IMPORTANT REVISION NOTES 📌 INTRODUCTION: 🔹Surgical extraction of third molars (wisdom teeth) often requires carefully planned flap designs to ensure optimal access, visibility, and minimal trauma. A well-designed flap provides adequate exposure while preserving blood supply and ensuring smooth post-operative healing. 💡In this blog, we will discuss the most commonly used flap designs for third […]
🌟 PERIODONTICS-PSYCHIATRY RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Psychosomatic disorder in the oral cavity may be caused by either the development of habits that injure the periodontium, or the direct effect of the autonomic nervous system. 🔹Psychosocial factors can modify the periodontal status through behavioural changes regarding oral hygiene, smoking, dietary intake, bruxism and drug use. 🔹Four […]
🌟 PERIODONTICS-ORAL SURGERY RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Teeth should be extracted in an atraumatic manner to conserve alveolar bone. 🔹Clinicians should avoid applying pressure at the crest of the socket to compress the rim of the alveolar bone as it results in the collapse of the remaining buccal plate of the bone and also […]
PERIODONTICS-ORTHODONTICS RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹The effects of orthodontic treatment on periodontium are: – Favors plaque accumulation – Modifies the gingival ecosystem – Gingival recession and hyperplasia – Excessive force causes necrosis of periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. 🔹After 4–6 weeks of regenerative osseous therapy, orthodontic treatment can be initiated. 🔹PAOO is contraindicated in […]
🌟 PERIO-RESTORATIVE RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Over contoured crowns and restorations accumulate plaque and prevent self-cleansing mechanism of adjacent cheek, lips and tongue. 🔹Overhanging can be removed with the help of files, enamel shavers or EVA prophylaxis system. 📣 Periodontal Considerations In Restorative Dentistry 🔸Margins of restorations 🔸Gingival management for making impressions 🔸Contour of […]
TOPIC: PERIO-PROSTHO RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Crown-lengthening surgery is the surgical procedure which exposes adequate clinical crown to prevent the placement of the crown margin into the area of the biologic width. 🔹Biologic width is defined as the dimension of healthy gingival tissue, which is attached to the tooth coronal to the crest of […]
🌟 PERIO-ENDO RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Periodontal probing, pulp vitality test and radiographs are the cornerstones for diagnosis and classifying endo-perio lesions. 🔹When fistula with gutta percha point is traced to radiograph apex, then endodontic etiology can be considered. 🔹When fistula with gutta percha point is traced to midroot, then periodontal etiology/ pulpal necrosis […]
🌟 PERIO-PROSTHO RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Crown-lengthening surgery is the surgical procedure which exposes adequate clinical crown to prevent the placement of the crown margin into the area of the biologic width. 🔹Biologic width is defined as the dimension of healthy gingival tissue, which is attached to the tooth coronal to the crest of […]
⭐ CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Pin Cushion Effect- One charged end of chlorhexidine (CHX) molecule binding to the tooth surface and the other remaining available to interact with bacterial membrane as microorganism approaches the tooth surface as pin-cushion effect. 🔹Substantivity of CHX is around 12 hrs. 🔹Substantivity of Triclosan is around 5 hrs. […]
⭐ TREATMENT PLAN OF PERIODONTOLOGY 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 📣 Sequence of periodontal therapy: 🔹Emergency/preliminary phase. 🔹Phase I: Etiotropic phase. 🔹Phase II: Surgical phase. 🔹Phase III: Restorative phase. 🔹Phase IV: Maintenance phase. 📣 PALLIATIVE TREATMENT 🔺Following are the candidates for palliative treatment: 🔹Patients with short-life expectancy either due to advanced age/systemic diseases with poor survival […]
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