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A Complete Glossary of Dental Definitions
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- Abscess
- - An abscess is a collection of pus in an area
- Abutment
- - An abutment is an anchor
- Acid Etch
- - A procedure where a weak acid smeared on your teeth to ready your teeth for brackets. The acid etch helps your brackets stay on better.
- Acid Etching
- - Acid etching is a process to condition a surface
- Acrylic
- - A plastic used to false teeth, retainers, and other dental products. Dental acrylic has been tested and thought to be perfectly safe.
- Adhesive
- - Adhesive is any material that joins or brings into close contact two or more surfaces
- Adult Dentition
- - Permanent Teeth
- Algenate
- - A plaster like compound used to take impressions. It tastes awful, but is safe.
- Alloplastic
- - Alloplastic refers to man-made materials that are sometimes used for tissue augmentation
- Alvelous
- - A opening in your jaw-bone in which a tooth is attached.
- Alveolar
- - The bone to which a tooth is attached
- Alveolar Bone
- - Alveolar bone is the bone that indirectly attaches to the tooth
- Alveoloplasty
- - Alveoloplasty is the recontouring of the alveolar bone
- Amalgam
- - An amalgam is a mixture or combination
- Analgesia
- - Analgesia is the removal of pain without the loss of consciousness
- Anesthesia
- - Anesthesia means the total or partial loss of sensation
- Anesthetic
- - A drug which a doctor or dentist uses.
- Anomaly
- - an abnormality
- Anterior
- - Anterior means in the front
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- Anterior Teeth
- - Anterior teeth are the 'front' teeth
- Antiseptic
- - A chemical agent which can be applied to living tissues to destroy germs.
- Anxiolysis
- - Anxiolysis is the use of pharmacological agents (medicine) to reduce anxiety
- Apex
- - Apex is the point of culmination
- Apicoectomy
- - Apicoectomy is the removal of the apex
- Appliance
- - An appliance is a device that performs a service or function
- Arch Wire
- - A metal wire which is attached to your brackets to move your teeth.
- Arch; dental
- - refers to the upper or lower intraoral part of the jaw
- Archform
- - The shape of the dental arch.
- Armamentarium
- - A general term for the dental chairs, lights and equipment used by your dentist or orthodontist.
- Articulator
- - A special holder for models of your teeth
- Aspiration
- - Removal of fluids from your mouth with an aspirator
- Aspirator
- - A tube like a straw which the dentist puts in your mouth to suck up all the saliva.
- Atom
- - An atom is one of the smaller building blocks of all things
- Attrition
- - Attrition is the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from opposing teeth.
- Augmentation
- - Augmentation means to build up
- Autogenous
- - Autogenous taken from one part and placed in another part of the same object
- Avulsion
- - Avulsion means the forcible removal of a body part by trauma or surgery
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blue = General Definition |
green = Dental Specialty |
brown = Field Of Practice |
| teal = Dental Procedure |
violet = Disease |
orange = Anatomy |
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