Oral Patholgy Flashcards
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What is a physiologic loss of tooth structure from tooth to tooth contact?
attrition
What is a pathologic form of attrition?
Bruxism
What is a habitual grinding of the teeth?
Bruxism
What is a pathologic loss of tooth structure due to a chemical process?
Erosion
What is erosion from gastric secretions?
perimolysis
What can cause erosion?
chronic vomiting, bulimia, acidic foods, ect
What is a pathologic loss of tooth structure from a mechanical process?
Abrasion
What is a pathologic loss of tooth structure from tooth flexure during mastication?
Abfraction
What is an abnormal bend or curve in a tooth root?
dilaceration
What is a single enlarged tooth in which the tooth count is normal ake: twinning?
Gemination
What is an enlarged tooth in which the tooth count reveals a missing tooth; a tooth attached to another tooth (2 teeth)?
Fusion
What is the difference between gemination and fusion?
gemination has a normal count of teeth in the oral cavity while during fusion the count will reveal a missing tooth
What is the union of teeth by cementum?
concrescence
What is another name for dens invaginatus?
dens in dente
What is a deep surface invagination of the crown or root that is lined by enamel?
Dens invaginatus
What is the most common tooth to have dens invaginatus?
maxillary lateral incisor also common to have a lingual pit
What is another name for Taurodontism?
Bull’s teeth
What is a large pulp chamber with furcations close to the apex, and elongated crown?
Taurodontism
What disorder is taurodontism most common in?
Down Syndrome
What is another name for enamel pearl?
Ectopic enamel
What is enamel on the root surface?
enamel pearl
What does an enamel pearl look like on a x-ray?
rounded, radiopaque
What is a microdont and a macrodont?
micro- abnormally small teeth macro= abnormally large teeth (rare)
What is anadontia
no teeth