Terms

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Alveolar bone loss

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Loss of supporting bone of a tooth, usually due to periodontal disease

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Alveolar bone

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Bone that surrounds and supports the tooth and associated structures, looks like a sponge, also called alveolar process

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Alveolar mucosa

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Movable soft tissue that is loosely bound to underlaying bone, not present on maxillary hard palate, redder than rest of gingiva

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Amalgam

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A metal alloy containing mercury commonly used for dental restorations, silver filling

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Anterior

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Near the front

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Apex (apical)

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Pointed end of cone-shaped part, terminal end of the root of a tooth

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Arch

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A structure of bow-like or curved outline, refers to the jaws ( lower or upper arch)

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Board of dentistry

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Used to identify the body responsible for formulation, adoption, and dissemination of the rules necessary to comply with the laws regulating the practice of dentistry in a state.

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Buccal

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Pertaining to or directed toward the cheek, designates side of tooth that faces the cheek

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Cariogenic

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Food or other edibles that promote tooth decay

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Cemento-enamel junction

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Outer surface of a tooth where the root joins to the crown, can be observed as a line where color changes from enamel to cementum and can usually be felt as a jump with an explorer

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Cementum

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Calcified connective tissue that covers the outside surface of a tooth’s root

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Clinical attachment loss

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Movement of the supporting structures

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COD

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College of dentistry also called school of dentistry

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Col

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The depression in the gingival tissue underneath a contact area between the lingual papilla and the facial papilla. Volcano shaped tissue beneath area where 2 teeth contact one another

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Concave

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Rounded and somewhat depressed or hollowed out (cave)

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Convex

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Having a rounded somewhat elevated surface

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Coronal

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Toward the crown of the tooth

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Debridement

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The removal of foreign material such as calculus or plaque

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Dental caries (carious lesion)

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Tooth decay

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Dentition

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The teeth in the dental arches

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Diastema

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Open contact between teeth

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Disto-occlusal

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Usually refers to dental caries or a restoration located at the distal and extending onto the occlusal surface

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Edema

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Swelling

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Erythodont

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Tooth with a reddish color

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Explorer

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Slender flexible instrument with a sharp point used to examine teeth for abnormalities and pathology, an to locate calculus through the use of touch

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Extraction

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Tooth removal

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Exudate

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A fluid of epithelial cells, bacteria, serum and other products of the inflammatory process; pus

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Facial

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Of or toward the face, used to designate the side of the tooth that is facing away from the tongue side

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Furcation

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The concave area between the roots of a multi-rooted tooth | Bi an tri furcation

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Gingiva

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The part of the oral masticatory mucosa that surrounds the necks of the teeth and is attached to the teeth and the alveolar bone; gums

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Glycophilic

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Sugar loving

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Latrogenic

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A professional oops

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Interdental papilla

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Gum that fills the space between two adjacent teeth

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Junctional epithelium

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Attachment epithelium, where the tooth and gingiva actually first begin to be attached. Found at the very bottom of the gingival sulcus or periodontal pocket.

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Labial

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Of or towards the lips, used to designate the side of the tooth facing the lips so its used to refer to an anterior tooth

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Lingual

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Of or toward the tongue

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Mandible

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Bottom jaw

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Marginal gingiva

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The border or edge of gingiva nearest the incisal/occlusal surface; marks opening of gingival sulcus

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Maxilla

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Top jaw

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Mesial

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Toward the middle; medial

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MO, mesio-occlusal

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Refers to dental caries located at the medial an extending onto the occlusal surface

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MOD, mesio-occlusal-distal

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A BIG cavity, an MO that extends all the way across the occlusal and includes the distal surface

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Mucogingival junction

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On the facial side of a tooth, a scalloped line where the attached gingiva and the alveolar mucosa come together

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Non-surgical periodontal therapy

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Treatment for an infection that is the least invasive and very cost effective

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Occlusal

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Chewing surface of the teeth

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Occlusion

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The way teeth fit together when both arches come together (occlude)

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Odontectomy

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Procedure in which a tooth is removed

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Periodontium

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All of the supporting structures of the teeth

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Periodontal probe

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Slender instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore and often measure the depth of the sulcus or pocket (like a miniature ruler)

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Periodontal probing depths

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Measurement of the deepens of a sulcus or periodontal pocket, used to distinguish a sulcus from a pocket, measurement is from the CEJ to where the tooth and gingiva first begin to be attached (JE) or from the gingival margin to the JE.

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Posterior

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Directed toward or situated at the back, posterior teeth include molars and premolars

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Prophylaxis

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Abbr: prophy | Teeth cleaning

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Sealant

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A resin applied to the occlusal surfaces to prevent dental caries

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Sharpy's fibers

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The connective tissue fibers that embed in cementum and stretch across and connect to the alveolar bone

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Sulcus

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The space or crevice between the surface of a tooth and the epithelium lining the unattached of free gingiva. Healthy gums probing periodontal depth is 3mm or less.