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| THE ACT OF DEPOSITING CALCIFY MATTER OR CALCIUM SALTS DURING GROWTH. BONES AND TEETH BECOME CALCIFIED. |
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| A HARD CALCAREOUS CONCENTRATION DEPOSITED ON THE SURFACE OF THE CROWN OR ROOT OF A TOOTH; TARTAR. |
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| THE TEETH CORRESPONDING TO THE LONG TEETH OF A DOG, USUALLY REFERRED TO AS CUSPIDS. |
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| A SUBSTANCE OR STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO COVER THE EXPOSED PULP OF THE TOOTH. |
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| A MOLECULAR DEPTH OF BONE OR TEETH, CORRESPONDING TO ULCERATION IN THE SOFT TISSUE. |
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| THE POSITIVE REPRODUCTION OF THE MOUTH OR TEETH IN PLASTER OR SIMILAR MATERIAL, UPON WHICH A PROSTHETIC APPLIACE IS CONSTRUCTED. |
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| THE HARD CALCIFIED TISSUE THAT COVERS THE ANATOMIC ROOT OF A TOOTH. IT IS FORMED BY CEMENTOBLAST AND ARRANGED IN LAYERS THAT COVER THE ROOT DENTIN. |
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| TRADE NAME FOR A COMBINATION OF PORCELAIN WITH METAL USED IN RESTORATION OF FIXED PROSTHETICS. |
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| PERTAINING TO THE NECK OR CERVIX OF THE TOOTH. |
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| A CONGENITAL CLEFT OR DEFECT IN THE UPPER LIP, USUALLY DUE TO FAILURE OF THE MEDIAN NASAL AND MAXILLARY PROCESS TO UNITE |
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| A CONGENITAL DEFECT DUE TO FAILURE OF FUSION OF EMBRYONIC FACIAL PROCESS, RESULTING IN A FISSURE THROUGH THE PALATE. IT MAY BE COMPLETE, EXTENDING THROUGH BOTH HARD AND SOFT PALATES INTO THE NOSE, OR IT MAY BE ANY DEGREE OF INCOMPLETE OR PARTIAL CLEFT. |
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| ONE THAT REPLACES ALL TEETH IN AN ARCH. |
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| A PLASTIC RESTORATIVE MATERIAL THAT BLENDS RESIN AND QUARTZ CRYSTAL WITH A CATALYST. |
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| THE ROUNDED, KNUCKLE-SHAPED PROCESS OF THE MANDIBLE WHICH FORMS A JOINT AT THE TEMPORAL BONE. |
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| THE SURFACE OF A TOOTH THAT TOUCHES THE SURACE OF AN ADJACENT TOOTH. |
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| PERTAINING TO THE CROWN OF A TOOTH. |
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| TOP PART OF ANYTHING; ANY STRUCTURE LIKE A CROWN. |
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| SCRAPING OR REMOVAL OF DISEASED TISSUE WITH A CURETTE. |
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| A CUSPID OR CANINE TOOTH WITH ONE POINT OR CUSP. |
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| DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY. |
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| DECOMPOSED STRUCTURES; CARIES OR OTHER CARIOUS LESIONS OF THE TEETH. |
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| TERM USED TO IDENTIFY PRIMARY TEETH. |
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| FINE STRING PULLED BETWEEN THE TEETH TO AID IN CLEAING THE SPACES BETWEEN THE TEETH. |
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| A PERSON LICENSED TO CLEAN AND POLISH TEETH AND TO INSTRUCT IN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ORAL HYGIENE. |
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| THE SOFT TISSUE THAT FILLS THE PULP CHAMBER AND THE ROOT CANALS OF A TOOTH AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS VITALITY. IT CONSISTS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE, BLOOD VESSELS, AND NERVES. |
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| THE PROFESSION THAT IS CONCERNED WITH THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE TEETH AND ADJACENT TISSUES, AND THE RESTORATION OF MISSING DENTAL AND ORAL STRUCTURES. |
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| THE PROCESS OF TEETHING; THE ERUPTION OF TEETH IN THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE; THE CHARACTER AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEETH. |
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| HAVING TEETH, AS OPPOSED TO EDENTULOUS, NOT HAVING TEETH. |
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| THE NATURAL OR ARTIFICAL TEETH OF A PERSON CONSIDERED AS A UNIT. |
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| PROCEDURES SUCH AS X-RAYS, CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS, BIOPSIES, BLOOD TESTS, STUDY MODELS, AND OTHER VITALITY TESTS, WHICH ASSIST THE DENTIST IN DETERMINING THE CONDITIONS PRESENT AND THE TREATMENT REQUIRED. |
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| AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN LINE OF THE FACE FOLLOWING THE CURVE OF THE DENTAL ARCH. THE SURFACES OF THE TEETH MOST DISTANT FROM THE MEDIAN LINE ARE CALLED DISTAL SURFACES. |
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| DENTARIAE MEDICINAE DOCTOR; DOCTOR OF DENTAL MEDICINE. |
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