United States of Dentistry
Necessary for healthy mastication, nearly 25% of Americans are missing these
What are natural teeth?
An x-ray showing the apex of the tooth
What is a Periapical Radiograph?
What is Lingual?
A device worn during sleep to help prevent damage due to bruxism
If a child has 25 candy bars and eats 22 of them what do they have?
What are cavities?
The average American spends 38.5 ______ brushing their teeth during their lifetime
What is days?
Involuntary grinding and/or clenching of teeth that damages tooth surfaces and periodontal tissues
What is Bruxism?
Surface of the tooth facing the back of the mouth
What is Distal?
The removal of plaque and calculus from the crown and root surfaces of the teeth
What is scaling?
Who has the most dangerous job in Transylvania?
Who is Dracula's Dentist?
Already bad for your teeth, this is also the most choked on object by adults
What is a toothpick?
The resilient tissue that immediately surrounds a tooth
What is gingiva?
The surface of the tooth facing the midline of the mouth
What is Mesial?
Removal of frenum, connecting tissue, using a scalpel or lasel
What is Frenectomy?
What is a Floss-iraptor?
Behind only the common cold, this is the second most common disease in the US
What is tooth decay?
To be without teeth
What is edentulous?
Biting or cutting surface of an anterior tooth
What is Incisal?
An artificial tooth that replaces a missing tooth, usually part of a bridge
What is a Pontic?
I have to have a root canal procedure done. Just the thought of it is _____.
What is unnerving?
In 1994 a prisoner in West Virginia braided this into a rope and used this to escape from Prison
What is floss?
The space between two teeth, usually used to describe between the two front teeth
What is diastema?
Cheek surface of a posterior tooth
What is Buccal?
A tooth, root, or implant used for the retention of a prosthesis
What is an abutment?
When I went to the dentist he put ALL CAPS on my teeth, now I can't stop _____.
What is shouting?