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Dental Terminology (E - I)
Dental Terms for E - I
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04/23/2008

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Term
EDENTULOUS
Definition
WITHOUT TEETH.
Term
ENAMEL
Definition
THE VITREOUS COVERING TISSUE OF THE CROWN OF THE TEETH, CONSISTING OF ENAMEL RODS OR PRISMS AND A CEMENTING INTERROD SUBSTANCE.
Term
ENDODONTICS
Definition
THE BRANCH OF DENTISTRY THAT DEALS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE DENTAL PULP AND PERIAPICAL TISSUES.
Term
EQUILIBRIUM
Definition
PERFECT BALANCE.
Term
EROSION
Definition
WEARING AWAY OR LOSS OF TOOTH STRUCTURE BY CHEMICAL PROCESS WITHOUT KNOWN BACTERIAL ACTION, USUALLY BEGINNING IN THE ENAMEL AT THE NECK OF THE TOOTH.
Term
ERUPTION
Definition
THE ACT OF BREAKING UP, APPEARING, OR BECOMING VISIBLE; THE APPEARANCE OF A TOOTH THROUGH THE GUMS.
Term
EXTRACTION
Definition
REMOVAL OF A TOOTH FROM THE ORAL CAVITY
Term
EXTRAORAL
Definition
OUTSIDE THE MOUTH
Term
FACIAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE FACE; THE SURFACE OF THE TOOTH OR APPLIANCE NEAREST TO THE LIPS OR CHEEKS; USED SYNONYMOUSLY WITH THE WORDS BUCCAL OR LABIAL.
Term
FILLING
Definition
MATERIAL USED IN CLOSING CAVITIES IN CARIOUS TEETH; THE PROCESS OF INSERTING, CONDENSING, SHAPING, AND FINISHING A FILLING.
Term
FISSURE
Definition
A GROOVE OR CLEFT; A FAULT IN THE ENAMEL OF A TOOTH CAUSED BY IMPERFECT UNION.
Term
FLUORIDE
Definition
A SALT OF HYDROFLUORIC ACID.
Term
FULL MOUTH X-RAY
Definition
X-RAY OF THE MOUTH EQUALING 16 BITEWINGS.
Term
GINGIVA
Definition
THE PART OF THE GUM THAT SURROUNDS THE TOOTH AND LIES CLOSE TO THE CREST OF THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE.
Term
GINGIVAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE SOFT TISSUES OF THE GUM AND THE TOOTH.
Term
GINGIVECTOMY
Definition
THE SURGICAL EXCISION FROM SUPPORTED GINGIVAL TISSUE TO THE LEVEL WHERE IT IS ATTACHED, CREATING A NEW GINGIVAL MARGIN, APICAL AND POSTERIOR TO THE OLD.
Term
GINGIVITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE GINGIVAL TISSUE; MAY BE CAUSED BY PRESSURE OR CONTACT OF DENTURES, METALLIC POISONING, FAULTY RESTORATIONS, DIETARY DEFICIENCY, HERPES VIRUS, HORMONAL IMBALANCES, MAL-OPPOSED TEETH, BACTERIAL INVASION, ORGANIC MALFUNCTION, OR PREGNANCY.
Term
GLOSSITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE.
Term
GOLD
Definition
A NOBLE METAL USED EXTENSIVELY IN DENTISTRY, CONSIDERED SUPERIOR BECAUSE OF ITS MALLEABILITY; MAY BE USED IN THE PURE OF ALLOYED STATE.
Term
GUM
Definition
THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND UNDERLYING CONNECTIVE TISSUE COVERING THE ALVEOLAR PROCESS AND NECKS OF ERUPTED TEETH.
Term
HALITOSIS
Definition
BAD BREATH DUE TO POOR ORAL HYGIENE, PERIODONTAL DISEASE, SINUSITIS, TONSILLITIS, OR BRONCHOPULMONARY DISEASE.
Term
HARD PALATE
Definition
APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE ANTERIOR SECTION OF THE PALATE COMPOSED OF RELATIVELY HARD AND UNYIELDING TISSUE.
Term
IMPACTED TOOTH
Definition
COMMONLY, ANY TOOTH THAT IS POSITIONED OR WEDGED AGAINST ANOTHER TOOTH, BONE, OR SOFT TISSUE, PREVENTING IT FROM ERUPTING NORMALLY.
Term
INLAY
Definition
A DENTAL RESTORATION SHAPED TO THE FORM OF A CAVITY AND INSERTED AND SECURED WITH CEMENT.
Term
INTRAORAL
Definition
INSIDE OR WITHIN THE MOUTH.
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