Pediatric
What is it called on a child when only the coronal portion of the pulp is removed?
Pulpotomy
What is a sticky, bacterial substance that accumulates on the teeth?
Plaque
What is it called when the dentist binds or joins loose or weak teeth to one another to stabilize and strengthen them.
Splinting
Fixed appliances are also referred to as
Braces
Bone that is found between the roots of a multirooted tooth.
Interradicular Bone
What is used to repair a child's badly broken-down primary tooth?
Stainless Steel Crown
What periodontal depth is considered deeper than normal?
over 3mm
What is it called when a restoration extends over one or more cusps?
Onlay
A removeable appliance worn to retain teeth in their new position.
Hawley Retainer
The dividing point of a multirooted tooth.
Furcation
Space Maintainer
What are used to remove calculus deposits from teeth?
Scaling and/or UltraSonic Scaling
A custom cast metal form inserted and cemented in the canal or root of the tooth.
Cast Metal Post & Core
Similar to splinting, when I wire is permanently attached to the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth to maintain teeth in there position after braces have been removed.
Lingual Retainer
To clean debris or non-vital tissue from a surgical site.
Debride
What is used on a child to help widen the maxillary arch?
Palatal Expander
The process of smoothing the cementum of the root of the tooth, deep subgingival scaling.
Root Planning
A type of dental restoration that completely encircles a tooth or dental implant.
Crown
A mechanical hinge device used in dentistry to which plaster casts of upper and lower jaws are fixed
Articular
Escape of blood from an injured blood vessel into tissue spaces.
Hematoma
What is used to protect the grooved and pitted surfaces of teeth?
This procedure is necessary when the patient has large bony growths.
Ostectomy
A layer of material placed over the facial surface of a tooth.
Veneer
A prosthesis made for the upper jaw to close a defect n the palate.
Obturator
Fold of tissue that attaches the undersurface of the tongue to the floor of the mouth.