Dental Team Members
Follows the offices systems to keep the environment, equipment and instruments clean in a dental setting.
Sterilization Assistant
Specializes in aligning and straightening teeth
Orthodontist
Also known at cavity detecting x-rays
Bitewings (BWX)
Upper Left 2nd Premolar
13
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Uses four handed dentistry to assist the dentist during patient examinations and procedures
Dental Assistant
Specializes in periodontal disease, also knows as gum disease
Periodontist
General overview of the mouth
Panorex, PAN
Upper Right 2nd Premolar
4
These kind of teeth have four or more cusps
Molars
Answers phones, checks out and schedules patients.
Receptionist
Specializes in prosthodontics
Gives the best overall at the mouth, consists of 18 x-rays
Full Mouth Series, FMX, FMS
Lower Right 1st Molar
30
The surface of the tooth that is closest to the midline
Mesial
Diagnoses, treats and manages overall oral health care needs
Dentist
Specializes in root canal therapy (RCT).
Endodontist
Show the tooth from the crown to the apex
Periapical, PA, PAX
Lower Left Lateral
23
What is the joint on each side of the head that allows movement of the mandible?
TMJ
Specializes in cleaning teeth
Dental Hygienest
Specializes in treating many disease, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws, and mouth by surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Identifies the jaw relationship and growth patterns
Cephalometirc, CEPH
Lower Left 1st Molar
19
The surface of tooth that is furthest away from the midline
Distal