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Dental Term

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