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What is the Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? (5) - Answer Flashing lights Complex color patterns Shapes Floaters Tunnel vision __________ is feeling something that is abnormally painless. _______________ is when pain level is increased or when something that only caused a little bit of pain is increased - Answer Allodynia Hyperalgesia

Types of rhizotomy(3) - Answer Radiofrequency thermocoagluation Glycerol rhizotomy Percutaneous microcrompression Which two surgical techniques have a risk of deafferentation? - Answer Neurolytic blocks ablative peripheral neurosurgery

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Snoring is three times more common in? - Answer obese people Cessation or near-complete cessation (greater than 70% reduction) of airflow for a minimum of 10 seconds - Answer Apnea Is greater than 30% reduction of amplitude in thoracoabdominal movement or airflow as compared with baseline, with a greater than 4% oxygen desaturation - Answer Hypopnea

Characteristics of neuralgic toothache (7) - Answer Pain is severe, unilateral, lancinating, shock-like (paroxysmal pain) felt in a tooth Pain episodes are brief, lasting only 5-10 seconds There is no pain reported between episdoes Pain is provoked by relatively innocuous peripheral stimulation of a trigger zone. The trigger zone is commonly an extra-oral site such as the lip or chin but may be the tooth If the tooth is the trigger zone, repeated stimulation will not produce the paroxysmal...

Hydrostatic appliance is also called? - Answer The aqualizer Indications for hydrostatic appliance? (8) - Answer Relieve muscle pain fast Ready to use emergency splint Self-adjusting Increase patient satisfaction Inexpensive Temporary, disposable Safe, non-drug Increase profitability

______________ is a decrease in the velocity and range of mandibular movement. THe full range of movement cannot be achieved by the patient. Passive stretching by the examiner can often achieve a more normal range of movement ______________________ - Answer Structural dysfunction Soft end feel What is the general goal of therapy for local myalgia? - Answer To reduce sensory input that can lead to cyclic muscle pain

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Why do you want to avoid long acting anesthetics for muscle injections such as bupivacaine (marcaine)? - Answer Because of increased myotoxicity Type of anesthesia for nerve block injections for diagnostic purposes? - Answer 3% mepivacaine w/o vasoconstrictor Type of anesthetic used for nerve block injections for therapeutic purposes? - Answer 0.5% bupivacaine (with vasonconstrictor)