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•EXTENSIVE ADHESION OF TONGUE TO THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH
•SHORT LINGUAL FRENUM |
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•TEETH THAT ARE FUSED TO THE ALVEOLAR BONE
•A CONDITION ESPECIALLY COMMON WITH RETAINED DECIDUOUS TEETH |
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| •CONGENITAL LACK OF TEETH (ALL) |
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| •MARKED DEVIATION FROM NORMAL, ESPECIALLY AS A RESULT OF CONGENITAL OR HEREDITARY DEFECTS |
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| •THE SITE OF UNION OF CORRESPONDING PARTS (EX: CORNERS OF LIPS) |
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| •CONDITION IN WHICH 2 ADJACENT TEETH BECOME UNITED BY CEMENTUM |
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| •DISORDER THAT IS PRESENT AT AND EXISTING FROM THE TIME OF BIRTH |
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| •ABNORMAL SAC OR CAVITY LINED BY EPITHELIUM AND SURROUNDED BY FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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•TOOTH WITHIN A TOOTH
•DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY THAT RESULTS WHEN THE ENAMEL ORGAN INVAGINATES INTO THE CROWN OF A TOOTH BEFORE MINERALIZATION |
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| •DISTINGUISHING OF ONE TISSUE FROM ANOTHER |
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| •AN ABNORMAL BEND OR CURVE IN THE ROOT OF A TOOTH |
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| •THE UNION OF 2 ADJACENT TOOTH GERMS |
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•"TWINNING"
•WHEN A SINGLE TOOTH GERM ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE, RESULTING IN THE INCOMPLETE FORMATION OF 2 TEETH
•TOOTH USUALLY HAS A SINGLE ROOT AND ROOT CANAL |
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•PARTIAL ANODONTIA
•LACK OF ONE OR MORE TEETH |
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| •TEETH THAT CANNOT ERUPT INTO THE ORAL CAVITY BECAUSE OF A PHYSICAL OBSTRUCTION |
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•A RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE IN WHICH MANY CIRCULAR RADIOLUCENCIES EXIST
•MAY LOOK LIKE SOAP BUBBLES OR HONEYCOMBS |
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| •SMALL SOLID MASS THAT CAN BE DETECTED THROUGH TOUCH |
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| •A SUBCATEGORY OF HYPODONTIA IN WHICH SIX OR MORE TEETH ARE MISSING |
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•A DISPOSITION IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING
•PREFERENCE |
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| •EMBRYONIC INVAGINATION THAT BECOMES THE ORAL CAVITY |
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| •IN EXCESS OF THE NORMAL OR REGULAR NUMBER |
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| •CAUSED BY AN ABNORMALITY IN THE GENETIC MAKE-UP (GENES AND CHROMOSOMES) OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND TRANSMITTED FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING THROUGH THE EGG OR SPERM |
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| •DEEP DEPRESSION SEEN AT THE LABIAL COMMISSURE |
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•AKA PARAMEDIAN LIP PIT
•OCCURS NEAR THE MIDLINE OF THE VERMILION BORDER OF THE LOWER LIP AND MAY APPEAR AS EITHER A UNILATERAL OR BILATERAL DEPRESSION
•NO TREATMENT |
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•AKA ECTOPIC LINGUAL THYROID NODULE
•MASS OF THYROID TISSUE LOCATED ON THE TONGUE AWAY FROM THE NORMAL ANATOMIC LOCATION OF THE THYROID GLAND
•RESULTS FROM THE FAILURE OF THE PRIMITIVE THYROID TISSUE TO MIGRATE FROM ITS DEVELOPMENTAL LOCATION TO ITS NORMAL POSITION IN THE NECK |
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•AKA PERIAPICAL CYST
•MOST COMMON CYST IN THE ORAL CAVITY
•DEVELOPS FROM AN EXISTING PERIAPICAL GRANULOMA FOUND AT THE APEX OF A NONVITAL TOOTH
•ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH A NONVITAL TOOTH
•CAN ONLY BE DIAGNOSED MICROSCOPICALLY BECAUSE THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE CAN BE SIMILAR TO OTHER LESIONS |
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| •IS A RADICULAR CYST THAT REMAINS AFTER EXTRACTION OF THE OFFENDING TOOTH |
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| •RELATED TO TOOTH DEVELOPMENT |
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| •NOT RELATED TO TOOTH DEVELOPMENT |
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| •ORAL CYSTS THAT OCCUR WITHIN BONE |
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| •CYSTS THAT OCCUR IN SOFT TISSUES |
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| RADIOGRAPHICALLY, CYSTS WITHIN BONE GENERALLY APPEAR AS _________________ |
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| •WELL CIRCUMSCRIBED RADIOLUCENCIES |
