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how many permanent teeth in adults
temporary teeth in children |
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32 permanent teeth - 16 in each arch
children have 20 deciduous (temporary) teeth |
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| the uvula is split either completely or partially; occurs in 18% of some American Indian groups and 10% of Asians |
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| cleft lip and cleft palate |
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| most common in Asian-American newborns (1/800) and American Indians (1/1000) |
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| opening of the parotid salivary gland - small dimple opposite the upper second molar |
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| nodular bony ridge down the middle of the hard palate |
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pink, peppered with indentations 1+ and 2+ are normal
1+ visible
2+ halfway between tonsillar pillars and uvula
3+ touching the uvula
4+ touching each other |
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| coarse tremors of the tongue |
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| occurs with cerebral palsy and alcoholism |
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| clear, watery discharge, rhinorrhea which later becomes purulent - sneezing, swollen mucosa, nasal obstruction - turbinates are dark red and swollen |
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| rhinorrhea, itching nose and eyes, lacrimation, nasal congestion and sneezing - turbinates are usually pale, may appear violet - may be seasonal or perennial |
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| chalky white, thick, raised patch with well defined borders - lesion firmly attached, does not scrape off - lateral edges of tongue - more frequently with heavy smoking and alcohol - lesions are precancerous |
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| elongation of filiform papillae and painless overgrowth of mycelial threads of fungus infection - black, yellow, brown - from antibiotics which inhibit normal bacteria and allow proliferation of fungus |
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