Commission that accredits dental, dental assisting, dental hygiene, and dental laboratory educational programs
What is CODA or The Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association?
100
Person who meets the standards of a profession.
What is professional?
100
Oral healthcare provider licensed to practice dentistry.
What is a dentist?
100
Dental specialty concerned with neonatal through adolescent patients, as well as patients with special needs in these age groups.
What is Pediatric Dentistry?
100
New trend in dentistry that treats patients to a variety of amenities, including massages and herbal masks, in a spalike atmosphere.
What is a Dental Spa?
200
A mixture of mercury, silver and tin.
What is silver amalgam paste?
200
The nationally recognized credential of the dental assistant who has passed the DANB certification examination and keeps current in practice through continuing education.
What is a Certified Dental Assistant (CDA)?
200
Dental specialty involved with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the supporting tissues.
What is periodontics?
200
Dental specialty that diagnoses and treats diseases of the pulp.
What is Endodontics?
200
Oral healthcare professional trained to provide supportive procedures for the dentist and for patients.
What is a Dental Assistant?
300
Study under the guidence of a dentist or other professional.
What is preceptorship?
300
Professional organization that represents the profession of dental assisting on a national level
What is American Dental Assistants Association (ADAA)?
300
Dental specialist that diagnoses and treats diseases of the oral structures.
What is an Oral Pathologist?
300
Dental surgical specialty that diagnoses and treats conditions of the mouth, face, upper jaw (maxilla), and associated areas.
What is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon?
300
Representative of a dental supply company who provides dental supplies, product information, services and repairs.
What is a Dental supply person?
400
Area of dentistry that establishes the identity of an individual on the basis of dental evidence such as dental records, impressions, bite marks and so forth.
What is Forensic Dentistry?
400
National agency responsible for administering the certification examination and issuing the credential of certified dental assistant
What is the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB)?
400
Specialty that promotes oral health through organized community efforts.
What is Dental Public Health?
400
Specialty within dentistry that focuses on preventing, intercepting, and correcting skeletal and dental problems.
What is Orthodontics?
400
Licensed oral healthcare professional who provides preventative, therapeutic, and educational services.
What is a Dental hygienist?
500
Formal article or book based on dental evidence and facts.
What is dental treatise?
500
Professional organization that represents the profession of dental hygienists on a national level.
What is the American Dental Hygiene Association (ADHA)?
500
Dental specialty that provides restoration and replacement of natural teeth.
What is Prosthodontics?
500
Dental specialty that deals with the diagnosis of disease through various forms of imaging including x-ray films (radiographs).
What is Oral and maxillofacial radiology?
500
Professional who performs dental laboratory services such as fabricating crowns, bridges, and dentures, as specified by the dentist's written prescription.