Ch 4 Infectious Diseases
This is another name for the common wart.
What is Verucca Vulgaris?
These teeth are the most common to be congenitally missing.
What are wisdom teeth (or third molars)?
This pertains to the degree to which an individual is affected by a genetic trait or disorder.
What is expressivity?
A brown tumor is an indicator of this.
What is hyperparathyroidism?
Disease of the thyroid that can cause premature tooth loss and rapid progression of caries and periodontal disease.
What is hyperthyroidism?
Varicella-Zoster Virus is responsible for these 2 diseases.
What is Chicken Pox and Shingles?
This term means "tooth within a tooth."
What is Dens in Dente?
Refers to the proportion of individuals with a specific genotype that actually express the associated phenotype.
What is penetrance?
A chronic metabolic bone disease characterized by resorption, osteoblastic repair, and remineralization of involved bone.
What is Paget Disease of Bone?
Type of anemia that results in painful mucosal ulcerations and burning tongue.
What is pernicious anemia?
Immunocompromised patients are more likely to contract oral candidiasis, which is caused by this organism.
What is Candida Albicans?
These lesions look like cysts but are not lined with epithelium.
What is a pseudocyst?
The term for an inactivated X chromosome.
What is a Barr Body?
This is a developmental disease that is characterized by the replacement of bone with abnormal fibrous connective tissue and varying amounts of calcified material.
What is fibrous dysplasia?
A group of inherited disorders of hemoglobin synthesis
What is Thalassemia?
This infection is caused by Group A, Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus and presents with a strawberry tongue.
What is Scarlet Fever?
The term for when two or more teeth are fused by their cementum.
What is concrescence?
This group of genetic conditions affects the development and maturation of enamel of the teeth.
What is amelogenesis imperfecta?
Form of fibrous dysplasia that involves more than one bone.
What is polyostotic fibrous dysplasia?
The term for the cessation of bleeding.
What is Hemostasis?
This disease causes irregular, corrugated white lesions most often found on the lateral border of the tongue.
What is hairy leukoplakia?
This type of cyst develops in place of a tooth and is commonly found in place of third molars.
What is a primordial cyst?
This genetic syndrome is characterized by marked destruction of the periodontal tissues of primary and permanent dentition as well as hyperkeratosis of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
What is Papillon-Lefevre syndrome?
Type of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia characterized by endocrine abnormalities, premature puberty in females, stunting of skeletal growth and cafe au lait spots.
What is Albright syndrome?
A disorder of blood coagulation that results in extremely delayed clotting.
What is hemophilia?