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| RADIOGRAPHICALLY, CYSTS WITHING SOFT TISSUE APPEAR AS ______________ |
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| •THEY HAVE NO APPEARANCE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE SOFT TISSUE IN RADIOGRAPHS |
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•AKA FOLLICULAR CYST
•FORMS AROUND THE CROWN OF AN UNERUPTED OR DEVELOPING TOOTH
•2ND MOST COMMON ODONTOGENIC CYST
•MOST COMMON LOCATION IS AROUND TH CROWN OF AN UNERUPTED OR IMPACTED MANDIBULAR 3RD MOLAR
•MAY DEVELOP IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES, BUT IS MORE COMMON IN YOUNG ADULT MALES
•WHEN LARGE, CAN CAUSE DISPLACEMENT OF TEETH OR A FRACTURE OF THE MANDIBLE |
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| RADIOGRAPHICALLY, DENTIGEROUS CYSTS APPEAR AS ______________________ |
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| •A WELL DEFINED, UNILOCULAR RADIOLUCENCY AROUND THE CROWN OF AN UNERUPTED TOOTH |
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| WHAT DOES TREATMENT OF A DENTIGEROUS CYST CONSIST OF? |
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•COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE CYSTIC LESION AND USUALLY THE TOOTH INVOLVED
•IF NOT REMOVED, THE CYST WALLS CONTINUE TO ENLARGE AND NEOPLASM MAY DEVELOP |
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•SIMILAR TO A DENTIGEROUS CYST
•FOUND IN THE SOFT TISSUES AROUND THE CROWN OF AN ERUPTING TOOTH
•SEEN CLINICALLY AND SOMETIMES RADIOGRAPHICALLY
•CAN BE SEEN IN DECIDUOUS AND PERMANENT TEETH, BUT IS MOST COMMON IN PERMANENT FIRST MOLARS AND INCISORS
•USUALLY DOES NOT REQUIRE TREAMENT |
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•DEVELOPS IN THE PLACE OF A TOOTH
•MOST COMMON IN THE PLACE OF THE 3RD MOLAR
•MOST COMMON IN YOUNG ADULTS AND FOUND IN RADIOGRAPHS |
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| RADIOGRAPHICALLY, A PRIMORDIAL CYST APPEARS AS ____________________ |
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| •A WELL DEFINED, RADIOLUCENT LESION THAT CAN BE EITHER UNILOCULAR OR MULTILOCULAR |
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| WHAT DOES TREATMENT OF A PRIMORDIAL CYST CONSIST OF? |
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| •SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE ENTIRE LESION |
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•DEVELOPMENTAL CYST CHARACTERIZED BY ITS UNIQUE MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE AND FREQUENT RECCURENCE
•MOST OFTEN SEEN IN THE MANDIBULAR 3RD MOLAR REGION USUALLY IN MALES
•LUMEN IS LINED WITH EPITHELIUM THAT IS 8-10 BASAL CELL LAYERS THICK |
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| RADIOGRAPHICALLY, THE ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST APPEARS AS ______________ |
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•A WELL-DEFINED, MULTILOCULAR, RADIOLUCENT LESION
•UNILOCULAR LESIONS CAN OCCUR
•RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE CAN BE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF AN ODONTOGENIC TUMOR |
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| WHAT EFFECT DOES AN ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST HAVE ON TEETH? |
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| •IT CAN MOVE TEETH AND RESORB TOOTH STRUCTURE BUT DOES NOT USUALLY CAUSE EXPANSION OF BONE |
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| WHAT DOES TREATMENT OF AN ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST CONSIST OF? |
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•IT IS RATHER AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RECURRENCE RATE
•THOROUGH SURGICAL EXCISION AND OSSEOUS CURETTAGE ARE RECOMMENDED
•CAREFUL FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION ARE ESSENTIAL |
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| CALCIFYING ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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| •DEVELOPMENTAL NON-AGGRESSIVE CYSTIC LESION |
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| MICROSCOPICALLY, WHICH CYST HAS A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE CALLED 'GHOST CELLS'? |
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| •CALCIFYING ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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•NAMED FOR ITS LOCATION
•SEEN MOST OFTEN IN THE MANDIBULAR CUSPID AND PREMOLAR AREA ON THE LATERAL ASPECT OF A TOOTH ROOT |
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| WHEN MULTILOCULAR, THE LATERAL PERIODONTAL CYST IS KNOWN AS _____________ |
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•LOCATED IN THE SOFT TISSUE OF THE SAME AREA AS THE LATERAL PERIODONTAL CYST
•APPEARS AS A SMALL BULGE OR SWELLING OF THE ATTACHED GINGIVA OR INTERDENTAL PAPILLA |
