Pocket Dentistry

CC A 60-year-old White male presents to your office. He states, “I have been told I have a squamous cell carcinoma on my tongue.” HPI The patient noticed a spot…

CC A 62-year-old male presents to your office with a complaint of a limited mouth opening for the past several years. Mandibular hypomobility can be caused by disorders that are…

CC A 26-year-old female presents seeking treatment to correct her skeletal malocclusion. She has noticed that her chin has been receding since her teenage years and that her bite has…

CC A 24-year-old male is referred for evaluation and treatment of numbness and pain in his entire lower lip, chin, and gums. HPI The patient had a Le Fort I…

CC A 55-year-old female (degenerative joint disease [DJD] has a higher prevalence with advanced age and in female patients) presents to your office with a 20-year history of temporomandibular joint…

CC A 68- year-old male farmer is referred to you. He complains, “I’m worried about this growth on my cheek. It just won’t seem to go away.” (Verrucous carcinoma is…

CC A 35-year-old female reports a restricted mouth opening, which has not responded any previous treatments, and an intermittent pain 5 of 10 during function and 2 of 10 while…

CC A 16-year-old male presents for combined surgical and orthodontic correction of his facial asymmetry and apertognathia. He describes his chief complaint as an inability to bring his anterior dentition…

CC A 37-year-old female presents to the office reporting a sudden onset of reduction in mouth opening and jaw pain. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) refers to any signs and symptoms…

Case 1 CC An 18-year-old patient with unilateral cleft lip and palate wants to improve his esthetics and function ( Fig. 63.1 ). • Fig. 63.1 A and B, Severe maxillary…

CC The patient is a 64-year-old female referred for evaluation of a mass on the right posterior hard palate. (Mucoepidermoid carcinoma occurs across a wide age range and has a…

CC A 55-year-old African American male presents to your office and states, “There is something wrong with my tongue, and my dentist said I need to have it checked.” (African…

CC A 24-year-old female was referred for combined surgical–orthodontic management of her class III skeletal malocclusion and maxillary hypoplasia. Her chief complaint was her “sunken face.” HPI The patient came…

CC A 17-year-old White female is referred by her orthodontist for combined surgical–orthodontic management of her anterior open bite (AOB; apertognathia) and mandibular hypoplasia. The patient complains: “I have difficulty…

CC A 22-year-old female is referred by her orthodontist for evaluation and surgical treatment of an asymmetric class III skeletal malocclusion. The patient reports “My lower jaw is crooked.” HPI…

CC A 49-year-old male is transported to the emergency department (ED) by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel status after a pedestrian-versus-automobile accident. You are called by the trauma team for…

CC A 36-year-old male is seen in the emergency department after an assault. He explains that he was “jumped, robbed, beaten, and punched in the left eye.” You are asked…

CC A 41-year-old male is transported to the emergency department (ED) by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel status after a motor vehicle accident (the most common etiology of Le Fort…

CC A 26-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with the chief complaint of, “They hit my face with a brick and got my wallet. My face hurts. ….