Anatomy
Special Test
Ouchies
Pearly Whites
On My Last Nerve
100

The LeFort II fx includes these bones

Maxillary bone, nasal bone

100

An athlete got in a fight at the basketball game and got smoked in the jaw. What are 3 things you can test to assess the severity of this injury?

Tongue blade test, swallow, check tongue, sensation from trigeminal nerve, R/O concussion

100

Bleeding, deformity, pain, maleculsion
MOI: direct blow

Mandible fx

100

PDL name and function

periodontal ligament- provides "give"/ allows for orthodontics

100

C3, C4, C5

keep diaphragm alive! 

200

TMJ meaning

temporomandibular joint

200

Your assistant baseball coach got hit on a foul ball straight on the nose. What are 3 things you can check to assess severity?

Tongue blade test (check alignment of vomer and shaft), smell, breathing, check articulating bones (frontal/ maxilla), R/O concussion

200

Bleeding, deformity, pain
MOI: direct blow

Nose fx

200

severe fx, nerve and veins exposed, dentin and pulp exposed, non- emergent 

Class III tooth fx

200

Trigeminal nerve branches

Opthalmic, maxillary, mandibular

300

Most superficial in throat, most susceptible to injury

Larynx

300

ROM of jaw

open, close, lateral movements, protraction, retraction

300

Ecchymosis, pain, crepitus, level of eyes, air escaping through eyes
MOI: direct blow

LeFort fx
300

Your athlete had their tooth avulsed. You grabbed it by the crown, washed it off with water for 10 sec, and go to place it back in their mouth. How do you know which way is correct?

Look at surrounding teeth, look at root flare-> they will aim distally

300

Bell's Palsy 

Facial nerve

400

Primary flexor of the jaw

Massester

400

Your athlete is feeling numbness on the left side of their face. What cranial nerves will you check

Trigeminal (V), facial (VII)

400

Pain, teeth do not line up, face/ jaw tired, maloclussion, swelling, tinnitus, ear p!, headache
MOI: clenching, grinding, stress, yawn

TMJ dysfunction

400

Someone in the crowd was watching a boring basketball game you were covering. They yawned and now their mouth won't close. What are you going to do?

Work quick, fingers lateral to molars, move down and around backward of the condyles

400

What number is facial nerve and how do you test it?

cranial nerve VII- facial expressions

500

Facial bones

zygoma, frontal, maxillary, mandible

500

Your baseball athlete got a ball to the mouth when running to home plate. He is c/o some tooth pain. What test(s) are you going to do?

percussion- tapping on tooth w/ something firm

mobility- moving tooth w/ something firm (qtips)

500

Swelling over these cartilage structures warrants an emergency d/t potential airway issues

Thryroid/ cricoid cartilage

500

These are the top 3 sports that get oral injuries for male athletes

Basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse

500
What number is the trigeminal nerve and how do you test it?

Cranial nerve V- 3 shape on sides of face/ same feeling

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