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DA_CH36
Book: Modern Dental Assisting - vocab review - Moisture Control
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aspirate | To draw back or to draw within |
| Bow | Rounded part of clamp that extends through the dental dam |
| Exposed | Pertaining to selected teeth visible through the dam; "exposed" |
| Jaws | Part of a clamp that is shaped into four prongs to help stabilize the clamp on the tooth |
| Malaligned | Displaced out of line, especially teeth displaced from normal relation to the line of the dental arch; also called "malposed" |
| Septum | Dental dam material located between the holes of the punched dam |
| Stylus | Sharp, pointed tool used for cutting. |
| Universal | Pertaining to the same clamp that can be placed on the same type of tooth in the opposite quadrant |
| Winged Clamp | Type of dental dam clamp that has extensions to help retain the dental dam |