hello there welcome to the dental clinic so before looking in the mouth and at the teeth
we're going to do the extra oral examination so I'm going to be having a feel of the Jaws
around the ears back of the ears back of the head and the neck checking the lymph nodes
so are you having any problems with your teeth?
mouth?
tongue?
Jaws?
no pain or discomfort?
problems chewing?
any recent infections?
viral infections?
excellent so just a routine appointments right so let's start with the the jaw here it's
going to have a little feel report any pain or discomfort please
okay so all okay
a little feel of the nodes the preauricular nodes just round here
and the ears
and the postauricular nodes just at the back
good and just at the back of the head please
occipital nodes
excellent thank you
a feel of the jaw muscle here buccinator muscle there
good
and the submental nodes
submandibular nodes
okay I want you to turn the head to the side slightly I'll have a feel of the sternocleidomastoid
and turn it to the other side sternocleidomastoid
excellent and back straight
and the thyroid
I'm just going to place my fingers here just swallow
and the Supra clavicular node
and Verchow's node
excellent that seems fine I'm just going to place my hands here okay open the jaw and
close again open the jaw and close
excellent so that completes the extra oral examination it's looking good okay let's begin
with the intra oral examination
okay first I'm going to measure the maximum opening so open your mouth
as wide as possible
and wide again
I'm just going to inspect these skin in the mouth so open wide
okay looking for any erosion, biting sides
any ulcers
okay I'm just going to check your bite open and close and open again
close molars premolars open again and close nice bite pattern there
okay open wide uvula say ah
and open wide again
the uvula is fine just say ah and again.
marvellous
open wide touch your tongue to the right side and the left side tongue up to the roof relax
the tongue
left again to the right and down
open wide again let's have a look at the palatoglossal arch in the mouth there
and the palatopharyngeal arch
okay I'm just going to palpate the
ard palette in the mouth
and then to the soft palate
excellent
okay I'm now going to ask you to pop the tongue out I'm going to gently pull it and have a
look at the lateral borders.
I'm going to use this sterile tissue
okay tongue out please
the right lateral border
left lateral border
I'm just going to raise the tongue
excellent that's fine as well
I'm just going to have a look at the gums and have a look at the Hard tissue of the
teeth open wide
okay and lets have a look at the teeth
eight seven six five four three two one one two three four five six seven eight
seven six five four three two one one two three four five six seven eight so you have
all your teeth there
okay I'm just going to gently
probe the gums not going to hurt it's going to be slight contact where the tissue meets
the tooth
okay and open wide again
open wide again please
excellent healthy gums, healthy teeth, all intact and no signs of any cavities
Just going to give your teeth a little brush with this special solution here, some special
solution
this is what I'm going to be recommending you use twice a day
okay open wide please
good have a little break
open wide again please
excellent
okay final notes I'll just complete them here
I need to see you again in six months time, pick up some of that solution of your mouth,
use it twice a day and you want to be cleaning between the teeth so you want to be flossing
all right do you use a mouthwash?
okay so use that before brushing just to give the teeth a jet wash all right so I'll see
you again in six months time