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A Complete Glossary of Dental Definitions
InterproximalBetween the adjoining surfaces of adjacent teeth in the same arch. |  
	
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							- Impacted tooth
  - - An unerupted tooth that somehow has gotten stuck and cannot come in.
  
- Implants
  - - Implantology is the science of placing an artificial device in the maxilla (upper) and/or mandible (lower) jaw bone to support the replacement of missing aspects of the human dentition (missing teeth).
  
- Impression
  - - An impression is an imprint of something
  
- Impressions
  - - The first step in making a model of your teeth.
  
- Incisal
  - - The biting edge of your centrals and laterals.
  
- Incisor
  - - Another name for the centrals and laterals
  
- Inclination
  - - The angle of the long axis of a tooth from a particular line of reference; the tilt or tip of a tooth.
  
- Infection
  - - An infection is an ingress of bacterium  that cause tissue damage
  
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- Ingress
  - - Ingress means entrance
  
- Inlay
  - - Inlay means to insert within
  
- Insurance-health
  - - Insurance is a third party payment for a health care related treatment
  
- Interproximal
  - - the space between adjacent teeth.
  
- Interproximal Stripper
  - - A device used to remove some of the enamel from the spaces between your teeth.
  
- Intraoral
  - - Intraoral means in the mouth
  
- Ion
  - - An ion is an electrically charged part of an atom
  
- Irrigation
  - - The technique of using a solution to wash out your mouth and to flush debris.
  
						 
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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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