Dental Terminology
This dental term means a cavity caused by tooth decay.
What is caries
What was the date of our first General meeting this year?
When is August 25th 2026
Lock and Key hole
A
This small instrument lets a dentist see areas that are hard to view directly.
What is a dental mirror?
What is classified as the hardest substance in your body
What is Tooth Enamel or Hydroxyapatite
This branch of dentistry focuses on the tissues surrounding and supporting teeth.
What is Periodontics
When was VAW Global (not VAW UTSA) founded?
When is 2006
Top Front End
C
This tool removes saliva and water from a patient’s mouth.
What is a suction tip?
A pH below 7 is classified as what.
What is an acid
This type of X-ray captures the crowns of upper and lower teeth in one area.
What is a Bitewing
When was VAW Dental at UTSA founded?
A
This instrument is used to remove plaque and tartar from teeth.
What is a scaler?
What are the the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum
This term describes an abnormally aligned bite.
What is Malocclusion
Name every country where VAW Global currently lists an outreach project.
What are Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam?
Cube Counting
C
This thin instrument cleans and shapes the inside of a tooth’s root canal.
What is an endodontic file?
An action potential travels down a _______ in a neuron.
What is an axon
This thin layer covers the root of a tooth and helps attach it to the periodontal ligament.
What is cementum?
Name 3 stations you participate in during clinic day on the VAW Dental trip?
Intake, Vitals, Shadowing/Assisting, Sterilization, Charting
Angle Ranking
B
During an extraction, this instrument is placed between the tooth and surrounding bone to loosen the tooth.
What is a luxator?
In this two-step reaction, a leaving group leaves to form a carbocation, then a nucleophile bonds to that carbon.
What is a SN1 reaction