Perio Charting
This is the tool used to measure probing depths during periodontal charting.
What is a periodontal probe?
This is the most common medical emergency in the dental office and is often caused by anxiety or fear.
What is syncope (fainting)?
This appears as a radiopaque line surrounding the root of a tooth.
What is the lamina dura?
What is the first step when seating a new patient?
What is reviewing their medical history?
This drug class is commonly used to reduce inflammation and pain in dental patients.
What are NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs)?
A healthy sulcus depth typically measures this range in millimeters.
What is 1–3 mm?
You suspect a patient is having a hypoglycemic episode. What would you be advised to administer that is in the clinic?
What is provide a source of glucose like glucose tablets?
This radiolucent canal carries nerves and vessels to the mandibular teeth.
What is the mandibular canal?
This form must be signed before performing any treatment.
What is informed consent or treatment plan?
This common side effect of antibiotics can cause oral thrush, what is another name for oral thrush?
What is candidiasis?
What do the letters BOP mean when perio probing?
What is bleeding on probing?
This vital sign must always be monitored if a patient reports a history of hypertension.
What is blood pressure?
On a radiograph, caries appear as this type of area.
What is radiolucent (dark)?
How should contaminated instruments be transported to the sterilization area?
What is in a closed, leak-proof container?
This serious allergic reaction can occur rapidly after drug administration.
What is anaphylaxis?
A patient with a 4 mm probe depth and a recession of 2mm has a CAL of what?
What is 6mm?
This drug is the first-line treatment for anaphylaxis.
What is epinephrine?
What is the best type of radiograph to detect early interproximal caries?
What is a bitewing radiograph?
What must be updated at every patient appointment?
What is the medical history?
This term refers to the study of how drugs move through the body.
What is pharmacokinetics?
How is a Class I furcation noted on perio charting?
What is an inverted "V?"
What does the acronym “BP” stand for in patient vitals?
What is blood pressure?
Radiolucent areas near the cervical margin can mimic caries. What is this phenomenon called?
What is cervical burnout?
What ASA classification indicates a patient with mild systemic disease?
What is ASA II?
Penicillin belongs to this class of drugs.
What are antibiotics?