ME Oral Surgery Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
oral surgeons need how many additional years of schooling | 4-6 |
what instrument is used to reflect and retract the periosteum from the surface of the bone, and to detach gingiva from around cervix | periosteal elevator |
what instrument is used to apply leverage against a tooth to loosen it from periodontal ligaments to ease extraction | straight or extraction elevator |
what is used to remove root tips and fragments broken off during an extraction | root tip pick |
what is used to grasp and remove teeth from alvelus | extraction forceps |
what kind of extraction forceps are there | universal (for both sides of same arch, specific group of teeth) and area specific (specific group of teeth on one side) |
what is used to scrape the interior of the socket to remove diseased tissue or abscesses | surgical curette |
what is used to trim alveolar bone to eliminate sharp projections of bone and shape te edentulous ridge | rongeur |
what is used to smooth surface of bone/smooth rough margines after using the rongeur | bone file |
what is used to make precise incisions into gingiva | scalpel |
what is used to grasp soft tissue, bone, tooth fragments | hemostat |
what is used to grasp suture needle | needle holder - has a groove either length or cross wise on beak |
what is used to trim soft tissue | surgical scissors |
what is used to cut suture material | suture scissors - have dip in blade |
what allows a patient to rest and relax jaw muscles | mouth props (bite blocks) |
what is used to remove bone to help remove tooth or reshape bone | single-bevel chisel |
what is used to split teeth | bi-bevel chisel |
extractions described as routine or simple, completed without extensive instrumentation is called | forceps extraction |
when a patient is getting partial/full denture or implants they get ... | multiple extractions |
an extraction that requires additional skill, knowledge, and instrumentation is called | complex extraction |
contouring and smoothing the bone after an extraction using a rongeur and bone file is called | alveoplasty |
malignant = cancerous | benign = noncancerous |
when a surgeon cuts a wedge of tissue from a lesion, with some normal tissue for comparison it is a | incisional biopsy |
removing the entire lesion and adjacent normal tissue is a | excisional biopsy |
a nonsurgical technique, using a flat-ended brush to collect surface cells from suspect lesions is a | exfoliative biopsy |
sutures that dissolve and become absorbed by the body's enzymes are called | absorbable sutures |
nonabsorbable sutures are removed how many days after surgery | 5-7 |
postsurgical complication - prolonged bleeding - treatment? | if bleeding occurs longer than 45 minutes, pack a moist folded gauze over area for 20-30 minutes, if continues dentist may treat to help clotting |
what can you use besides gauze | moist tea bag, has tannic acid that helps with clotting |
dry socket is also called | alveolitis |
alveolitis usually occurs... | 2 - 4 days after extraction |
What are the causes of alveolitis | inadequate blood supply, trauma, infection, dislodgement of clot from socket |
making the patient comfortable while a wound heals is called | palliative therapy |
treatment for alveolitis? | irrigate with warm saline, pack with iodoform gauze (antiseptic) every day, antibiotics and pain meds may be needed. healing takes up to 2 weeks |
another word for seperate | reflect |
fibrous covering of bone is called | periosteum |
another word for leverage | luxate |
the likely course of a disease is called | prognosis |
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