Laboratory Materials
Endodontics
Orthodontics
Nutrition
Oral Health
100

Material used in the formation of dental impressions

What is irreversible hydrocolloid?

100

instrument used to remove soft tissues from the pulp canal

what is a barbed broach?

100

wire used to hold/move teeth into desire positions

what is arch wire?

100

overeating due to stress or depression

what is binge eating?

100

another word for cavities?

what are caries?

200

Self-curing acrylic tray resin (powder)

what is polymer?

200

instrument used in a push and pull motion

What is a Hedstrom file?

200

placed in between teeth to push them apart to make room for the band placed on the anchor tooth

What is a seperator?

200

energy that is used when a person is at rest

what is BMR? (basal metabolic rate)

200

incomplete development of tooth enamel

what is enamel hypoplasia?

300

material used in taking final impressions

what is polysulfide?

300

inflammation of the pulpal tissue to the point of no recovery

what is irreversible pulpitis?

300

instrument that tucks twisted ligature wire ends into interproximal spaces.

What is a ligature director?

300

eating disorder causing extreme weight loss

what is anorexia nervosa?

300

another word for toothpaste

what is dentrifice?

400

properties of becoming softer when heated and harder when cooled

what is thermoplastic?

400

death of pulpal tissue

what is pulpal necrosis?

400

instrument used to take off brackets and adhesive

what are debonding pliers?

400

absence of a monthly menstrual cycle

what is amenorrhea?

400

bad breath

what is halitosis?

500
shrinkage from a loss of water content due to heat or exposure to air

what is syneresis?

500

advanced stage of periapical infection that spreads into the bone 

what is osteomyelitis?

500

fixed appliance that improves an overbite by encouraging lower jaw growth

what is a Herbst appliance?

500

disorder resulting in lack of nutrients in the body

what is malnutrition?

500

when minerals are replaced in the tooth

what is remineralization?

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