Instrumentation
This instrument has a pointed tip, pointed back, and is triangular in cross section
What is a sickle scaler?
The part of the mandible that allows for rotation
What is the Condyle?
This has a close embryonic relationship to the pituitary gland
What is the stomodeum?
An old mass of bacteria and cellular debris that looks like cottage cheese
What is material alba?
The bony socket; a cavity in the alveolar bone that houses the root of a tooth
What is the alveolus?
This is also called the terminal shank
What is the lower shank?
The foramen that serves as an opening for the Inferior Alveolar nerve
What is the Mandibular foramen?
The branchial arch responsible for the formation of the mandible
What is branchial arch I?
The current ppm recommendation for water fluoridation
What is 0.7ppm?
the space between the free gingiva and the tooth surface
What is the Gingival sulcus?
A stroke that utilizes firm lateral pressure against the tooth surface
What is a calculus removal stroke?
This cranial opening allows passage for the cranial nerve 2 (optic) and the ophthalmic artery
What is the Optic Canal?
The inverted V-shaped groove by the back of the tongue
What is the sulculus terminalis?
The maximum prescription for pediatric fluoride
What is 264mg?
The lattice-like bone that fills the interior portion of the alveolar process between the cortical bone and the alveolar bone proper
What is cancellous bone (spongy bone)?
This instrument‘s face is offset at 70 degrees to the lower shank and has one working cutting edge per working end
What is an area-specific curette?
This movement allows the jaw to move forward and backward and enables actions like speaking and swallowing
What is translation?
The first ligament to be destroyed during periodontal disease
What is the Alveologingival ligament?
The amount (ppm) of fluoride in varnish
What is 22,600ppm?
The ends of the periodontal ligament fiber that are embedded in the cementum and alveolar bone
What are Sharpey’s fibers?
This instrument’s face is perpendicular to the lower shank and has two cutting edges per working end
What is a universal curet?
This nerve and its branches innervate the maxillary molars
What is the posterior superior alveolar nerve?
The last ligament to remain from periodontal disease
What is the interdental ligament or transseptal fiber?
2 minute flush, sterile water, 30 second flush before and after patients, retraction valves
What are daily water line maintenance practices?
This nerve innervates the teeth and PDL of the mandibular arch
What is the inferior alveolar nerve?