Oral Diagnosis Flashcards
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Correct diagnosis is often a result of
Complete and thorough examination
Accurate History primary purpose is
To provide basis for determining how the patient’s physical status may be affected by dental therapy
Essential/Most important procedure in diagnosis is the
Development of case history
Most important way of obtaining chief complaint
Be unhurried / “not to hurry”
most difficult and most common to evaluate chief complaint
Odontalgia “tooth ache”
term experienced by a patient
Symptoms
term detected by the examiner
Sign
1 or more significantly unique sign and symptom that distinguish 1 disease from another
Pathognomonic Sign
Butterfly rash
Systemic lupus erythematosus / Liver disease.
Bull’s eye lesion, target lesion, iris lesion
Erythema Multiforme / Lyme disease
Nikolsky sign
Pemphigus vulgaris
Most important factor that determines prognosis - result of treatment
Severity
The review of illnesses, injuries, operation & hospitalization from childhood disease to present complaint
Past medical History
Normal Blood pressure
120/80
normal Pulse rate
60-100bpm
normal respiratory rate
16-20bpm
the difference of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure is called
Pulse Pressure
normal pulse pressure: 30-40mmHg
1st audible sound in stetoscope
Korotkoff Sounds
Average age to diagnose ameloblastoma is
34 y/o
average age to diagnose tic doloureux
30 y/o
Lead poisoning
Plumbism
excessively moist skin patient
Anxiety
what neurotransmitter is decreased in Parkinson’s disease
Dopamine
anti-viral drug that is also used and effective in Parkinson’s disease
Amantadine - used for Influenza/flu