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27,700-28,000 New Cases per year
7,320 Deaths
M/F 2:1 Ratio-smoking and/or tobacco use
Early Diagnosis=85% survive 1 year after diagnosis
5 year survival=59% in general
10 year survival=44% in general |
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| oral cancer high risk sites |
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Floor of mouth
Ventrolateral tongue
Soft palate |
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Tobacco use-cigarettes cigar, smokeless*, pipe
Excessive alcohol consumption
4x more likely-pharyngeal CA & 50x more likely CA of cheek and gums |
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| oral cancer warning signs |
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Sore mouth that bleeds easily (does not heal)
Lump in cheek felt with tongue
White or red patch on gums, tongue or lining of mouth
-Leukoplakia=white, raised patches (not easily removed)
-Erythroplakia=red, velvety raised patch
Soreness or feeling that something is caught in throat
Difficulty chewing/swallowing
Difficulty moving jaw/tongue
Numbness of tongue/other areas
Poor fit of dentures or discomfort |
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(# of packs per day) x (years)
2 packs for 4 years
=2x4
=8 pack years |
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| Parotid (open by the second molar, inflamed when you have mumps), submandibular (behind mandible), and lingual (under the tongue) |
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| circumoral pallor shows... |
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blue coloring
shows hypoxia |
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| aspirin overdose and carbon monoxide poisoning |
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| cracking at the corners of the mouth |
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open at second molar
duct obstructed will be red and swollen |
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| number of teeth for adult and child |
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adult-32 (including wisdom teeth)
child-20 |
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| not raised, white coating on tongue, normal (you brush this off) |
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raised line
low on B or D vitamins |
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| little opening on the sides of the bottom of the mouth |
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| flab of skin under the tongue that keeps tongue to the floor of the mouth |
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| black on tongue-too much pepto |
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Hypoglossal
-Stick out midline with no tremors
--Usually will deviate to the side of the injury
-stick their tongue to their cheek and we push on it to check tongue strength |
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| “palatine torus” or “torus palatinus” |
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| line down the middle where there is a ridge protruding |
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Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
-Say “Ahhh”-symmetrical rise of uvula and palatine arches & uvula stays midline
-Gag reflex (nursing judgment)-THE LAST THING TO GO AND FIRST ONE TO COME BACK!-check if they have a head injury
--Don’t check on-epileptic, someone who is nauseous, who says they gag when they brush their teeth, anyone that can swallow usually has a gag reflex. –some people have stronger ones than others
--Surgery also affects gag reflex
-Voice quality for hoarseness
-Swallowing |
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facial
-taste anterior 2/3 of the tongue
--salt, sweet, and sour |
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Glossopharyngeal
-taste posterior 1/3 of tongue
--bitter |
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-should have 20 by age 2 1/2
-under age 2: age in months minus 6-# of teeth |
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| pregnancy gingivitis (hypertrophy) |
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| 1+ - 2+ seen in healthy people on a 4+ scale |
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Not seen-if you can’t see them
1+-visible
2+-half way anterior pillar and uvula
3+ touching uvula
4+ touching each other |
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| Decreased sense of taste; many dental changes; decreases saliva esp. from meds or medical conditions |
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