Oral surgery Flashcards
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What are the criteria for a dento-alveolar surgery flap?
must be full thickness
base must be wider than incision site
must not split interdental papilla
avoid important structures
What do you use to remove bone and why?
Must use an electric drill rather than air turbine as air turbine driven instruments can force air into the cavity and cause a surgical emphysema
the drill is cooled with sterile water to reduce heat (>55* will kill bone) and reduce infection, increase visibility
What is the difference between Asepsis, antisepsis sterilisation and disinfection?
asepsis - avoidance of pathogenic material - aseptic technique in surgery
antisepsis - application of agent which inhibits growth of microorganisms when in contact with them
sterilisation - destruction or removal of all forms of life
disinfection - inhibition or destruction of all pathogens
What types of extraction forceps are used?
upper anteriors - straight and narrow upper molars - 90* angle beak to cheek lower anteriors - 90* angle and narrow lower molars - 90* angle and two beaks cowhorns - for removal of teeth with splayed roots - penetrate bifurcation
What are elevators used for?
Elevators dilate the sockets. Always used to remove impacted teeth.
Couplands, Cryers, Warick james
What periosteal elevators are used?
These pull back the periosteum from the bone, they are blunt, curved instruments
Howarths periosteal elevator
What is the mitchells trimmer for?
this is a curette. this is used for finding a weak spot of bone overlying pathology to be removed
What are dissecting forceps for?
They hold soft tissue without damamging it, Gillies dissectors.
What order should you extract molar teeth (if all are going) and why?
Extract from the most posterior to the most anterior.
Prevents a single standing tooth left in a weakened bone - reduces chance of alveolar or tuberosity fracture
What are the techniques for removing teeth?
1/2/3 - conical roots, twist
4/5 - 2 roots - move buccal-palatally
6/7 - move buccally
What are common complications of extracting teeth?
Access - infection, small mouth, malpositioned teeth
pain - LA, infection
inability to mobilise tooth - ankylosed tooth, bulbous or diverging roots, long roots
breaking the tooth - can leave <3mm of a deeply buried apex, remove what you can
#alveolar +/- basal bone - if # restricted to alveolus, remove anything not attached and close. if other teeth are involved - splint for 4 weeks
basal bone needs ORIF
loss of tooth - STOP. try to locate, determine if pt has swallowed. if breathing changes or cannot find it - Xray
damage to other tissues - apologise to patient
dislocated jaw - relocate and provide instructions. dont continue with XLA
what different types of post-op bleeding are there?
immediate (at surgery no haemostasis achieved)
reactionary ( within 48 hours - rise in BP)
secondary (~7 days post op. infection and destruction of clot)
If a patient comes in to your surgery the day after an Xn with bleeding, how would you deal with them?
Reassure the patient that it is ok and they wont bleed to death
repeat a full Hx inc DH. Get pt to bite on gauze
suction socket, clean pt
identify source of bleeding - if coming from socket then squeeze the gingivaea of outer walls with finger and thumb. if stops, was gingival. if from bone vessels, needs packing
can use bone wax, fibrin foam, sutures, collagen sponge,
recall the next day
What suture would you use for an extraction socket?
Resorbable suture, monofilament, 18mm curved tapered needle
simple interrupted suture
knot is tied twice one way and once the other (two surgeons knot, one locking knot)
What is MRONJ and what can cause it?
medication related osteonecrosis of the jaw - non healing socket or wound >8 weeks, bone seen, halitosis
caused by monoclonal antibody medications, RANK-L inhibitors, bisphosphonates and anti-angiogenics (VEG-F inhibiotors)
What would you be looking for in someones history to see if they would be at riskof MRONJ?
A history of metastatic breast or bone cancer
osteoporosis, Pagets disease
What increases a patients risk of MRONJ?
Hx of MRONJ
If they on AR or AA drugs for management of cancer
on BPs for >5 years
on denosumab in last 9 months + systemic glucocortioid or <5years BPs + systemic glucocorticoid
How does your treatment change for a high risk patient vs a low risk patient
low risk - simple extractions, dont Px ABs
High risk - explore all other possibilities to retain teeth (RR)
for both groups, review healing
How do you raise a flap to remove: maxillary canines, palatally impacted?
Radiographs to assess position
palatal flap - incision 6-6, full thckness of mucoperiosteum and reflect back.
do not cut at 90* to mucosal crevice as can cut the palatine artery. always use envelope flap.
remove bone over bulbosity of crown
How do you raise a flap to remove: Impacted 8s
Cut down around 7 and half of 6, vertical relieving incision down into buccal mucosa
must be full thickness flap and make sure base is thicker than top.
distal reliving incision back from the 8 along the external oblique ridge
dont go lingually as risk of hitting lingual nerve
What are indications for removal of 8s?
recurrent pericoronitis unrestorable caries in 8 external or internal resorption (caused by 8 or in) cystic change periodontal disease distal of 7
When would you perform a coronectomy on an 8?
increased risk of nerve damage (proximity to nerve canal, narrowing or diversion of canal, darkening of root/interruption of tram lines, interuption of lamina dura, juxta-apical area)
What are the contraindications for a coronectomy?
predisposition to local infection (medically compromised)
mobile teeth
non-vital lower 8
horizontal or distoangular impaction where sectioning crown puts the nerve at risk
if root becomes mobile in surgery it must be removed
if there is caries in the 8
How do you perform an apicectomy?
raise a 2 or 3 sided flap reflect and retract above apex detect bony bulge over apex create bony window to visualise the apex excise apical 2mm and remove granulation tissue cut root at 90 degrees to long axis (reduces dentinal tubules exposed) seal canal with MTA close up - interrupted mattress sutures