Terminology
Tooth ID
The "How" and the "Why"
Actually Advanced
Random Oddballs
100
This term is used to denote the head.
What is cephalic?
100
This is the Tridan number for the upper right canine tooth (in the dog or cat).
What is 104?
100
This is how long it takes for bupivacaine to have an effect.
What is 4-8 minutes?
100
This is the goal of orthodontics.
What is correction of a malocclusion?
100
This is the term for teeth that grow continuously through a patient's life.
What is aradicular hypsodont?
200
This term is used to describe the toothless space between the incisors and cheek teeth of some exotics.
What is a diastema?
200
This is the Tridan number for the lower left first molar (in a dog or a cat).
What is 309?
200
This is how zinc-based home care products work.
What is by eliminating plaque and stimulating healing?
200
This is another phrase for a "flap procedure".
What is periodontal surgery?
200
This term describes a variation in tooth size and shape.
What is heterodont?
300
This term describes a direction going from the cusp of the crown toward the apex of the root.
What is normograde?
300
The anatomic description for the canine 405.
What is the lower right first premolar.
300
This is why a rotary burr is not recommended for cleaning teeth.
What is that it can cause excessive enamel removal?
300
This is indicated by a pink or purple color to the tooth.
What is pulpal hemorrhage?
300
This breed is prone to feline orfacial pain syndrome.
What are Burmese?
400
This term is used to describe a pocket caused by gingival hyperplasia where the gingival attachment is normal.
What is a pseudopocket?
400
The anatomic description for the feline 209.
What is the upper left first molar?
400
This is why several aspirates are recommended prior to injecting a local block.
What is to ensure the local block doesn't go IV.
400
This procedure should be performed with recent fractures and should be done within 48 hours of the fracture.
What is a vital pulpotomy?
400
This breed is predisposed to cranial mandibular osteodystrophy.
What are West Highland White Terriers?
500
This term means the force it takes to overcome resistance to movement.
What is torque?
500
The description for the feline 305 and 306.
What is absent?
500
This is why calculus is called calculus.
What is because it is made up of calcified bacteria?
500
This is the last step with any orthodontic procedure.
What is removal of the appliance?
500
This is a species of lagomorph that isn't mentioned in the text.
What are Pikas?
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