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| PERTAINING TO THE LIPS. IT IS THE SURFACE OF AN ANTERIOR TOOTH NEAREST THE LIPS. |
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| FROM THE LIPS TOWARD THE TONGUE. |
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| DETACHMENT OF A TOOTH FROM ITS SOCKET AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA OR DISEASE PROGRESS; MAY BE PARTIAL OR COMPLETE. |
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| DISPLACEMENT; NOT IN NORMAL ALIGNMENT. |
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| CHEWING FOOD AT THE FIRST STAGE OF DIGESTION. |
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| THE BONE OF THE SKULL THAT SUPPORTS THE UPPER TEETH. COMMONLY, THE TERM IS USED TO NAME THE UPPER JAW WITH ITS TEETH WHEN PRESENT, AND ASSOCIATED WITH SOFT TISSUE. |
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| MASTER OF DENTAL SCIENCE. |
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| THE SURFACE OF A TOOTH WHICH, IN NORMAL OCCLUSION IS NEAREST THE MIDLINE. |
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| ABNORMAL SNALLNESS OF JAWS; LACK OF NORMAL DEVELOPMENT. |
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| THE MOVEMENT OF A TOOTH OR TEETH OUT OF THE NORMAL POSITION. IT IS USUALLY CAUSED BY LOSS OF SUPPORTING STRUCTURES. |
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| THE BRANCY OF BIOLOGY THAT DEALS WITH STRUCTURE AND FORM. IT INCLUDES THE ANATOMY, HISTOLOGY, AND CYTOLOGY, OF AN ORGANISM AT ANY STAGE OF ITS LIFE HISTORY. |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE. |
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| A TOOTH WITH TWO OR MORE ROOTS. |
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| MATERIAL DEVELOPED FOR USE IN ALL TYPES OF RESTORATIVE PROCEDURES THAT ARE LESS PRECIOUS THAN GOLD AND OTHER PRECIOUS METALS. |
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| THE CHEWING OR MASTICATING SURFACES OF THE BICUSPIDS AND MOLARS. |
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| EXAMINATION OF THE TEETH. |
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| CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS THAT LINE THE SURFACE OF THE DENTAL PULP ADJACENT TO THE DENTIN. DURING THE TOOTH DEVELOPMENT PERIOD, THESE CELLS HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE FORMATION OF DENTIN. |
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| THE BRANCH OF DENTISTRY CONCERNED WITH THE DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND CORRECTION OF ABNORMALITIES IN THE POSITIONING OF THE TEETH IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE JAWS. |
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| A DENTISIT WHO HAS MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY AS A SPECIALIST IN THE PRACTICE OF ORTHODONTICS. |
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| THE EXCISION OF BONE; IN PERIODONTICS, THE EXCISION OF BONE AROUND THE TEETH OR TOOTH ROOTS TO REMOVE POCKETS OR TO PROVIDE A PHYSIOLOGIC FORM. |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE. |
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| VERTICAL OVERLAP OF THE UPPER TEETH OVER THE LOWER TEETH. OVERLAPPING OF THE MANDIBULAR INCISORS BY MAXILLARY INCISORS. |
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| THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH, CONSISTING OF A HARD ANTERIOR PART AND A SOFT MOVEABLE PART. THE PALATAL STRUCTURES SEPARATE THE MOUTH FROM THE NASAL CAVITY. |
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| A SMALL NIPPLE-SHAPED ELEVATION OR PROTUBERANCE. |
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| THE TISSUES SURROUNDING THE CROWN OF A NATURAL TOOTH. |
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| THE SCIENCE OF EXAMINATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES AFFECTING THE PERIODONTIUM. |
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| AN ACCUMULATION OF BACTERIA AND DEBRIS ON THE TOOTH'S SURFACES., |
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| THE ACT OF BUFFING AND SHINING TEETH. |
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| IN PARTIAL DENTURE WORK, THE MINOR CONNECTOR THAT ATTACHES THE CLASP BODY TO THE FRAMEWORK; AN UPRIGHT, METAL DEVICE THAT EXTENDS INTO A TUBE TOOTH TO RETAIN IT; IN RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY, A METAL PROJECTION IN CROWNS TO GIVE STRENGTH. IT MAY EXTEND INTO THE ROOT OF A PULPLESS TOOTH, OR IT MAY EXTEND THROUGH THE ROOTH INTO THE ALVEOLAR BONE. |
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| PREVENTION OF DISEASE BY REMOVAL OF CALCULUS, STAINS, AND OTHER EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL FROM THE TEETH; CLEANING OF THE TEETH BY A DENTIST OR DENTAL HYGIENIST. |
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| PERTAINING TO PROSTHESES. |
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| CONNECTIVE TISSUE, WITH NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS WHICH FILL THE PULP CHAMBER AND ROOT CANALS. "vITALITY" OF PULP REFERS TO HEALTH OF THE PULP. WHEN THERE IS DEGENERATION OR THE PULP HAS BEEN REMOVED, THE TOOTH IS TERMED NONVITAL. |
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| COMPLETE REMOVAL OF EITHER VITAL OR INFLAMED PULP FROM THE CHAMBER AND THE ROOT CANAL. THE TERM IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN REFERENCE TO NECROTIC PULP TISSUE. |
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