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| Most common salivary neoplasm |
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Definition
Pleomorphic adenoma
50% on hard palate
benign mixed tumor |
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Term
| Most common malignant salivary gland neoplasm in children and adults |
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Definition
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Term
| most common MINOR salivary gland tumor |
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Definition
| polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) |
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Term
| Raised Palatal lesions (5) |
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Definition
Pleomorphic adenoma
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
PLGA
Soft tissue tumor (fibroma, lipoma, neurofibroma) |
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Term
| Bump or swelling on floor of the mouth (5) |
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Definition
Sialolith
Benign lympoepithelial hyperplaisa
mesenchymal tumor (lipoma, neurofibroma, hemangioma)
Oral lympoepithelial cyst
Ranula |
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Term
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Definition
Canalicular adenoma (most common salivary tumor on upper lip)
Salivary duct cyst
Salivary gland tumor
Pleomorphic adenoma
mesenchymal tumor (hemangioma, neurofibroma) |
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Term
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Definition
Mucocele (most common benign salivary tumor in young people)
Irritation fibroma
Pleomorphic adenoma
keratoacanthoma
mesenchymal tumor (neuroma, fibroma, lipoma) |
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Term
| raised lesion on buccal mucosa (5) |
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Definition
Irritation Fibroma
Lipoma
SCC
Salivary gland tumor (pleomorphic adenoma, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma)
Multiple myeloma |
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Term
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Definition
Pyogenic granuloma
Peripheral Giant cell granuloma
Peripheral ossifying fibroma
Parulis
Epulis fissuratum (ill fitting denture)
Papilloma |
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Term
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Definition
Hyperplastic gingivitis (pregnancy, diabetes)
Drug related
Gingival fibromatosis |
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Term
| raised lesion on the tongue (4) |
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Definition
granular cell tumor
hematoma
lyphongioma
hemagioma |
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Term
| white lesion on gingiva (4) |
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Definition
SCC
Leukoplakia
Verrucous carcinoma
Candidiasis |
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Term
| White lesion on buccal mucosa (4) |
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Definition
Lichen planus
linea alba
Morsicatio (chewing)
Candidiasis |
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Term
| White lesion on tongue (4) |
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Definition
Candidiasis
Lichen planus
Oral hairy leukoplakia
White sponge nevus |
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Term
| White/Red lesion on tongue |
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Definition
Scarlet fever
Reaction (cinnamon etc)
Pernicious anemia |
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Term
| Lesions on dorsum of tongue (4) |
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Definition
white coated tongue
hairy tongue
geographic tongue
fissured tongue |
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Term
| Erosive lesions or blisters (5) |
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Definition
Cicatrical pemphigoid
pemphigus vulgaris
Bullous pemphigoid
Erosive lichen planus
Desquamative gingivitis |
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Term
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Definition
Addisons
Smokers melanosis
Amalgam tattoo
Malignant melanoma |
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Term
| Radiolucency of lateral root (5) |
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Definition
Traumatic bone cyst
Lateral periodontal cyst
KOT
Ameloblastoma
Dentigerous cyst |
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Term
| Multilocular radiolucency (3) |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Fibrous dysplasia
hyperparathyroidism |
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Term
| Radiopacity around unerupted tooth (4) |
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Definition
Calcifying Odontogenic Tumor
(AOT) Adenomatiod Odontogenic Tumor
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor
Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma |
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Term
| Bone expansion or swelling (5) |
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Definition
Osteosarcoma
Chondrosarcoma
Multiple myeloma
Odontogenic myxoma
Osteomyelitis |
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Term
| Prescription for salivary hypofunction |
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Definition
Pilocarpine 5mg
1 tab 4x day for 20 days (recall in 90 for re-eval)
refills for 1 year
OR
Evozac: 30 mg, 3x/day. (recall 90 days) |
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Term
| Prescription for systemic antifungal medication |
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Definition
Fluconazole 100mg
dispense 15 tabs
take 2 tabs day 1, and 1 tab on the following 13 (2 week) |
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Term
| Blood test difference in recurrent vs primary herpes |
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Definition
| if the prominent antibody is IgM, it’s the first time they have experienced the virus. If it’s IgG, it’s recurrent. |
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Term
| Prescription for Herpes infection |
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Definition
Valtrax, valcyclivor, 4 gm total dose, 4 tablets, BID. First tablet taken with prodrome, and then the remaining three in 12 hr increments.
Famvir, fancyclovir, 500 mg, 3 tablets, take all three together with prodrome. Advantage: 1 day therapy. Additional advantage, reduces latent virus in body leading to less reoccurrence. |
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Term
| Topical prescription for mixed chelitis infection |
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Definition
| 2% Miconazole nitrate cream |
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Term
| Two contraindications for pilocarpine prescription |
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Definition
uncontrolled asthma
narrow angle glaucoma |
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Term
| Tissue fixative for transport |
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Definition
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Term
| Treatment for pemphigus vulgaris |
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Definition
Fluocinonide gel 3-4 times a day (a steroid)
Chlorhexidine - to prevent infection from the immune suppressive steroid
Evozac or pilocarpine |
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Term
| Non fixative transport medium used with immunofluorescent staining |
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Definition
| Michele’s solution (a transport medium which will not fix tissue, but it will keep it intact so that you can do testing on it). Formalin or alcohol should not be used because these destroy antigenicity |
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Term
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Definition
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma
Lymphoma
Lymphoid hyperplasia
Chronic apical perio |
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Term
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Definition
Antral carcinoma
Necrotizing Sialometaplasia
Wegeners granulomatosis |
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Term
| Highest recurrence of epulide lesions: (peripheral ossifying fibroma, peripheral giant cell granuloma, and pyogenic granuloma) |
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Definition
peripheral ossifying fibroma
16% |
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Term
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Definition
Trauma
Infection (Streptococcus or infectious mononucleosis) Systemic diseases (leukemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and hemophilia) |
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Term
| Differential: Well circumscribed mixed expansile lesion in mandible |
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Definition
Central ossifying fibroma
Cemento osseous dysplasia
Ostoblastoma
Calcifying odontogenic cyst (gorlin)
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor |
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Term
| Punched out lesions in skull (3) |
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Definition
Multiple myeloma
Eosinophilic granuloma (langerhans)
Metastatic neoplasm |
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Term
| 3 main systemic conditions associated with salivary hypo function |
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Definition
auto-immune disease
diabetes
hypothyroidism |
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Term
| generalized blistering (3) |
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Definition
| Pemphigus, pemphigoid, erosive lichen planus |
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Term
| Unilocular radiolucency associated with apex of a single tooth |
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Definition
periapical granuloma,
periapical cyst
periapical abscess
KOT
Neoplasm |
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Term
| Multiple unerupted supernumerary teeth |
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Definition
Cleidocranial dysplasia
Gardner syndrome
Idopathic |
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Term
| Multiple nodules on face and neck |
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Definition
Neurofibromatosis type I
Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome or Gorlin-Goltz syndrome,
Gardner syndrome (in addition to the possibility for supernumerary teeth, we also see desmoid tumors/neurofibromas or epidermoid cysts)
MEN type 2B
Amyloidosis |
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Term
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Definition
Actinic cell carcinoma
Pleomorphic adenocarcinoma
Warthins tumor |
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Term
| Most common salivary tumor on upper lip |
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Definition
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