December 2022

GINGIVAL EPITHELIUM  Keratinization = decreases  Epithelium = thinner  JE migrates apically  Width of attached gingiva – decreases  GINGIVAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE  Collagen Soluble to insoluble  Denser and coarser Mechanical strength of collagen decreases Number of Collagen fibers decrease  Elastic fibers increase Periodontal Ligament Collagen decrease  Number of cells increase  Tensile strength decrease Cementum Alveolar bone  Weaker  […]

Marginal  Attached Interdental papilla Marginal gingiva  Demarcated from attached gingiva by free gingival groove – this is also called marginal groove  Width = 1 mm  Gingival Zenith = most apical point on the marginal gingival scallop  It’s dimensions vary between 0.06 to 0.96 mm GINGIVAL SULCUS  V shaped space/ Crevice  On one side – there […]

Talon means extra claw = Extra cusp Seen in Labial or lingual side of incisor   MC seen in Central Incisors  TYPES True Talon Major typeCovers more than > ½ of distance from CEJ Semi Talon Minor type Covers >¼ and

December 16, 2022 Anisha ValliLeave a comment Coronal type  Abnormally large sized pulp chambers = THISTLE TUBE APPEARANCE of pulp chambers 

Not associated with osteogenesis imperfecta  Mutation in gene – DSPP – dentin sialo phospho protein  DSPP located on chromosome number 4  Revised shield classification Common traits seen in both types Flat DEJ line  Gene = DSSP Type 1 Opalescent dentin type  Type 2 Brandy white type  Bulbous crowns are seen With cervical constriction Giving tulip shaped crownsWHY? […]

MUCOCELE Mucin filled cavity Mucous extravasation phenomenon = PSEUDOCYST Mucous retention cyst = TRUE CYST Dome shaped swelling  MC site = lower lip  Superficial lesion = bluish, translucent  Deeper = color and surface is normal  Pseudocyst = Lined by compressed connective tissue True cyst = cystic cavity is lined by ductal epithelium MEP is more […]

Heck’s disease/focal epithelial hyperplasia Multiple squamous papillomas, papules, nodules HPV – type 13 and 32 Pysotomatitis Vegetans Inflammatory stomatitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease Crohn’s disease Ulcerative Colitis  Cereberiform tongue This is also seen MC in pemphigus Vegetans and less likely in Scrotal tongue  Fissured Tongue  Seen in scrotal tongue Also called plicated tongue Etiology […]

Stage 1 – Initial stage Starts at 2 – 4 days after beginning of plaque accumulation  Increase vascularity  Increase GCF flow  Stage of subclinical gingivitis = no clinical changes Immune cells = PMNs are main line of defense Important feature = increase in GCF flow  Stage 2 – Early stage Early lesion evolves from initial […]

Also called as Bull’s teeth Increase in size of crown  Decrease in size of root  Abnormally large sized pulp chambers  CLASSIFICATION = Ratio of crown body/ root  Syndromes associated with  Klinefelter syndrome  Type 5 AI  Down syndrome  Ectodermal dysplasia Tricho Dento Osseous syndrome Tricho = Kinky coiled  Dento = Enamel hypoplasia and Taurodontism  Osseous = […]

Large sized pulp chambers  Thin enamel and dentin Also called, Regional Odontodysplasia  Also called odontogenesis imperfecta  Also called odontogenic dysplasia  H/P UNMINERALIZED DENTIN quantity is more Wide predentin zone  Large areas of interglobular dentin  Presence of enameloid conglomerates Calcification seen in REE of unerupted teeth

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