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What is oral surgery?

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Treatment and ongoing management of irregularities and pathology of the jaw and mouth that require surgical intervention

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Describe what oral surgery is likely to involve?

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  • Lumps and bumps
  • Ulcers
  • Red or white patches
  • Cysts
  • Pain
  • Difficult extractions
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What is oral medicine?

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Diagnosis and non-surgical management of chronic, recurrent and medically-related disorders of the oral maxillofacial region

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Name 3 main types of disease oral medicine can involve

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  1. Mucosal disease
  2. Salivary gland disease
  3. Non-dental causes of orofacial pain
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Describe the process of a history taking and treatment plan

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  • Referred by and why
  • Complaining of
  • History of presenting complaint
  • PMH
  • PDH
  • SH
  • Extra-oral examination
  • Intra-oral examination
  • Provisional diagnosis
  • Special investigations
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment plan
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What acronym would be used to take a PHC?

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SOCRATES

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Why is it important to gauge severity of conditions?

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It may impact on treatment

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Describe 2 ways to gauge the severity of a patient’s condition

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  1. Generally the more medication the more severe the condition
  2. Recent or repetitive hospital admission suggests increased severity
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Describe the questions you may ask a patient who suffers from angina

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  • Have you ever had a heart attack?
  • How often do you get angina?
  • Does angina come on at rest or with exertion?
  • It is usually easily controlled by medication?
  • Have you had stents or bypass surgery?
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Describe the questions you may ask a patient who suffers from diabetes

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  • How is it controlled?
  • Is it well controlled / Do you have hypos?
  • Do you check sugars normally / What are they?
  • Have you eaten and taken normal medication today?
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Describe what to look for in extra-oral examination

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  • Demeanour, colour and facial asymmetry in patient
  • Examination of the nodes
  • Examination of the TMJs
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Describe how to palpate lymph nodes on extra-oral clinical examination

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  • Ask patient to turn head to contralateral side and palpate below SCM
  • May be useful to have patient tip chin forward slightly in submandibular or submental region
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Describe the extra-oral clinical examination of the TMJs

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  • Palpate
  • Not any tenderness, clicks or grinding
  • Look for deviation or limitation on opening
  • If limited opening, measure and document
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Describe the soft tissues to examine during an intra-oral examination

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  • Lips
  • Buccal mucosa
  • Hard and soft palates
  • Retromolar pads
  • Tuberosities
  • Gingivae
  • Tongue
  • Floor of the mouth
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Describe the intra-oral examination of the dentition

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  • General condition
  • Any caries present
  • Fractured teeth
  • Mobility
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How can a lesion / ulcer be described upon examination?

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  • Anatomical location
  • Size
  • Colour
  • Single / multiple
  • Unilateral / bilateral
  • Consistency (hard, firm, soft, fluctuant)
  • Margins (regular or irregular)
  • Homogenous or heterogenous
  • Discrete
  • Base (only for ulcer)
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Describe how the colour of ulcers may change

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Yellow base indicates fibrous base which is healing whereas red and granular is an ulcer which is not healing up

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Name 4 examples of special investigations which may confirm or refute a provisional diagnosis

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  1. Radiographs
  2. Vitality tests
  3. CT / CBCT scans
  4. Ultrasound
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Describe the pneumonic which may act as a surgical sieve and give an idea of what condition is present

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V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
T - Traumatic
A - Autoimmune
M - Metabolic
I - Iatrogenic
N - Neoplastic
20
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Name 5 main causes of orofacial pain

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  1. Local
  2. Vascular
  3. Referred
  4. Neurological
  5. Psychogenic
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Give 4 examples of local orofacial pain

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  1. Dental
  2. Salivary glands
  3. Nose
  4. TMJs
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Give 2 examples of vascular orofacial pain

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  1. Migraine

2. Giant cell arteritis

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Name 4 examples of referred orofacial pain

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  1. Sinus
  2. Ears
  3. Eyes
  4. Neck
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Name 4 examples of neurological orofacial pain

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  1. Trigeminal neuralgia
  2. Post herpetic neuralgia
  3. MS
  4. Neoplasms
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Give 3 examples of psychogenic orofacial pain
1. Atypical facial pain 2. Atypical odontalgia 3. Burning mouth syndrome
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Describe 3 conditions which may lead to dental orofacial pain
1. Pulpitis 2. Periapical Periodontitis 3. Dentoalveolar Abscess
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What is pulpitis?
Reversible or irreversible inflammation of the pulp secondary to trauma (physical or chemical) or infection (caries)
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What is periapical periodontitis?
Inflammation of the periodontal membrane secondary to trauma (high restoration / blunt trauma) or infection (caries extending into pulp causing pulpal necrosis, which can progress to dentoalveolar abscess
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What is a dentoalveolar abscess?
A circumscribed area of dead / dying host inflammatory cells and dead / dying bacterial cells associated with the apex of a non-vital tooth
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What is the major difference between reversible and irreversible pulpitis?
Reversible pulpitis is usually only enamel caries whereas irreversible tends to be dentine caries
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Describe the site, onset, duration and night waking involved with reversible pulpitis
Site - Unspecific Onset - Hot / Cold stimuli Duration - A few seconds Night waking - No
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Describe the site, onset, duration and night waking involved with irreversible pulpitis
Site - Unspecific Onset - Spontaneous or Hot / Cold Stimuli Duration - Last hours / Constantly Night waking - Yes
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Describe the site, onset, duration and night waking involved with infective periapical periodontitis
Site - Localised Onset - Pain on biting / Pressure Duration - Last hours / Constant Night Waking - Yes
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Describe the site, onset, duration and night waking involved with traumatic periapical periodontitis
Site - Localised Onset - Pain on biting / pressure Duration - Last hours / Constant Night Waking - No
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Why does pulpitis tend to be an unspecific pain?
Proprioceptors are found in the periodontal ligament so without the ligament's involvement, it is hard to localise pain
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What may influence night waking for traumatic periapical periodontitis?
A patient with a clenching habit may bite / put pressure on their teeth during the night so will awaken
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