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intro to clinical procedures
intra/extra oral exam
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Dentistry
Undergraduate 3
09/16/2013

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Term
what should 1 do to prepare for intra/extra oral exam?
Definition

review medical history

-review radiographs

-assemble armamentarium

-explain procedure to patient

Term
what types of palpation do you use in extra oral exam?
Definition

-bidigital

-bilateral

-bimanual

-cirucular

-unilateral

Term
if one is using more than 1 finger to move or compress  mucosa and tongue  what method is this?
Definition
bidigital
Term
if one is utilizing a finger from either hand to feel tissue sliding fingers across feeling for lumps of bumps like in labial mucose
Definition
digital
Term
what is bimanual palpation?
Definition
used to test floor of mouth, using 1 index finger to push on floor and hand under chin
Term
what is bilateral papation used for?
Definition
both sides of face, parotids, tmj, inferior of mandible, temporalis, and masseter
Term
circular palpation
Definition
comparing two sides while rotating hands like in parotid exam
Term
palpation with one hand
Definition
unilateral used for submental
Term
auscultation
Definition
listening to sounds made by body
Term
what are some sounds an operater might hear?
Definition

crepitus of tmj

speech disorders

vocal hoarseness (can diagnose cancer)

blood pressure

Term
what do olfactory senses help us detect?
Definition

alcohol breath

fruity ketosis (high blood pressure)

halistosis

periodontal disease

nug(necrotising ulcer gingivitis)

Term
what can percussion help with?
Definition
tapping a structure with finger or instrument, can determine sensitivity, helps to evaluate density of structure.
Term
what is diascopy?
Definition
compression of tissue with glass slide to determine if its vascular, it blances if it is.
Term
aspiration
Definition
removal of liquid from soft lesion has pus in pocket, purulent or blood may come out it is hemotoma
Term
what are the nodes we should be checking?
Definition

pre/post auricular

occipital

submental

submandibular

cervical chain (sternocleidomastoid)

supraclavical

Term
where is intra oral cancer usually detected?
Definition
tongue
Term
what is petechia
Definition
red dots
Term
what should you indicate when finding something significant?
Definition

-location left or right localized or general

-color

-size and shape

-number and are they alone or in a colony

-texture

-attachment and depth

-consistancy (firm or soft)

-mobility

free or fixed

Term

is item known or unknown to patient,

 

how long has it been there

 

any changes

 

pain, tingling, burning, numbness

Definition
symptomatlogy
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