[24] Dental Conditions
Cards (19)
- occlusion: the way maxilla and mandibular teeth fit together when jaw are closed when biting
- Class 1 occlusion
- normal dental arch but teeth might be misaligned
- front maxillary cusps fits with outside of mandibular cusps
- Malocclusion: arch of mandibular and maxillary teeth do not close together
- Etiology
- Hereditary: neuromuscular disease, bone, teeth, soft parts
- Trauma: pre, post, during natal development
- Physical Agent: food, premature extraction of tooth
- Disease: systemic, endocrine, local, malnutrition
- Habit: finger-biting, sucking nail biting
- Prevalence
- 3.5 billion: oral disease
- 3 out of 4 middle incomed class
- 2 billion: caries from permanent teeth
- 514 million: caries from primary teeth (children)
- 19% global adult: periodontal gum disease
- Type I
- overlap of upper teeth to lower teeth
- prolonged bottle feeding
- thumb sucking
- Type ll
- upper teeth biting right into the gums of roof of the mouth
- overbite
- Type IIl
- anterior crossbite lower teeth is more forward than the upper teeth
- underbite
- overcrowding
- not enough space
- smaller mouth
- spacingtoo much or too little affects and impact the permanent teeth
- Open Bite
- Upper and lower do not contact
- sound produced and tongue thrusting
- Overjet
- top teeth extends beyond the lower front teeth
- chewing food, speaking, speech sounds
- Crossbite
- upper frontside teeth are biting inside the lower teeth
- Diastema
- Space between two adjacent, specifically the front
- happens in normal people
- missing tooth
- hypodontia
- trauma, improper development of teeth
- impacted tooth
- Cannot erupt from gum
- Sign and Symptoms
- misaligned teeth
- Difficulty chewing, speech, mouth-breathing
- teeth and gums / cheeks touching
- change facial structure
- Orthodontics: Braces
- Orthognathic: surgery to align Jaw and face
- Prosthodontics: Dentures
- Articulation Placements
- Bilabials, Interdental, labiodental, alveolar, dental
- feeding: oral phases of swallowing