ORE Part 1 April Exam Review Flashcards

Vocabulary-style practice flashcards covering dental clinical topics, pharmacology, anatomy, pathology, and guidelines based on the ORE Part 1 April feedback.

Blood Pressure of a Healthy 70-Year-Old Person

$$140/80\,\text{mmHg}$$

Capacitance Vessels

Veins

Normal Blood pH

$$7.3 - 7.4$$

Upper Motor Neuron Lesion in Bell's Palsy

Characterized by forehead sparing (no forehead involvement).

Gamma Efferent Neurons in Mastication

Motor supply to muscle spindle receptors (e.g., masseter).

Most Potent Vasoconstrictor of Skin

Nor epinephrine (Nor adrenaline)

Right Hypoglossal Nerve Lesion

Causes tongue deviation to the same side (right side).

Abducent Nerve Palsy

Leads to left lateral rectus palsy.

Permanent Tooth Germ Development

Occurs by $20\,\text{IUW}$ (intrauterine weeks).

Muscles Pierced in Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block

Buccinator muscle and superior constrictor muscle.

Type 1 Hypersensitivity

An immediate-type reaction mediated by IgE, leading to anaphylaxis.

Aspirin Tinnitus

Analgesic that causes a ringing sound (tinnitus) in high doses.

Paracetamol in Bleeding Disorders

The best post-operative analgesic choice for patients with bleeding disorders.

Von Willebrand's Disease

The most common inherited clotting disorder.

Most Common Cause of Tooth Discolouration in the UK

Poor Oral Hygiene

Wharton's Duct Sialolithiasis

The most common location for salivary calculus (sialoliths), accounting for $80\%$ of cases in the submandibular gland.

Reverse Towne's X-ray

Radiographic view indicated for identifying condylar fractures.

Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride (APF)

Fluoride varnish contraindicated in patients with porcelain crowns due to etching.

Fluoride Supplementation for 4-Year-Old ($0.1\,\text{ppm F}$ Area)

$0.5\,\text{mg F}$ daily

Sodium Pyrophosphate

Toothpaste ingredient that acts as an anticalculus agent.

Submucous Fibrosis Malignant Transformation

$10\%$ rate of transformation over $10 - 15\,\text{years}$.

Ludwig's Angina

A life-threatening combination of abscess and cellulitis of submandibular and sublingual spaces, presenting with a bull neck, elevation of the floor of mouth and tongue, and airway obstruction.

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Salivary gland tumor known for perineural invasion / spreading through the nerve sheath.

NUG Drug Treatment

Metronidazole $400\,\text{mg}$ TDS for $3\,\text{days}$.

Hertwig's Epithelial Root Sheath (HERS)

Embryological structure from which tooth roots develop.

Most Numerous Cells on Cemental Side of PDL

Fibroblasts

Chlorhexidine Concentration

Gel: $1\%$, Mouthwash: $0.2\%$ and $0.12\%$.

Clindamycin Side Effects

Antibiotic that causes rigors and severe abdominal cramps at high doses.

Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

Autoimmune condition in elderly females presenting with chronic oral ulcers, scarring of the eyes, epistaxis, and desquamative gingivitis.

Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

Viral condition in children presenting with widespread gingivitis, oral ulcers, fever, and malaise.

Pemphigus Vulgaris

Vesiculobullous disease characterized histopathologically by intra-epithelial splitting (acantholysis).

Verifiable CPD Hours for Dentists

$100\,\text{hours}$ over a cycle.

Chorda Tympani Nerve

Branch of the facial nerve (CN VII) providing taste sensation to the anterior 2/3rd of the tongue.

Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CN IX)

Provides general sensation to the posterior 1/3rd of the tongue.

Le Fort III Fracture

High-level facial fracture that poses a risk for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak and meningitis.

Prilocaine

Local anesthetic agent known to cause methemoglobinemia.

4% Articaine

Local anesthetic with superior bone penetration abilities.

Bupivacaine

The longest-acting local anesthetic agent.

Christmas Disease

Bleeding disorder caused by Factor IX deficiency (Anti-hemophilic factor B).

P Wave on ECG

Represents atrial depolarization and contraction.

Syphilis Primary Lesion

Painless, firm, ulcerated lesion (chancre) typically found on the lips.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Connective tissue disorder associated with an increased presence of pulp stones.

Ampicillin Contraindication

Antibiotic contraindicated in patients with infectious mononucleosis due to the high risk of a widespread maculopapular rash.

Meckel's Cartilage Derivatives

First arch structures including the sphenomandibular ligament, sphenomalleolar ligament, malleus, and incus of the inner ear.

Copper in Amalgam Alloys

Added to eliminate the weak, corrosion-prone gamma-2 ($\gamma_2$) phase.

Hard Palate

Most common intraoral site for primary malignant melanoma.