PEADS oral pathology

Subdecks (7)

Cards (47)

  • Epstein's pearls
    May be found on the mid-palatal raphe of the hard palate
  • Bohn's nodules
    Remnants of salivary glands, located on the buccal or lingual mucosa, or on the hard palate, away from the raphe
  • Dental lamina cysts
    Located on the crests of the alveolar ridges
  • Inclusion cyst = small white/ grey lesions, present in 75% of new borns in mucosa, alveolar ridge and hard palate.
    3 types = Epsteins pearls, Bohns nodules and dental lamina cysts
    asymptomatic and shed within first 3 months of life
  • Cngenital Epulis; similar in appearance to dental lamina cyst, typically appears in anterior maxillary region
    may recede spontaneously, if large it may result in feeding problems and will require excision
    recurrence = unlikely
  • Natal/ neonatal teeth:
    • typically lower incisors
    • natal teeth = at birth
    • neonatal teeth = within first 30 days of life
    • 85% can make up part of normal primary dentition and are not supernumary.
    • efforts should be made to try to retain these teeth, except if they are hyper mobile, and there is concern of aspiration
    • associated with Riga Fede disease
    • you may be the first sign of syndrome, including Ellis van Creveld syndrome and Hallermann-streiff
  • RIGA FEDE DISEASE:
    • Traumatic ulcer on the ventral surface of the tongue caused by rubbing of the tongue on the newly erupted, sharp incisal edge of the mandibular anterior teeth
    • treatment = smoothing incisal edges
    • tooth needs to be polished down or extracted if child exhibits decreased feeding and weight
    • high incidence in children with; cerebral palsy and congenital indifference to pain.
  • Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor:
    • rare benign tumor of neuroectodermal origin
    • appears as an exophytic non-ulcerated mass on the maxillary alveolar mucosa
    • radiographically = floating teeth