrounds the teeth

Question 8

Inflammation of oral mucosa that surrounds the teeth?

Answer 8

Gingivitis

Question 9

What causes Gingivitis?

Answer 9

Accumulation of dental plaque and calculus

Question 10

What is Dental plaque and what can it cause?

Answer 10

• Can cause Gingivitis

= Sticky biofilm that collects on teeth due to poor oral hygiene (bacteria + salivary proteins + epithelial cells)

Question 11

If Dental plaque is not removed, what can it turn into?

Answer 11

Mineralizes into a calculus

Question 12

When does Gingivitis usually occur?

Answer 12

Childhood

Question 13

Symptoms of Gingivitis?

Answer 13

Erythema and Edema

Bleeding, changes of contour and loss of soft tissue

Question 14

Symptoms of Gingivitis?

Answer 14

Erythema and Edema

Bleeding, changes of contour and loss of soft tissue

Question 15

What is Periodontitis?

Answer 15

Inflammatory process that affects the supporting structures of the teeth (periodontal ligaments, alveolar bone and cementum)

Question 16

This inflammatory process affects periodontal ligaments, alveolar bone and cementum?

Answer 16

Periodontitis

Question 17

What causes Periodontitis?

Answer 17

Poor oral hygiene

Altered composition of oral microbiome

Question 18

Periodontitis can be a component of what 7 systemic diseases?

Answer 18

Aids
Leukemia
Crohn's
Diabetes
Down Syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Neutrophil defect syndromes

Question 19

Periodontitis can be a component of what 7 systemic diseases?

Answer 19

Aids
Leukemia
Crohn's 
Diabetes
Down Syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Neutrophil defect syndromes

Question 20

Periodontitis can serve as a site of origin for?

Answer 20

Infective endocarditis and lung/brain abscesses

Question 21

Aphthous ulcers

Answer 21

Canker sores

Question 22

What causes Aphthous ulcers?

Answer 22

Unknown; potentially immunologic disorder association

Question 23

Recurrent painful, shallow ulcerations rimmed by erythema in the mouth?

Answer 23

Aphthous ulcers (canker sores)

Question 24

Aphthous ulcers spontaneously resolve in?

Answer 24

7-10 days

Question 25

What are 3 types of Fibrous Proliferative Lesions?

Answer 25

Traumatic Fibroma Pyogenic Granuloma Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

Question 26

What are 3 types of Fibrous Proliferative Lesions/

Answer 26

Traumatic Fibroma Pyogenic Granuloma Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

Question 27

What causes Traumatic Fibroma?

Answer 27

Repetitive trauma

Question 28

What does a Traumatic Fibroma look like?

Answer 28

Submucosal nodular mass of fibrous CT stroma | - At buccal mucosa along bite line/gingiva

Question 29

Submucosal nodular mass of fibrous CT stroma at the buccal mucosa along the bite line/gingiva

Answer 29

Traumatic Fibroma

Question 30

Who commonly gets Pyogenic Granulomas?

Answer 30

Children and pregnant women

Question 31

What does a Pyogenic Granuloma look like?

Answer 31

Red/purple and ulcerated lesions at the gingiva

Question 32

Red/purple and ulcerated lesion at the gingiva in children and pregnant women

Answer 32

Pyogenic Granuloma

Question 33

What can a Pyogenic Granuloma cause?

Answer 33

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

Question 34

Who commonly gets Peripheral Ossifying Fibromas?

Answer 34

Young women

Question 35

What does a Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma look like?

Answer 35

Red, ulcerated lesion at the gingiva