Dental Term
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| die | tooth or bridge pattern used in prosthodontic dentistry | ||||
| dye | coloring material; may be used to indicate plaque | ||||
| auxiliary | helping subsidiary, such as a dental assistant | ||||
| axillary | underarm sire; may be used to obtain body temperature | ||||
| esthetics | pertaining to beauty | ||||
| aesthesia | loss of pain sensation | ||||
| facial | (a) pertaining to the face; (b) front surface of incisor tooth | ||||
| fascial | pertaining to the fibrous membrane on muscles | ||||
| palpation | use of hand or finger pressure to locate/examine | ||||
| suture | area or line where two bones unite, such as coronal suture | ||||
| suture | stitch or staple repairing or closing wound | ||||
| CDA | Certified Dental Assistant | ||||
| ALARA | as low as reasonably achievable | ||||
| ANUG | acute nectoritizing ulcerative gingivitis | ||||
| xanth/o | yellow | ||||
| cyan/o | blue | ||||
| erythr/o | red | ||||
| leuk/o | white | ||||
| melan/o | black | ||||
| alba/o | violet | ||||
| macro | large | ||||
| hyper | over/excess | ||||
| hypo | under/below | ||||
| micro | small/minute | ||||
| pan | all around | ||||
| ultra | extreme/beyond | ||||
| mandible | lower jaw | ||||
| distal | the root term for back or distant | ||||
| occlusal | designates the chewing or occluding area | ||||
| glossa/lingua | tongue | ||||
| occlude | jaw closing | ||||
| dens | tooth | ||||
| gingiva | gum tissue | ||||
| chello | lip | ||||
| mesial | middle | ||||
| frenum | frenum | ||||
| distal | far from center | ||||
| stoma | mouth | ||||
| mastication | act of chewing | ||||
| syncope | a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from an inadequate supply of blood to the brain; also known as swooning or fainting | ||||
| xerostomia | dryness of the mouth caise by the lack of normal saliva secretion | ||||
| apic/o | apex of root | ||||
| -ology | a specialist in a given study | ||||
| bi- and di- | two | ||||
| -photo | suffix meaning graph or picture (especially in radiology) | ||||
| orth/o | the combining form for straight or for proper order | ||||
| -necrosis | suffix meaning tissue death, decay | ||||
| retro- | prefix meaning before (in time or place) | ||||
| HVE | high volume evacuation | ||||
| ad- | prefix meaning towards or increase | ||||
| supra- | above | ||||
| peri- | around or about | ||||
| -trophy | development, growth | ||||
| mesial | middle, mid-plane | ||||
| ab- | from, away from | ||||
| stoma | mouth | ||||
| -oma | tumor | ||||
| dys | inflammation | ||||
| mal | bad, difficult | ||||
| itis | evil, sickness, disorder, poor | ||||
| gingiva | gum tissue | ||||
| -otomy | cutting into, incision into | ||||
| buccal | the root/combining word for cheek | ||||
| -algia | suffix meaning pain or ache | ||||
| anodontia | P= an,without R= o/don't,tooth S= ia,condition | ||||
| frenectony | P= none R= fren,frenum S= ia,condition | ||||
| interproximal | P= inter,between R= proxim,adjacent sides S= al, related to/connection with | ||||
| gingivectomy | P= none R= gingiv,gum tissue S= extomy, excision and removal of | ||||
| periodontitis | P= peri,around R= o/dont, tooth S= itis, inflammation | ||||
| malocclusion | P= mal,bad,improper,poor R= occlus,closing of jaws S= ion,condition or state | ||||
| submandibular | P= sub,under R= mandibul,mandible,lower jaw S= ar, area location | ||||
| cheilosis | P= none R= cheil/o,lip S= osis, disease,condition of disease | ||||
| exdontia | P= ex,out R= o/dont,tooth S= ia,condition or state of | ||||
| orthodontist | P= orth,straighten R= o/dont,tooth S= ist, specialist of | ||||
| acronym | abbreviated word term made up of the first letter of seceral words | ||||
| gingivectomy | surgical removal of gingival tissue | ||||
| cheilosis | inflammation of the lips, particularly at the corners | ||||
| sublingual | under the tongue | ||||
| odontalgia | toothache, pain in a tooth |
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Created by:
LindseyT
on 2010-01-12