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Common Dental Roots
Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| buccal | Cheek |
| cheilo | Lip |
| coronal | Crown |
| dens | Tooth |
| glossa | Tongue |
| Lingua | Tongue |
| mesial | Middle, midplane |
| odont | Tooth |
| stoma | Mouth |
| -al | Gum tissue |
| -oid | Crown |
| -algia | Pain |
| ate, ize | Use /action |
| -cide | kILL |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -gnosis | Knowledge |
| -ology | Study of |
| -opsy | View |
| -phobia | dread fear |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -rrhea | Discharge |
| -scope | instrument |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development |