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Dental Terminology (A & B)
The Dental terms starting with A & B
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04/16/2008

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ABRASION
Definition
WEARING AWAY OF THE SURFACES OF THE TEETH AS A RESULT OF THEIR USE IN CHEWING.
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ABSCESS
Definition
A COLLECTION OF PUS IN A CAVITY FORMED WITHIN THE TISSUE OF THE BODY
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ABUTMENT
Definition
A TOOTH USED TO SUPPORT OR STABILIZE ONE END OF A PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE, SUCH AS A DENTAL BRIDGE.
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ABSORPTION
Definition
THE PROCESS OF SUCKING UP, TAKING IN, AND ASSIMILATING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS FLUIDS AND OTHER MATTER, BY THE SKIN, MUCUS MEMBRANES, BLOOD VESSELS, OR LYMPHATICS.
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ACCRETION
Definition
AN ACCUMULATION OF FOREIGN MATTER, SUCH AS TARTAR ON THE SURFACE OF A TOOTH OR DECAYED MATTER WITHIN THE CAVITY.
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ADA
Definition
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
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ADDUCT
Definition
TO MOVE TOWARD THE CENTER OR MIDLINE.
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ALIGN
Definition
TO POSITION PROPERLY IN RELATION TO ANOTHER OBJECT(S).
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ALLOY
Definition
THE PRODUCT OF FUSING TWO OR MORE METALS; A SILVER ALLOY COMBINED WITH MERCURY TO PRODUCE AN AMALGAM FOR RESTORATION OF A DESTROYED TOOTH SURFACE.
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ALVEOLALGIA
Definition
PAIN IN THE ALVEOLUS OR TOOTH SOCKET FOLLOWING TOOTH EXTRACTION. IT MAY INVOLVE OSTEITIS OR DRY SOCKET.
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ALVEOLAR
Definition
PERTAINING TO AN ALVEOLUS.
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ALVEOLECTOMY
Definition
SHAPING OF THE DENTAL RIDGES BY REMOVAL OF PROMINENCES OF BONE AND EXCESS SOFT TISSUE, USUALLY IN PREPARATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE.
Term
AMALGAM
Definition
AN ALLOY OF MERCURY WITH ANY OTHER METAL. THE COMPOUND OF A BASAL ALLOY OF SILVER AND TIN WITH MERCURY, USED FOR RESTORING TEETH. COPPER AND ZINC ARE USUALLY ADDED AS MODIFYING METALS TO THE BASAL ALLOYS.
Term
ANESTHESIA
Definition
LOSS OF SENSATION.
Term
ANODONTIA
Definition
FAILURE OF TOOTH FORMATION; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF TEETH.
Term
ANTERIOR
Definition
SITUATED IN FRONT; DENTALLY, REFERRING TO THE TEETH AT THE FRONT OF THE MOUTH (I.E. CENTRAL INCISORS, LATERAL INCISORS, AND FIRST BICUSPIDS).
Term
APEX
Definition
THE TERMINAL END OF A CONE; A CONICAL END; THE TERMINAL END OF A ROOT OR TOOTH.
Term
APLASIS
Definition
LACK OF ORIGIN OR DEVELOPMENT.
Term
ARCH RETAINER
Definition
AN APPLIANCE TO PREVENT COLLAPSE OF THE DENTAL ARCH.
Term
ATTRITION
Definition
THE NORMAL OR ABNORMAL LOSS OF TOOTH STRUCTURE.
Term
BICUSPID
Definition
HAVING TWO CUSPS, AS IN BICUSPID TEETH, A PREMOLAR.
Term
BILATERAL
Definition
HAVING TWO SIDES. ANY PARTIAL DENTURE HAVING A MAJOR CONNECTOR IS SAID TO BE BILATERAL, I.E., ONE ON EACH SIDE.
Term
BITE, CLOSED
Definition
A CONDITION IN WHICH THE UPPER TEETH CLOSE TOO FAR OVER THE LOWER, WHICH USUALLY BITE INTO THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH.
