List #2 & #3
What is the term used to describe any spacing between teeth in the same arch.
Diastema
What is the medical term used to describe the dividing point of a multirooted tooth
Furcation
What is the medical term used to describe a pocket of pus that is caused by a bacterial infection.
Abscess
How long can dental implants last? How many years?
up to 20yrs
What is the term used to describe the relationship of the mandibular and maxillary teeth when closed. Also known as the biting surface of pre-molars and molars.
Occlusion
What is the tooth surface that is the farthest away from the midline of the dental arch.
Distal
What is the medical word used to describe the condition in which the tooth is fused to the bone.
Ankylosis
What is pulpectomy also referred as...
Root Canal Therapy
What is placed on top of a dental implant to complete the treatment. What is the medical term used to describe the tooth made in a lab?
Crown
What type of floss is used in oral hygiene on a patient with braces
Floss Threader and/or SuperFloss
What is the medical term used when a patient has had all their teeth removed.
Edentulous
What is the non-medical word used when describing Alveolitis
Dry Socket
What is the medical term used to describe a necrotic tooth that is unable to heal.
Non-vital pulp
How long is the typical implant process from start to finish.
3 to 9 months
A model of a person's teeth that is referred to as study models.
Diagnostic Casts
What is the medical term used to describe the roof of the mouth.
Palate
What is the medical term used to describe the formation of white spots or patches on the oral mucosa.
Leukplakia
What is the medical term used to describe the substance made up of blood vessels and nerves that occupies the inside of the tooth.
Pulp
The process where the living jawbone naturally grows around the implant
Osseointegration
The specialty of dentistry that corrects abnormal arrangement of teeth and/or jaws.
Orthodontics
An extra-oral radiograph of the head to assist n the evaluation of the patients facial growth and development.
Cephalometric Film
What is the medical word used to describe the surgery on a patient who is tongue tied
Frenectomy
The name of the specialty in dentistry that treats disease of the pulp and of the periapical tissue that supports the end of the root of the tooth.
Endodontics
What is the typical healing time for an implant that is placed in the maxillary arch
6 months
The medical term used to describe a prosthesis made for the upper jaw to close a defect in the palate.
Obturator