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What are accessory digestive organs, responsible for mastication, or the mechanical digestion in the mouth?

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Teeth

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What initiates the breakdown of starch?

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Salivary amylase

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What breaks down triglycerides into fatty acids?

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Lingual lipase

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What surface contains the taste-buds and is covered with keratinized stratified squamous epithelium?

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The dorsal surface

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What is the visible region of the tooth above the level of the gums?

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Crown

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What is the region of the tooth which encompasses the junction of the crown and root near the gum line?

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Neck

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What is the region of the tooth that is embedded in the socket?

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Root

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What is the hardest substance in the body and has a hard, white outer layer?

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Enamel

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What gives the tooth its basic shape and rigidity?

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Dentin

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What canal has an opening at its base, through which blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves extend?

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root canal

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The alveolar process is a thickened ridge of bone that contains —— that hold teeth in the maxilla and mandible?

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tooth sockets

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What are the 4 types of teeth from front to back?

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  1. Incisors
  2. Canines
  3. pre molars
  4. molars
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what are the 2 divisions of incisors?

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  1. Central

2. lateral

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How many pairs of molars are in the mouth?

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3

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In what anatomical direction are teeth counted and what are the numbers?

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  1. 1-16 from upper right to upper left.

2. 17-32 from lower left to lower right

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What is the largest, strongest, and only moveable skull bone?

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mandible

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What are the 3 main nerves in the mouth used for oral nerve blocking?

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  1. Anterior Superior Alveolar (ASA)
  2. Middle Superior Alveolar (MSA)
  3. Posterior Superior Alveolar (PSA)
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The lingual nerve is associated with what cranial nerve?

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CN 5 (Trigeminal)

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What is the half-life of 2% lidocaine/Xylocaine? (fast acting)

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1.6 hours

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What is the half-life of .5% bupivacaine/Marcaine? (slow acting)

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What block is the disposition of local anesthesia near a major nerve trunk at a greater distance from the area of treatment?

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Regional block

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What reduces need of reliance for oral analgesics?

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Regional block

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What is a minor injury to the tooths supporting structures without abnormal loosening or displacement of the tooth?

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What is a traumatic injury that results in a tooth, that is, loose in the socket?

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What diagnosis should be treated with gentle manipulation of the tooth into its proper position and should be splinted if necessary?
Subluxation
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What diagnosis do you rinse the tooth gently with saline, DO NOT scrub, and administer an intraoral nerve block?
Avulsion
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What solution should you NOT put a tooth in?
water
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What window of time can a tooth be retained for?
Within 30 minutes to 1 hour
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Teeth fractures are divided into what 3 categories?
1. Affect only the enamel 2. Expose the dentin 3. Expose the pulp
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What sensation do patients usually experience if the dentin is exposed but not the dental pulp?
sensitivity to cold air and water
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What method is used for immobilizing a mandibular fracture?
barton bandage
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What fracture will present with obvious facial trauma where CSF may be present?
Maxillary fractures
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What is a common, severe, non-contagious bacterial infection of the gums with sudden onset?
Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis (NUG)
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NUG is also known as what two names?
1. Trench mouth | 2. Vincent's Angina
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Bacterial infection brought on by immunosuppression, extreme stress, poor dental hygiene, malnutrition, and/or smoking?
NUG
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What diagnosis usually has a "punched out" appearance and covered by a grey pseudo membrane?
NUG
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A rapid onset of NUG may be accompanied by?
Malaise or fever
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What is the treatment for NUG?
1. Debride gently | 2. Magic mouthwash (2% lidocaine, liquid diphenhydramine, and Maalox) 1:1:1 ratio
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What diagnosis is made up of white material of debris, fibrin, and desquamated cells that have been invaded by yeast cells?
Thrush
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What three symptoms are associated with thrush?
1. pain, may feel like burning 2. dysphasia and hoarseness of voice 3. metallic, acidic, salty, or bitter taste
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What is the treatment for thrush?
Fluconazole 100mg x7 days
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What are the 2 main signs of a Aphthous Ulcer (canker sores"?
1. May have prodrome of burning or itching | 2. 1/4 to 6mm round ulcerations with yellow-gray fibrinoid centers surrounded by red halos.
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What are the 2 main treatments of Aphthous Ulcers?
1. self healing 10-14 days | 2. Topical corticosteroids
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What are 3 subsections of Temporomandibular Dysfunction?
1. Internal joint derangement 2. Infectious arthritis 3. condylar hyperplasia
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What are the 2 main treatments for Temporomandibular dysfunction?
1. NSAIDS | 2. Splint
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What is another term for "geographic tongue"?
Benign migratory glossitis
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What diagnosis is usually asymptomatic, but may be associated with burning when eating spicy or acidic food?
Geographic tongue
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What diagnosis is dark, elongated filiform papillae, stained by chromogenic microorganisms?
hairy tongue
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Mucus retention cyst (has no epithelial lining) is what diagnosis?
mucocele

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