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| loss of minerals in tooth due to acid attach from acids that result from metabolism of dental plaque and it's bacteria - it's the disease process that occurs between the interaction of the tooth surface and the subsurface with dental plaque |
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| the manifestation of the stage of dental caries process at one point in time (active or arrested) |
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| loss of minerals in tooth due to acid attack from acids that come from diet or body |
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| pathologic wearing away of dental hard tissue through abnormal mechanical processes involving foreign objects or substances repeatedly introduced into the mouth and contacting the teeth |
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| the physiological wearing away of dental hard tissue as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, with no foreign substance intervening |
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| wedge-shaped defects at the CEJ of a tooth caused by eccentrically applied occlusal forces leading to tooth flexure which results in microfracture of enamel and dentin |
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| a lesion that is exhibiting evidence of progression or change over a certain time period |
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| a carious lesion that exhibits no evidence of progression for a specific period of time |
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| a lesion that exhibits evidence of arrest, but also other changes including mineral concentration, decreased size of white spot lesions, and increased radiodensity |
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| caries left by a dentist during restorative treatment |
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| secondary/recurrent caries |
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| caries the reoccur around a restoration |
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| dental caries process occurs: |
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| between remineralization and demineralization |
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| loss of minerals from tooth |
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| gain of minerals in tooth |
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| the result of the disease process called dental caries is |
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| white spots are caused by |
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| other processes besides caries, such as hypoplasia of fluorosis |
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| finding the lesion and determining its status (i.e. active, arrested, remineralized, etc) |
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| What tooth is most susceptible to the caries process? |
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| Xerostomia is also known as |
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| diminished secretion of saliva |
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| Caries detection methods include |
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| wet field, dry field, use dry tooth, radiographs, use of "blunt" explorer |
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