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| THE LATERAL PERIODONTAL CYST IS FOUND MORE OFTEN IN ________ |
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| THE GINGIVAL CYST IS FOUND MORE OFTEN IN ______ |
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| BOTRYOID ODONTOGENIC CYST IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE _____________ |
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| •LATERAL ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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| THE BOTRYOID ODONTOGENIC CYST IS MOST COMMON IN WHAT AREA OF THE MANDIBLE? |
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| •CUSPID AND PREMOLAR AREA |
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| WHICH CYST TENDS TO HAVE A HIGHER RECCURENCE POTENTIAL, LATERAL PERIODONTAL CYST, OR BOTRYOID ODONTOGENIC CYST? |
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| •BOTRYOID ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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| GLANDULAR ODONTOGENIC CYST WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ________ |
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| •A SIALO-ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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| GLANDULAR ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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•EXHIBITS A DISTINCTIVE MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE
•USUALLY MULTICYSTIC LESIONS
•OFTEN PRESENTS AS AN ENLARGEMENT OF BONE
•IF NOT COMPLETELY REMOVED, HAVE A HIGH RECURRNCE RATE |
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| THE MOST COMMONLY REPORTED LOCATIONS OF THE GLANDULAR ODONTOGENIC CYST ARE _____________ |
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| •POSTERIOR MANDIBLE AND ANTERIOR MAXILLA |
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•AKA: INCISIVE CANAL CYST
•DEVELOPMENTAL CYST LOCATED IN THE NASOPALATINE CANAL OR THE INCISIVE PAPILLA
•USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC (MAY BE A SMALL PINK BULGE BETWEEN MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR ROOTS ON THE LINGUAL SURFACE) |
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| WHEN FOUND IN THE PAPILLA, THE NASOPALATINE CANAL CYST IS REFERRED TO AS A ____________________ |
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| •CYST OF THE PALATINE PAPILLA |
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| THE NASOPALATINE CANAL CYST IS MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN ________________ |
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| •ADULT MALES BETWEEN 40 AND 60 YEARS OF AGE |
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| RADIOGRAPHICALLY, THE NASOPALATINE CANAL CYST APPEARS AS _________________ |
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| •A HEART-SHAPED, RADIOLUCENCY, EVENLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE MIDLINE |
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| IN WHAT WEEK DOES ODONTOGENESIS BEGIN? |
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| ANKYLOGLOSSIA, COMMISURE LIP PITS, AND LINGUAL THYROID MASS ARE ALL CONSIDERED __________________ |
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| •DEVELOPMENTAL SOFT TISSUE ABNORMALITIES |
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| •ABNORMAL CAVITIES LINED BY EPITHELIUM |
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•ABNORMAL, FLUID-FILLED EPITHELIUM LINED SAC OR CAVITY
•RAISED NODULE ON SKIN
•LUMEN IS USUALLY FILLED WITH KERATIN CELLS |
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| ODONTOGENIC VS NONODONTOGENIC |
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•ODONTOGENIC IS RELATED TO TOOTH DEVELOPMENT
•NONODONTOGENIC IS NOT RELATED TO TOOTH DEVELOPMENT |
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•CYST FORMS AROUND THE CROWN OF AN UNERUPTED CROWN
•WELL DEFINED, UNILOCULAR RADIOLUCENCY AROUND CROWN
•AKA: FOLLICULAR CYST |
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•FOUND IN THE SOFT TISSUE AROUND THE CROWN OF AN ERUPTING TOOTH
•THERE IS NO TREATMENT |
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•DEVELOPS IN THE PLACE OF A TOOTH
•MOST COMMON IN PLACE OF THE 3RD MOLARS
•MOST OFTEN IN YOUNG ADULTS AND CAN ONLY BE FOUND ON A RADIOGRAPH |
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•BAD BOY OF CYSTS
•CHARACTERIZED BY HISTOLOGICAL APPEARANCE AND FREQUENT RECCURENCE
•CONTAINS PARAKERATINE
•MOST COMMON IN THE MANDIBULAR 3RD MOLAR REGION
•CAN MOVE TEETH AND CAUSE RESORPTION
•LUMEN LINED BY EPITHELIUM 8-10 LAYERS THICK |
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| CALCIFYING ODONTOGENIC CYST |
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| •NONAGGRESSIVE CYSTIC LESION LINED BY ODONTOGENIC EPITHELIUM |
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•INSIDE BONE
