PDD
This is the term for inflammation of the gums, often the earliest stage of periodontal disease.
What is gingivitis?
What is used to checking periodontal pocketing?
What is a probe?
Tooth on tooth contact
What is attrition?
Common clinical sign of stomatitis pain
What is drooling, dropping food, pawing at face, weight loss, inappetence
What is gas inhalant/isoflurane?
This is the indicator for stage 4 periodontal disease.
>50% bone loss on radiographs
What is used to hold the suture needle?
What is Olsen Hegar needle driver?
Chronic wear on the tooth
What is abrasion?
This significant clinical sign for stomatitis
caudal mucositis
This opioid is commonly use here to help reduce pain and used in premedication
What is methadone?
The percentage of pets over 3 years of age with PDD
What is used to grip and pull the tooth?
What is extraction forceps?
This is when the tooth is fracture, with pulp exposure, below the gumline
What is a complicated crown-root fracture?
Options for treating stomatitis
What are FME, Solensia, Steroids, Gabapentin/Buprenorphine
This alpha-2 agonist provides sedation, muscle relaxation, and analgesia, but can cause bradycardia and peripheral vasoconstriction.
What is dexmedetomidine?
Ways to prevent PDD
water additives, daily brushing, dental wipes, T/D diet, dental chews
What is used to insert endo flex file into canal?
What is rotary?
The term for a growth on the gingiva
Gingival enlargement
The suspected virus responsible for this disease
What is calicivirus?
The most appropriate method for confirming endotracheal tube placement in an anesthetized patient.
What is capnography or ETCO2?
Stage 4 PDD disease is described as
What is 25-50% bone loss?
What is used to stop bleeding in the canal during a vital pulp therapy procedure?
What is paper points, with Epi?!
The meaning behind O/BS
The primary immune cell type implicated in the pathogenesis of feline chronic gingivostomatitis.
What are lymphocytes?
You can administer this medication if the patient has a low blood pressure and reducing the isoflurane levels do not work
What is glycopyrrolate ?