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Flashcards by Averil Tam, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Averil Tam
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? A. The primary teeth usually erupt at age six months and all the teeth are in the mouth by 30 months. | True. Development starts in utero and completed by 6 months of age. Eruption of 20 primary teeth occurs between ~6–36 months. |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? B. The number of teeth an infant erupts to form the primary dentition is 24. | False. Eruption of 20 primary teeth. |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? C. If there are no primary teeth in the mouth by the age of 18 months then the teeth need to be surgically exposed. | False |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? D. Either the upper or the lower primary central incisor is always the first tooth to appear in the infant’s mouth. | False. Usually the lower primary central incisors erupt first, then upper. |
| 2. TRUE/FALSE? A. The pattern of dental caries is not diagnostic of the aetiological factors involved in initiating the caries in the first instance. | False |
| 2. TRUE/FALSE? B. The lower incisors are rarely carious in ECC (Early Childhood Caries), unless there is an issue with the flow of saliva from the submandibular/sublingual glands. | True |
| 2. TRUE/FALSE? C. The oral health status of the infants’ mother has little direct relationship with the caries risk of the infant. | False. Vertical colonisation 70%. High caries rates run in families of mothers with high decay rates. |
| 2. TRUE/FALSE? D. Most children can wait till they start school at age 5 before they have their first oral health check. | False |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE? A. An avulsed primary tooth is not usually reimplanted because the tooth becomes black. | False. Not re-implanted as it may impact eruption of the permanent tooth. |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE? B. Dental trauma is more common in the permanent dentition of children and adolescents than in their primary teeth. | True. Permanent dentition erupt 6-18 years - more likely to do activities complicated by trauma. |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE? C. If a child fractures a primary tooth/teeth then antibiotics need to be prescribed to prevent secondary infection of the nerve/marrow. | False |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE? D. It is reported that less than 5% of children who have been abused have an oro-facial component. | False |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE? A. Primary herpetic gingivo-stomatitis is best treated symptomatically with bed rest, hydration, analgesics and antibiotics. | False |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE? B. The most common cause of white lesions in the mouth of a child is thrush. | False |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE? C. Odontogenic infections usually involve staphylococcal bacteria as the main pathogen. | False |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE? D. Oral ulceration is usually caused by viral infections. | True |
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