Gingival Overgrowth Workbook PDF

EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY Gingival Overgrowth Julie Watson Teamwork Improving Kindness Safety Student name:...

EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY Gingival Overgrowth Julie Watson Teamwork Improving Kindness Safety Student name: 1  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY Introduction This handbook is to be used in conjunction with your lecture and power point on Gingival Overgrowth The Power point/presentation thus far would have covered:  Definition of gingival overgrowth  How to differentiate between overgrowth or hyperplasia  Pathological processes of enlargement  Classification of gingival overgrowth  Location and distribution of gingival overgrowth  Scoring guide of gingival overgrowth  Drug groups commonly associated with drug induced gingival overgrowth You will need to complete the workbook to meet the intended learning outcomes. This is intended as self directed learning. By the end of this session students should be able to:  Identify the clinical features associated with gingival overgrowth  Categorize the potential causative factors of gingival overgrowth  Select appropriate assessment measures of patients presenting with gingival overgrowth  List the Classification of Gingival Overgrowth and state the areas in the mouth where this may present  Evaluate the impact of gingival overgrowth to the health of the oral cavity and well-being of the patient  Recommend the potential management of patients with this condition. 2  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY Please complete the table below: Drug Group Medical Condition Drug Name Calcium Channel Blocker Epilepsy Phenytoin Tacrolimus Cardiac Arrhythmia 1. True or False. 1 Mark 3  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY Cellular hyperplasia is an increase in the number of individual cells. 3. True or False: 1 Mark Cellular hypotrophy is an increase in the size of the individual cell 4  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY 4. Match up the word with its correct definition: 4 Marks A. Diffuse B. Discrete c. Papillary D. Generalised Involving the gingivae An isolated enlargement such throughout the mouth as an abscess Confined to the interdental Involving the gingival margins, papillae attached gingivae and interdental papillae 5. List 5 instructions you may give to a 5 Marks patient suffering with DIGO to improve their plaque control 5  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY 6. List 5 compromising factors that the 5 Marks presence of DIGO could be having on your patient 7. Match the Grade with its correct definition: 4 Marks 6  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY A. Grade 1 B. Grade 0 c. Grade 2 D. Grade 3 Enlargement involves Enlargement covers three papilla and gingival margins quarters or more of the crown of the tooth Enlargement confined to No signs of gingival the interdental papillae enlargement 8. List 4 descriptors that you would 4 Marks include when completing your contemporaneous notes for a patient presenting with DIGO 7  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY 9. A patient presents with DIGO due to 2 Marks taking Amlodipine. What alternative medication might be available that doesn’t cause this. Include 2 examples. 10. Which statement is correct: 1 Mark? 8  EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY Plaque is a mineralised film Plaque is a protective film. covering the teeth. It prevents cavities by covering It can be supra gingival or sub the tooth surface, thus gingival preventing sugar attacks. Plaque is always an Plaque is an innocuous exacerbating factor substance and can be left in situ 9 EASTMAN DENTAL HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE DENTAL HYGIENE & DENTAL THERAPY 10