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What are the three types of tori?

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Palatal tori
Mandibular tori
Buccal exostoses

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Which type of tori is most common?

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Palatal tori

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What are characteristics of palatal tori?

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Asian and Inuits
No tx
Occur on MIDLINE

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What are characteristics of mandibular tori?

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BILATERAL
Asains and Inuits
Slight male prodominance

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What is this?

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Buccal exostoses

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Pt presents with traumatic ulcer next to broken tooth, trauma, etc. What next?

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Must diagnose still
- Magic # is 2 weeks, if longer, need to act on it

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How do you describe this? and what is it?

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Mucosa colored, sessile base, nodule
i.e, Traumatic (irritation) fibroma

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What is the most common “tumor” of the oral cavity?

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Traumatic (irritation) fibroma

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What is traumatic (irritation) fibroma caused by?

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Reactive lesion to trauma

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What is squamous papilloma most commonly msitaken for?

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Giant cell fibroma

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What is giant cell fibroma commonly mistaken for?

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Squamous papilloma

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DDx

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Squamous papilloma OR giant cell fibroma

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Caused by traumatic denture injury from an ill fitting denture flange

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Epulis fissuratum

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Caused by poor oral hygeine combined with ill-fitting denture

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Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia

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How does medication associated gingival enlargment progress?

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Begins at interdental papillae and forms pseudopockets

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What medications can cause medication associated gingival enlargmenet?

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Dilantin (anticonvulsant)
Procardia (Ca channel blocker)
Sandimmune (immunosuppressant)

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What are tx options for medication associated gingival enlargement?

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  • Control local factors with anti plaque agents (CHX)
  • Drug substitution
  • Drug therapy
  • Surgical excission
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What is NOT a true granuloma?

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Pyogenic granuloma

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What are characteristics of pyogenic granuloma?

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Aka pregnancy tumor
Female - from hormones
Rapid growth

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Where is most common site of pyogenic granuloma?

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Gingiva

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What is peripheral ossifying fibroma present with?

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Mesenchymal tissue and mineralization

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Where is peripheral ossifying fibroma located?

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EXCLUSIVELY on gingiva
“bump on the gums”

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Peripheral ossifying fibroma

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What pathology may move teeth?

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Peripheral ossifying fibroma

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Where is peripheral giant cell granuloma found?
EXCLUSIVELY on gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
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What are characteristics of peripheral giant cell granuloma?
may be bluish/purple
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What are three types of human papilloma virus?
1. Squamous papilloma 2. Verruca vulgaris 3. Condyloma acuminatum
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What are characteristics of squamous papilloma?
Pedunculated Most likely mistaken for giant cell fibroma
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Where is verruca vulgaris located?
Hands of children
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What is vaerruca vulgaris caused by?
Autoinoculation (transfer of microorganisms from one part to another) of oral mucosa
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What is known as a veneral wart and an STD?
Condyloma Acuminatum
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Rank the three HPV's mentioned from low to high virulence
Squamous paplloma, verruca vulgaris, condyloma acuminatum
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How do you get infected with primary herpetic gingivostomatitis?
Exposure to a virus in an individual without immunity Young age Physical contact w/ infected individual
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What are symptoms of primary herpetic gingivastomatitis?
Flu-like symptoms (fever, malaise, arthralgia, headache)
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What tissue does primary herpetic gingivastomatitis affect?
Affects bound down/not bound down, moveable/immovable
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How is secondary herpes simplex infection formed?
Resurgance of virus after laying dormant
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How is secondary herpes simplex infection clinically presented?
Cluster of lesions
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What tissue is secondary herpes simplex infection found on?
Immovable tissue intraorally, unless extraorally on lips (herpes labialis)
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What tissue is recurrent apthous stomatitis on?
Moveable tissue
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What is this? Pt is a child and presents with flu-like symptoms.
Primary herpetic gingivastomatitis
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What is this?
Secondary herpes simplex infection
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What is this?
Recurrent apthous stomatitis
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What type of white plaque whipes off?
Pseudomembranous candidiasis
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What is this? It wipes off
Pseudomembranous candidiasis
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What is pseudomembranous candidiasis caused by?
Yeast/fungal infection
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What is angular cheilitis caused by?
drooling in denture pts with decreased VDL, so pooling of saliva and bacteria inside saliva causing this in corners
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What pathology is isolated, white plaque, that DOESN'T wipe off?
Hyperplastic candidiasis
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What is a red patch on the midline of the dorsal tongue?
Central papillary atrophy median rhomboid glossitis
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What is responsible for the presentation of hairy tongue?
elongated filliform papillae - exogenous pigmentation may impart a brown or black appearance
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What can hairy tongue be caused by?
Smoking or antibiotic therapy
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What are fordyce granules caused by?
Ectopic sebaceous glands
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What is this?
Fordyce granules
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What is caused by sun damage and you can see the vermillion?
Actinic cheillitis
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What is a descriptor of white plaque that can't be characterized clinically as another disease?
Leukoplakia
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What is this?
Leukoplakia
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What is a descriptor of red plaque that can't be characterized clinically as another disease?
Erythroplakia
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What is this?
Physiologic pigmentation
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What is caused by a focal increase in melanin but NOT melanocytes?
Oral melanotic macule - lower lip vermillion most common
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Describe the appearance of lichen planus
Bilateral, asymmetric, white lesions LACE-LIKE APPEARANCE (WHICKHAMS STRIAE)
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What is this?
Lichen planus - can tell because white lace-like appearance caused by whickham striae
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What pathology can be found in someone who has psoriasis?
Geographic tongue
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What kind of lesion COULD BE associated with a systemic disease?
Aphthous like lesions - Associated with something systemic like a syndrome - IBS type lesion or gluten sensitivity Hard to diagnose aphthous related to lesion because so many of them

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