Dental
Natural teeth in the dental arch.
What is Dentition?
What is calculus?
Set of first 20 teeth (baby teeth).
What is primary dentition?
The part in the center of the tooth made up of living connective tissues.
What is pulp?
Set of 32 secondary teeth (adult teeth).
what is permanent dentition?
To have movement.
What is mobility?
Surface of the tooth distant from the midline.
What is distal?
Process of withdrawal or wearing away from its normal location.
What is recession?
Lower jaw
What is mandibular?
Single- rooted teeth with relatively sharp, thin edge located in the front of the mouth.
What is incisor?
Occlusion that is deviated from a class 1 normal occlusion.
What is malocclusion?
Hard outer surface layer of a tooth.
What is enamel?
Hard portion of the root that surrounds the pulp and is covered by enamel on the crown of the tooth.
What is dentin?
Replacement of minerals in the tooth.
What is remineralization?
Inflammation of the gingival tissues.
What is gingivitis?
Device used to regulate an electric current on the dental unit to run the motors that doesn't interrupt the circuit flow.
What is rheostat?
Toward the back.
What is Posterior?
Mixture of permanent teeth (adult teeth) and primary teeth (baby teeth) that occurs until all primary teeth have been lost, usually between the ages of 6 and 12.
What is mixed dentition?
To be without teeth.
What is edentulous?
What is molar?
temporary restoration or appliance designed to safeguard a prepared tooth or maintain the function and aesthetics of a dental structure while waiting for a permanent restoration
What is provisional?
Roof of the mouth.
Upper jaw.
What is Maxillary?
Premolar.
What is permanent teeth located between the molars and canine teeth.
Habitual grinding of the teeth, especially at night.
What is Bruxism?
Toward the front.
What is anterior?
Band of tissue that passes from the facial oral mucosa at the midline of the arch to the midline of the inner surface of the lip.
What is frenum?
Fluoride that is applied directly to the tooth.
What is topical fluoride?
Natural contact of the maxillary and mandibular teeth in all positions.
What is occlusion?
One-quarter of the dentition.
What is quadrant?
Area between 2 or more root branches.
What is furcation?
Infections and other conditions of structures that support the teeth, gum, and bone.
What is periodontal disease.
Tooth surface closest to the inner cheek.
What is buccal?
Tooth surface closest to the face. Facial surfaces closest to the lips are called labial surfaces, and facial surfaces closest to the inner cheeks are called buccal surfaces; therefore the term facial can be substituted for labial and buccal, and vice versa.
What is facial?
Surface of the tooth toward the midline.
What is mesial?
Gingivae between the teeth.
What is dental papilla?
Ridge on permanent incisors that appears flattened on facial, lingual, or incisal view after tooth eruption.
Canine.
What is cuspid?
Masticatory mucosa that covers the alveolar process of the jaws and surrounds the neck of the tooth.
What is gingiva?
Referring to the area above the gingiva.
What is supragingival?
Dryness of the mouth causes by reduction of saliva.
What is xerostomia?
preventive dental procedure that involves professional cleaning of the teeth to remove plaque, tartar, and stains, helping to prevent tooth decay, gum disease, and other oral health issues.
What is dental prophylaxis?
Machine used for sterilization by means of moist heat under pressure.
What is autoclave?
Soft deposits on teeth that consist of bacteria and bacterial by-products.
What is plaque?
Paper used to check a patient's occlusion after a procedure has been completed.
What is articulating paper?
Loss of minerals from the tooth.
What is demineralization?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 specify federal regulations that ensure privacy regarding a patient's healthcare information.
What is HIPAA?
Machine that loosens and removes debris by sound waves traveling through a liquid.
What is ultrasonic cleaner?
Irreversible hydrocolloid material used for taking preliminary impressions.
What is alginate?
Referring to the area below the gingiva.
What is subgingival?
Anything (including a symptom or medical condition) that is a reason for a patient to not receive a particular treatment or procedure because it may be harmful.
What is contraindications?
Chewing surface of posterior teeth.
What is occlusal?
Fabricated replacement for a missing tooth.
What is prosthesis?
Pain and inflammation resulting from exposed bone associated with a disturbance of a blood clot after extraction of a tooth.
What is alveolitis. AKA: dry socket
Chemical used to reduce or lower the number of microorganisms on inanimate objects.
What is disinfection?
The portion of the tooth that is visible in the oral cavity.
What is clinical crown?