What is a localized collection of pus in a specific area of soft tissue or bone?
Abscess
100
____________ has been described as short, sharp shooting pain that may increase when lying down or walking upstairs.
Pulpalgia
100
What is the most prevalent chronic disease of humankind?
Periodontal disease
100
What are two types of neoplasms in the oral cavity?
Benign and malignant tumors.
100
What is the condition in which a tooth is blocked by a physical barrier, usually teeth or bone?
Impaction
200
What is a localized collection of blood that escaped from blood vessels due to trauma?
Hematoma
200
What is an inflammation of the dental pulp, caused by a bacterial infection resulting from dental caries or fractured teeth?
Pulpitis
200
What is an inflammation involving the gingival tissues?
Gingivitis
200
The area where the user of smokeless tobacco places it in the mouth may leave a smooth or scaly white patch called _____________ .
leukoplakia or snuff-dipper’s keratosis
200
What is the loss of substance of a tooth from a wearing away process caused by teeth against teeth?
Attrition
300
What is a disruption of the superficial covering of the mucosa or skin caused by biting, denture irritation, toothbrush injury, viruses or other irritants?
Ulcers
300
What results when the pulp has become inflamed and a small pus-like abscess forms in the pulpal canal?
Periapical abscess
300
What is the most common type of gingival disease?
Marginal gingivitis
300
What are the two herpes simplex viruses that are among the most common infectious agents?
What is a small elevation that contains fluid. Most of these lesions in the oral cavity rupture, leaving superficial ulcers?
Vesicles
400
The death of tissue is called ____________.
Necrosis
400
What is a chronic inflammatory condition that involves the gingiva, crest of the alveolar bone, and periodontal membrane?
Periodontitis
400
Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis is a disease referred to as __________.
Trenchmouth
400
What is the condition in one or more teeth may show wear, generally brought about by improper tooth brushing?
Abrasion
500
Large, purplish-red areas caused by blood under the skin or mucosa; turns to a blue or yellow color?
Ecchymoses
500
The pus from the periapical abscess follows from the apex, into the jaw bone, and draining into the mouth is referred to as a ____________.
Fistula
500
What usually results from long-continued irritation by food debris, plaque, deep deposits of calculus, or foreign objects such as a toothbrush bristle or popcorn husk being tightly packed in the interproximal spaces or within the walls of a pocket?
Pericoronitis
500
What is a viral infection on the tongue with lesions that appear as white and slightly raised?
Hairy Leukoplakia
500
What is a loss of tooth substances from a chemical process that does not involve bacteria?