NAVEDTRA 14295B CH 8

Question 1

What is the science that treats the nature, causes, and development of oral diseases?

Answer 1

Oral pathology

Question 2

About how many ml of saliva on a daily basis do salivary glands secrete?

Answer 2

1,500

Question 3

How many mircroorganisms per milliliter do microscopic counts in saliva show on average?

Answer 3

750 million

Question 4

What can be defined as any pathological or traumatic disorder of tissue that creates a loss of function of the area affected?

Answer 4

Oral lesions

Question 5

What is a localized collection of pus in a specific area of soft tissue or bone called?

Answer 5

Abscess

Question 6

What is an enclosed pouch or sac containing fluid or semi-solid material called?

Answer 6

Cyst

Question 7

What is a disruption of the superficial covering of the mucosa or skin caused by biting, denture irritation, toothbrush injury, viruses or other irritants?

Answer 7

Ulcers

Question 8

What disease is caused by a microbial process that starts on the surface of the teeth and leads to the breaking down of the enamel, dentin, and cementum?

Answer 8

Dental Caries

Question 9

What is the process that destroys the hard surfaces of the tooth called?

Answer 9

Decay

Question 10

What is the group of bacteria called along with other acid producing bacteria that are in the oral cavity that cause tooth decay?

Answer 10

Streptococci

Question 11

What is the type of carious lesion called if the tooth surface has an area that has not progressed past the decalcification stage?

Answer 11

Incipient

Question 12

What are the decay processes that occur underneath existing dental restorations called?

Answer 12

Recurrent caries

Question 13

What term refers to pain in the dental pulp and commonly occurs after a restoration has been placed in a tooth?

Answer 13

Pulpalgia

Question 14

What is an inflammation of the dental pulp caused by a bacterial infection resulting from dental caries or fractured teeth called?

Answer 14

Pulpitis

Question 15

What results when the pulp has become inflamed and a small pus-like abscess forms in the pulpal canal?

Answer 15

Periapical abscess

Question 16

What is the death of tissue called?

Answer 16

Necrosis

Question 17

What is the most prevalent chronic disease of humankind?

Answer 17

Periodontal disease

Question 18

What is an inflammation involving the gingival tissues called?

Answer 18

Gingivitis

Question 19

What is the most common type of gingival disease?

Answer 19

Marginal gingivitis

Question 20

What is an inflammation of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth called?

Answer 20

Pericoronitis

Question 21

What is the most common of all herpetic HSV-1 lesions?

Answer 21

Herpes labialis

Question 22

About how many days do recurrent HSV-1 lesions take to resolve?

Answer 22

7 to 10

Question 23

What is the main cause of AIDS?

Answer 23

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Question 24

What is the loss of substance of a tooth from a wearing away process caused by teeth against teeth called?

Answer 24

Attrition

Question 25

What results in the loss of tooth structure secondary to the action of external agents?

Answer 25

Abrasion

Question 26

What is tooth substance loss from a chemical process that does not involve bacteria called?

Answer 26

Erosion

Question 27

What are some types of lesions called because the factors producing this condition are unknown or may occur from a known acid source such as people who have bulimia, an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and self-induced vomiting?

Answer 27

Idiopathic erosion