•MOST OFTEN IN MANDIBULAR CUSPID/PREMOLAR AREA |
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•OUTSIDE BONE
•MOST OFTEN IN MANDIBULAR CUSPID/PREMOLAR AREA |
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•AKA: INCISIVE CANAL CYST
•LOCATED WITHIN THE NASOPALATINE CANAL OR INCISIVE PAPILLA
•MOST COMMON IN MEN AGES 40-60
•ASYMPTOMATIC
•RADIOGRAPHIC - HEART SHAPED |
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| •WELL DEFINED UNILOCULAR RADIOLUCENCY ON THE MIDLINE OF THE PALATE |
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•WELL DEFINED, PEAR-SHAPED RADIOLUCENCY BETWEEN THE ROOTS OF THE MAXILLARY LATERAL INCISOR AND CUSPID
•NEEDS SURGICAL REMOVAL |
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•SOFT TISSUE, FLUID-FILLED
•MORE COMMON IN WOMEN |
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| DERMOID CYST AND BENIGN CYSTIC TERATOMA |
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| •DEVELOPMENTAL CYSTS OFTEN PRESENT AT BIRTH |
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•LUMEN FILLED WITH KERATIN
•HAIR FOLLICLES, SABACEOUS GLANDS, AND SWEAT GLANDS MAY BE FOUND IN THE CYST WALL |
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•AT THE MIDLINE
•HARD TO SWALLOW |
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•INTRAOSSEOUS LESIONS THAT APPEAR AS RADIOLUCENCIES
•THEY ARE CALLED CYSTS BUT THEY AREN'T TRUE CYSTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LINED BY EPITHELIUM |
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| WHAT ARE THE 3 PSUEDOCYSTS? |
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•STATIC (STAFNE) BONE CYST
•SIMPLE BONE CYST (TRAUMATIC)
•ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST (CONTAINS BLOOD-FILLED SPACES) |
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•MISSING ALL TEETH
•RARE, GENETIC
•MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA |
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•MISSING SOME TEETH
•MOST COMMON: 3RD MOLARS, MAX. LATERAL INCISORS, MANDIBULAR PREMOLARS
•GENETIC
•MAY BE A COMPONENT OF A SYNDROME |
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•EXTRA TEETH
•FORMATION OF EXTRA TOOTH BUDS
•CAN OCCUR IN DECIDUOUS OR PERMANENT
•MOST OFTEN IN MAXILLA
•MOST ARE UNERUPTED AND FOUND ON XRAYS |
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| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON SUPERNUMERARY TOOTH? |
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| WHAT IS THE 2ND MOST COMMON SUPERNUMERARY TOOTH? |
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| •DISTOMOLAR (DISTAL TO THE 3RD MOLAR) |
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| MULTIPLE SUPERNUMERARY TEETH MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH: |
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| •CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSPLASIA OR GARDNER SYNDROME |
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•ONE TOOTH DIVIDING INTO TWO
•LOOKS LIKE ONE TOOTH, WITH A NOTCH AT THE TOP
•PATIENT HAS FULL COMPLEMENT OF TEETH
•HAS ONLY 1 ROOT |
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•UNION OF TWO ADJACENT TEETH
•PATIENT IS USUALLY SHORT ONE TOOTH
•HAS TWO ROOTS |
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| •ACCESSORY CUSP NORMALLY ON PALATAL SIDE IN THE CINGULUM AREA |
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•ACCESSORY ENAMEL CUSP FOUND ON THE OCCLUSAL TOOTH SURFACE
•MOST OFTEN ON MAND. PREMOLARS |
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| •TWO ADJACENT TEETH UNITED BY CEMENTUM |
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•CURVATURE OF THE ROOT
•CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS IN A ROOT CANAL |
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•AKA: ENAMELOMA
•SMALL, SPHERICAL PROJECTION LOCATED ON THE ROOT SURFACE |
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•ELONGATED PULP CHAMBER WITH SHORT ROOTS
•"SAGGING PANTS" |
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•AKA DENS INVAGINATUS
•ENAMEL ORGAN INVAGINATES INTO THE CROWN BEFORE MINERALIZATION
•VULNERABLE TO CARIES, PULPAL INFECTION, AND NECROSIS |
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| •MOST COMMON ON 3RD MOLARS OF BOTH ARCHES |
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•INCOMPLETE OR DEFECTIVE FORMATION OF ENAMEL
•CAUSED BY FEBRILE ILLNESS OR VITAMIN DEFICIENCY
•CAUSED BY LOCAL INFECTION (TURNER TOOTH) |
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•IMPACTED: CANNOT ERUPT BECAUSE OF A PHYSICAL OBSTRUCTION
•EMBEDDED: DO NOT ERUPT DUE TO LACK OF ERUPTIVE FORCE |
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•AKA: SUBMERGED TEETH
•DECIDUOUS TEETH IN WHICH BONE HAS FUSED TO CEMENTUM AND DENTIN, PREVENTING EXFOLIATION OF THAT TOOTH AND ERUPTION OF THE UNDERLYING PERMANENT TOOTH |
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