Term
ACID-ETCH
Definition
IN RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY, A METHOD OF ETCHING THE TOOTH ENAMEL WITH AN ACID TO PROVIDE AN ADHESION OF COMPOSITE FILLING MATERIAL TO THE TOOTH'S SURFACE.
Term
ACRYLIC
Definition
A SYNTHETIC THERMOPLASTIC SUBSTANCE RESEMBLING CLEAR GLASS, BUT LIGHTER IN WEIGHT, WHICH PERMITS PASSAGE OF ULTRAVIOLET RAYS AND ITS USED IN MAKING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND TEMPORARY ARTIFICAL EYES.
Term
ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT
Definition
SUPPLEMENTARY AND ADDITIONAL THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES.
Term
ADJUSTMENT
Definition
AL ALTERATION OR MODIFICATION THAT MAY BE REQIURED ON A TOOTH OR A DENTURE (AFTER IT HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE MOUTH). oCCLUSAL ADJUSTMENT IS A FORM OF MODIFICATION.
Term
ANALGESIA
Definition
REDUCTION OR LOSS OF SENSITIVITY TO PAIN WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Term
ANESTHETICS
Definition
DRUG THAT PRODUCES LOSS OF FEELING OR SENSATION EITHER AS LOCAL OR GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
Term
APICAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE APEX ORCONICAL ENDINGS OF THE ROOT OF THE TEETH.
Term
APPLIANCE
Definition
IN DENTISTRY, A DEVICE USED TO REPLACE MISSING PARTS, PROVIDE FUNCTION, OR PERFORM A THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE. DENTAL PROSTHESES, SPLINTS, ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, AND OBTURATORS ARE EXAMPLES OF APPLIANCES.
Term
ARTIFICAL TEETH
Definition
A DENTURE OR BRIDGEWORK, COMPOSED OF TWO MATERIALS - PROCELAIN OR PLASTIC. THE FORMER IS HARD, BAKED VITREOUS MATERIAL WITH SPECIFIC PROPERTIES. THE LATTER IS LESS HARD, MORE RESILIENT MATERIAL WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS AND INDICATED USES.
Term
BAND
Definition
IN ORTHODONTICS, A METALLIC ATTACHMENT THAT SURROUNDS AND IS CEMENTED TO THE TOOTH, USED TO ANCHOR ARCHWIRES TO THE TEETH.
Term
BASE
Definition
A PROTECTIVE MATERIAL, SUCH AS CEMENT, PLACED OVER THE PULPAL AREA OF THE TOOTH (PULP NOT EXPOSED) TO REDUCE IRRITATION AND THERMAL SHOCK OF THE PULP. IN DENTURES, THE PART OF A DENTURE THAT REPLACES THE NORMAL CONTOURS OF THE SOFT TISSUES AND SUPPORTS THE ARTIFICAL TEETH.
Term
BITE GUARD
Definition
AN APPLIANCE THAT COVERS THE OCCLUSAL AND INCISAL SURFACES OF THE TEETH. IT IS USED TO STABILIZE THE TEETH OR TO PROVIDE A FLAT SURFACE FOR UNOBSTRUCTIVE MOVEMENT OF THE MANDIBLE.
Term
BITEWING RADIOGRAPH
Definition
AN X-RAY SHWING THE CROWNS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER TEETH AND A PORTION OF THE ROOTS AND SUPPORTING BONE.
Term
BLEACHING
Definition
A TECHNIQUE THAT RESTORES A DISCOLORED TOOTH TO ITS NATURAL COLOR.
Term
BRIDGE
Definition
A PARTIAL DENTURE; BRIDGEWORK
Term
BRUXISM
Definition
THE UNCONSCIOUS HABIT OF GRINDING THE TEETH, OFTEN LIMITED TO DURING SLEEPING OR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL CONCENTRATION OR STRAIN.
Term
BUCCAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE CHEEK. THE BUCCAL SURFACE OF A TOOTH IS A SURFACE NEXT TO THE CHEEK.
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