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Term for extraction of teeth
exodontics
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What are the four ways to control pain?
sedation, pre-medication, local anesthetic, and gernal asthestic
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Surgical reduction or reshaping of the remaining alveolar ridge
alveolectomy
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Surgical removal of apex of tooth
apicoectomy
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Rocked back and forth in the socket
luxated
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Surgical removal of frenum
frenectomy
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Procedure in which tissue is taken from one site and placed at another
graphs
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Tooth that is blocked from eruption by ginigival tissue only
soft tissue impaction
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Blocked by bone and tissue
bony impaction
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Extra tooth between centrals
mesiodens
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Minor surgical procedure undertaken to obtain a specimen of a suspicious lesion of the moral mucosa
biopsy
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Wedge-shaped section of adjacent normal tissue plus a section of abnormal tissue is obtained to provide the pathologist with speciment for comparing normal and abnormal tissue
inicision method
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If possible the entire lesion mass and adjacent and underlying normal tissue are excised to provide the pathologist with a sample of the patients tissue
excision method
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Deep seated tumors are examined by exploring and obtaining a speciment, using deep surgical excisior
exploratory biopsy
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Two type of sutures
absorable, non-absorable
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Readily absorbed by body and dont remove (gut, collagen )
absorable
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Stays in 5-7 days, silk, nylon, and polyproplene
non-absorable
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Most popular material because it is stronger/durable-easy to manipulate
silk
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Cut at point where knot is located, pull the knot
removal of sutures
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Contradindications for oral surgery
- tooth can be saved by another form of treatment.
- avoided during active infection.
- patient suffering from any potentially serious disease.
- tendency for hemorrhage.
- pregnancy (2nd trimester).
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Patient Instructions
- 3 S's: no smoking, sucking, spitting.
- swelling gone 3-4 days.
- day after-rinse with warm salt water.
- avoid very hot/cold food/liquid.
- change gauze pads as instructed.
- diet of soft foods and liquids-1 week.
- Medicine as prescribed or directed.
- Call dentist immediately if you keep bleeding.
- if sutures return in 7 days to remove.
- *always document number of sutures placed and type of meds given to patient*
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