ORAL PHYSIOTHERAPY AID QUESTIONS. ALL EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE)
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Module
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Institution
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Oral Physiotherapy Aids - ANSWER- Adjunctive aid to maintain oral health, perform selfcare, and increase plaque control.
Self-care - ANSWER- -AKA homecare
-Behaviors that individuals perform to achieve, maintain, or promote health or oral health.
Plaque Control - ANSWER- Daily removal of bacteri...
Oral Physiotherapy Aids - ANSWER- Adjunctive aid to maintain oral health, perform self-
care, and increase plaque control.
Self-care - ANSWER- -AKA homecare
-Behaviors that individuals perform to achieve, maintain, or promote health or oral health.
Plaque Control - ANSWER- Daily removal of bacteria, biofilm, and debris from the teeth,
tongue and adjacent oral tissues as part of an overall preventive program to prevent or control
oral diseases
Tooth brushes - ANSWER- -Purpose: Remove plaque from the facial, lingual, and occlusal
tooth surfaces.
-Types:
-Manual
-Power
Interdental and supplemental - ANSWER- -Purpose: Remove plaque and bacteria from the
interproximal spaces and tongue.
-Types:
-Floss
, -Floss holders
- Floss threaders
- Superfloss
Manual Toothbrush - ANSWER- -Common use of device for removing oral biofilm
-Design: °Evidence has not demonstrated that any individual design is consistently superior in
effectiveness
-Bristles: Soft, medium, and hard
-Soft: Less traumatic to oral tissues and removes as much plaque as harder brushes
-Medium/hard: More traumatic to tissue, increases recession.
End Tuft Brush - ANSWER- -Uni-tuft brush with flat or tapered end
-Indications: any hard to reach area
-Third molars
-Distal surface of the most psterior molar
- Fixed appliances (Bridges, ortho wires, etfc).
-Type 3 embrasures
-Not meant to be used for the entire mouth
Power toothbrush - ANSWER- -21% more effective in plaque reduction and 11% more
effective gingivitis reduction compared to a manual brush
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