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NAVEDTRA 14295B Ch.8
HM Chapter 8: Oral Pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Salivary glands secrete about how much saliva on a daily basis? | about 1,500 ml |
| It is a localized collection of pus in a specific area of soft tissue or bone. Often it is confined in a particular space, and is commonly caused by a bacterial infection. | Abscess |
| It is an enclosed pouch or sac containing fluid or semi-solid material. | Cyst |
| They are a disruption of the superficial covering of the mucosa or skin caused by biting, denture irritation, toothbrush injury, viruses or other irritants. | Ulcers |
| A small elevation that contains fluid. Most of these lesions in the oral cavity rupture, leaving superficial ulcers | Vesicles |
| A localized collection of blood that escaped from blood vessels due to trauma. | Hematoma |
| Round pinpoint, non-raised, purplish-red spots, caused by mucosal or dermal hemorrhage | Petechiae |
| Large, purplish-red areas caused by blood under the skin or mucosa; turns to a blue or yellow color | Ecchymoses |
| What usually appear first as a chalky white spot on the enamel, indicating the decalcification process? | dental caries |
| What are decay processes that occur underneath existing dental restorations? | recurrent caries |
| What is pain in the dental pulp and commonly occurs after a restoration has been placed in a tooth? | Pulpalgia |
| What is inflammation of the dental pulp, caused by a bacterial infection resulting from dental caries or fractured teeth? | pulpitis |
| What results when the pulp has become inflamed and a small pus-like abscess forms in the pulpal canal? | periapical abscess |
| What is the death of tissue called? | Necrosis |
| What is inflammation of the gingival tissue called? | gingivitis |
| What is the most common type of gingival disease? | marginal gingivitis |
| What is the disease commonly referred to as trench mouth? | Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis |
| What is a chronic inflammatory condition that involves the gingiva, crest of the alveolar bone, and periodontal membrane? | Periodontitis |
| What is inflammation of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth? | pericoronitis |
| What are commonly called canker sores and are painful ulcerations? | Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS) |
| What is HSV1? | Oral herpes |
| What is HSV2? | genital herpes |
| What is the most common of all HSV1 lesions? | herpes labialis |
| What is a fungal infection of the mouth, usually red or white in color? | candidiasis |
| What are cancerous, dark bluish-purple lesions that involve blood vessels? | Kaposi's sarcoma |
| What is a viral infection on the tongue with lesions that appear as white and slightly raised? | Hairy Leukoplakia |
| What is cancer of the epithelium usually found on the oral mucosa of the mouth, lips, tongue, cheeks, and floor of the mouth? | carcinoma |
| What is the growth or spread of malignant tumors from one are to another? | metastasis |
| What type of tumor is usually found in the oral region or salivary glands, most often of the palate, and appears as a lump or a bulge under the mucosa? | adenocarcinoma |
| What type of tumor affects the supportive and connective tissues like the bones of the jaw? | sarcomas |
| What is the absence of single or multiple teeth called? | anodontia |
| what is the development of one or more extra teeth called? | supernumerary teeth |
| What is it called when the maxillary and medial nasal processes fail to fuse together? | cleft lip |
| What results when the palate shelves do not fuse together leaving a space? | cleft palate |
| What results from a short lingual frenulum attachment and is also known as tongue tied? | ankyloglossia |
| What is the condition in which a tooth is blocked by a physical barrier, usually teeth or bone? | impaction |
| What is the loss of substance of a tooth from a wearing away process caused by teeth against teeth? | attrition |
| What results in the loss of tooth structure secondary to the action of external agents? | abrasion |
| What is the loss of tooth substance from a chemical process that does not involve bacteria? | erosion |
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