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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...

______________ 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

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

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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)

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