Midterm Review Flashcards
(37 cards)
Primary prevention includes
Oral evaluation/ assessments
Ex dental sealants
Secondary prevention includes
Dental restorations, desensitizing agents for hypersensitivity and endodontics
Tertiary prevention employs measures necessary to
Replace lost tissues and rehabilitates clients to be as near normal as possibke
What are 6 roles of a dental hygienist
Clinician
Educator
Manager/ admin
Corporate DH
Researcher (public health)
Entrepreneur
What defines the paradigm concepts of clients environment, health and oral health, dental hygiene action in terms of human needs theory
Human needs conceptual model
The primary concern of the human needs conceptual model are for
The whole person who either has oral disease or may develop it rather than the disease itself
What is evidence based decision making
Decisions must incorporate the best available scientific evidence/research to optimize client care outcomes
What does pico stand for
Problem
Intervention
comparison
Outcome
What are dental caries and perio disease caused by
Plaque diseases
Transmissible disease
What percentage of reduction in dental caries results from water fluoridation
60-70%
What do carious lesions depend on
Diet
Host resistance
# of challenging bacteria in plaque
Time exposure
Not free floating, adhere to surface, can relocate and communicate
Bacteria
Healthy dental plaque is composed of
Aerobic gram positive cocci, strep mitis, Actinomyces, strep oralis
What influences the growth and retention of plaque
Missing teeth
Malocclusion
Mouth breathing
Overhang/ open resto
Ortho
Short lingual frenum
Calculus
Stain
What is a membranous, acellular, organic layer that forms within minutes of removal. Non mineralized
Acquired pellicle
Bacteria that produce colour as a metabolic by product
Chromogenic bacteria
Loose deposit of MO’s, desquamated epithelial cells and broken down food debris. White to yellowish white in colour. Cottage cheese appearance
Cellular and non mineralized
Materia Alba
What is the significance of acquired pellicle
Protective, luvrication, nidus (point of origin), attachment of calculus
Describe initial adherence of plaque biofilm formation
Pellicle formation; forms on the tooth surface by selective absorption of protein components from the saliva, bacteria attach to pellicle. 1-2 day old plaque
Bacterial colonization of plaque biofilm formulation
Lag phase- 2-4 days old. Planktonic bacterial becomes immobile, sessile, fixed.
Rapid growth bacterial colonization stage of plaque biofilm formation
Polysaccharides and matrix trap nutrients for the bacteria. 4-14 days old. Gram negative anaerobic species increases. WBC found in plaque. Inflammation evident
steady state and attachment stage of plaque biofilm formation
14-24 days old. gingivitis present. biofilm is gram-negative bacteria. as the biofilm colony progresses it blooms into a mushroom shape.
how does calculus form
apposition of new layers of biofilm.
10 days- rapid calculus forms
20 days- slow calculus formers
mineralization of undisrupted biofilm can occur within
24-48 hours