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Dental Terminology 1

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Alginate   A powder which is mixed with water to produce an elastic impression material for use in the mouth.  
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Arch   In Dentistry, the bow-like shape formed by the masticating surfaces of the teeth.  
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Armamentarium   The instruments, appliances, etc., used in the practice of a porfession.  
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Articulate   In Dentistry, to place teeth in their proper relation to one another.  
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Balanced Occlusion   The correct relationship of the biting and grinding surfaces of the teeth of the upper and lower jaws while in contact.  
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Band   In Dentistry, a metal ring encircling a tooth; often erroneously used to signify a clasp.  
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Bilateral   Pertaining to both sides.  
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Bite   In Dentistry, the relationship of the upper and lower jaw.  
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Bite-taking   Causing the patient to close the teeth on a piece of wax, modeling compound, or plaster, making imprints of the teeth for the purpose of articulating models of the jaw.  
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Buccal   Pertaining to, or in the direction of the cheek.  
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Bur   A drill; a cutting instrument used in Dentistry.  
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Burnish   To make shiny and smooth.  
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Burnisher   An instrument for smoothing and shining dental fillings, restorations, etc.  
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Calcification   Deposition of calcium salts.  
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Calcify   To make hard by depostiting calcuim salts.  
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Canal   A narrow, tubular channel or passage.  
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Canine (Tooth)   A commonly used term to designate the cuspid, because of its fang-like appearance.  
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Caries   Dental decay; disintegration of the dental structures.  
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Cartilage   Tough, elastic connectieve tissue.  
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Cassette   A roentgenographic (X-Ray) film or plate holder.  
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Cavity   In Dentistry, a hollow space or hole in a tooth.  
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Cement   Literally, a substance which causes objects to adhere firmly. In Dentistry, a substance used as a filling material or to cause inlays, etc., to adhere to the teeth.  
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Cementum   A bone-like structure which covers the roots of the teeth.  
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Central (Tooth)   The incisor tooth next to the median line (left to right).  
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Cleft Plate   A congenital fissure of the roof of the mouth.  
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Concave   Hollowand rounded, curved inward (opposite of convex).  
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Condyle   The rounded head of a bone at the point where it articulates with another bone, forming a joint.  
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Contact (point)   In Dentistry, the place where the proximal surfaces of two teeth or fillings touch.  
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Contour   The rounded external surfaces of a body part.  
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Convex   Curved on the outside or external surface (opposite of concave).  
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Crown (of a tooth)   That portion of a tooth extending above the gum line covered by dental enamel.  
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Cusp   A projection on the biting surface of a tooth.  
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Cuspid (Canine Tooth)   The third tooth from the median line, having one cusp.  
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