Terminology
Term for the flap of tissue that covers partially erupted teeth.
What is operculum?
This is synthetic bone material that is human-made or manufactured.
What is alloplast?
These cells are the first to respond to inflammation.
What are PMNs or neutrophils?
This is the best material to use when scaling an implant.
What is titanium?
What is the free gingival groove?
This greyish white collection of dead tissue and debris are a key sign of necrotizing periodontal diseases.
What is pseudomembrane?
Active periodontitis is characterized by what?
What is apical migration of the junctional epithelium?
This healing pattern happens when two sides of a wound cannot be joined together and heals by means of granulation tissue.
What is secondary intention?
During this lesion stage, PMNs are the most numerous cells at the site of inflammation and bacteria is colonized near gingival margins.
What is initial lesion stage?
This term is used to describe the successful integration of bone into implant body and is characterized by absence of inflammation in the peri-implant tissues.
What is osseointegration?
These specific periodontal fibers connect to the cementum on one side and the alveolar bone on the other.
What are sharpey's fibers?
In necrotizing periodontal diseases, the papillae can be described as this term.
What is punched-out or cratered?
This characteristic can be seen radiographically and is the earliest sign of alveolar bone loss.
What is fuzziness of the alveolar crest?
This type of periodontal surgery may be useful to correct gingival hyperplasia.
What is gingivectomy?
During this lesion stage 60-70% of collagen destruction takes place.
What is early lesion stage?
This is inflammation of the tissues around an implant with no loss of alveolar bone.
What is peri-implant mucositis or implant gingivitis?
This term describes the space between the free gingiva and the tooth surface.
What is sulcus?
This is the worst of the three necrotizing diseases with involvement of the surrounding structures such as labial and buccal mucosa.
What is necrotizing stomatitis?
Identify whether the following types of oral tissues are keratinized or non-keratinized - OE, SE, JE.
What is OE- keratinized, SE- non-keratinized, and JE- non-keratinized.
This specific periodontal surgery is intended to regenerate lost periodontal tissues such as cementum, PDL, and alveolar bone.
What is guided tissue regeneration?
What biochemical mediator is primarily responsible for bone destruction?
What is PGE or Prostaglandin E?
This is the best indication of implant failure.
What is mobility?
The width of attached gingiva is the narrowest in these areas.
What are premolars regions?
This test can be useful in differentiating a periodontal abscess from a periapical abscess.
What is vitality test?
This bacterial strain is considered the biggest pathogenic difference between gingival health and periodontal disease.
What is P. gingivalis?
This surgery harvests a patients own tissue and transplants it to another area in their mouth (several words long).
During the established lesion stage, junctional epithelium changes structurally and becomes this type of epithelium, which then progresses into a periodontal pocket.
What is pocket epithelium?
This is the situation in which the peri-implant bone cannot support the occlusal forces placed on the implant with daily function.
What is biomechanical overload?
This supragingival fiber group goes from one tooth to another within the gingiva.
What is transseptal fiber group?
This is the term for dead or necrotic bone.
What is sequestrum or bone sequestra?