CDCA Pearls Study Guide
HYPERthyroidism symptoms - Answer- -bulging eyes (exopthalmos) -weight loss -tremor of extremities -Graves disease (NOT FATIGUE!) HYPOthyroidism symptoms - Answer- -weight GAIN dry hair -lower voice -feels cold Addisons disease - Answer- adrenal insufficiency -if taking steroids, may have an attack if not supplemented by DOUBLING steroid dose BEFORE dental tx to produce extra cortisol in response to stress ectodermal dysplasia - Answer- -missing teeth (hypodontia) -hair loss? Pagets disease - Answer- -causes HYPERCEMENTOSIS of roots -generalized skull and jaw enlargement -adults -COTTON-wool bone hypercementosis - Answer- -radiopacity that will follow the PDL on pan -seen in Pagets disease cleft lip vs cleft palate - Answer- -LIP: medial nasal process and maxillary process -PALATE: palatal shelves (BIFID UVULA) Pierre Robin Syndrome - Answer- -congenital disorder -cleft palate -SMALL mandible -glossoptosis (downward displacement or retraction = airway obstruction) hypocalcified teeth - Answer- -insufficient amount of calcium in teeth (different from DEcalcification, which is the beginning of the decay process) white and brown spots on teeth fluorosis - Answer- -CANNOT REVERSE -microabrasion and bleaching can improve esthetics fluorosis can be caused at what level? (ppm) - Answer- 4ppm
Document information
- Uploaded on
- March 26, 2023
- Number of pages
- 28
- Written in
- 2022/2023
- Type
- Other
- Person
- Unknown
