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DA 160
DANB Vocab - April Engel 6/3/14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrasion | Abnormal wearing away of the tissue or tooth surface |
| Absorbent | Soaking up a fluid or other into the body |
| Accessible | Having access to |
| Acidic | Corrosive properties and an irritant to tissue |
| Acute | Severe and short traumatic, pathologic or physiologic phenomenon happen |
| Adaption | Accepting of the new; a period of getting used |
| Adjacent | Next to; teeth following one after another |
| Agitate | Churning or vibrating to mix |
| Adversely | Having opposite affect |
| Alkaline | Enzyme present in the bones and teeth, kidneys and plasma; high level of pH can be designated as alkaline solution |
| Anatomical direction | Natural direction |
| Apically | Apical of the tooth root |
| Occlusally | The crown of the tooth, the surface to chew on |
| Armamentarium | Instruments or appliances used in the practice of a profession |
| Articulation | The jaw movement; motion of chewing and talking |
| Attrition | Normal loss of tooth substance resulting from friction; grinding |
| Beneficial | To benefit from; doing good |
| Detrimental | Crucial; must happen to avoid something to come |
| Bioburden | Amount of bacteria living on a surface before sterilization |
| Caustic | Harmful, dangerous |
| Centric relation | Position of mandible when the candles are positioned poster-superiorly in an unstrained position in the Glenside fossae |
| Chronic exposure | Long term exposure |
| Chronological age | By birthdate |
| Condensation | Moisture build up |
| Conscious sedation | Safe means of a patient being sedated but awake; free of pain and discomfort |
| Contouring | Shaping or molding |
| Convulsions | Severe muscle spasms |
| Deactivate | Opposite of activate; stopping the activation |
| Debridement | Separating |
| Debris | Trash |
| Deteriorate | Breaking down of a material |
| Developmental age | Mental age |
| Diagnostic | Diagnose |
| Diastiema | Space between the maxillary central incisions; #8 & #9 or space between 2 adjacent teeth |
| Direct supervision | Dentist is watching over |
| General supervision | Dentist is in the office over seeing |
| Discard | Throw away; get rid of |
| Disengage | Opposite of engage; stopping |
| Dislodge | Loosening; un-trap, getting it out |
| Dissipate | Evaporate |
| Distorted | Changing form from normal shape |
| Distract | Directing attention elsewhere |
| Effective | Useful |
| Elective | Choices |
| Embedded | Under layers or trapped |
| Embrasure | Triangular space between teeth in the gingival direction that is made when 2 adjoining teeth are touching |
| Endodontic | Field of dentistry the deals with dental pulp and root tissue and treatment of diseases and injuries; root canal most common |
| Esthetic | Visually pleasing to the eye |
| Excessive | Over abundance or having too much |
| Exfoliate | Removal or layers of cells or tissue from surface |
| Extraction | Removal of a tooth; having it pulled out |
| Extrude | Pus |
| Flush | Clean out; washing area |
| Gingiva | The tissue surrounding the teeth |
| Glove integrity | Strength of the glove material |
| Hematoma | Ruptured blood vessel under the skin; Bruising |
| Hyperventilation | Abnormal, rapid deep breaths; unable to breath normal. Decreased carbon dioxide levels |
| Immersion | Placing body or object completely in the water and covering it |
| Inadvertently | Unexpected results |
| Incipient | Beginning of tooth decay |
| Incise | Cutting open |
| Inhalation | Breathing in |
| Inhibit | To prevent something from happening |
| Insoluble | Not soluable |
| Intact | All together |
| Inter-maxillary | Between the maxillary and mandibular jaw |
| Intra-maxillary | Units all situated within the same jaw |
| Intrinsic | Stains INSIDE the tooth and usually permanent |
| Invert | Upside down or inside out |
| Lateral | Sides |
| Leak | Decreasing levels; escaping, getting out |
| Lethargy | Weak, no energy |
| Luting | Cementing together |
| Mastication | Chewing |
| Medicament | Medicine to promote recovery |
| Meticulous | Precise attention to detail |
| Mottled | Excessive ingested amounts of fluoride; teeth appear chalky and pitted |
| Mulling | Final step to mixing dental amalgam |
| Non-corrosive | Opposite of corrosive |
| Nullify | Render or declare ineffective or useless |
| Opaque | White; appears white on the x-rays film |
| Opposing dentition | Opposite arch but same tooth location |
| Oral cavity | Inside the mouth |
| Particulate | Substance containing separate particles |
| Penetrates | Getting into; absorbed into |
| Percutaneous | Path or entry into the skin |
| Perpendicular | Side by side |
| Parallel | Site by side |
| Porosity | Pores or voids with in a structure; poris |
| Precise | Exact; no room for error |
| Proximal | Nearest point of attachement |
| Puncture wound | A wound that has pierced/punched through the skin |
| Recurrent | Happening again; All over again |
| Replenish | Refill |
| Reposition | To position again |
| Reservoir bag | Attached to an anesthesia machine; additional bag for excess gas or medication |
| Resorption | Loss od substance; reduction of volume and size of Alveolar bone |
| Respiration | Breathing |
| Restriction | Holding back; something not to happen |
| Rigid | Not smooth; rough |
| Simultaneously | 2 or more things happening at the same time |
| Slurry | thin mixture of insoluble material floating in liquid |
| Solvent | A liquid that breaks down and absorbs |
| Spatulation | Manipulation of a material with spatula to mix into mass |
| Stabilizing | Making it stronger; firm or sturdy |
| Stippling | Health gingival tissue; looks like the texture of an orange peel |
| Subsequent | To follow or happens next; Something to happen after |
| Syncope | Fainting |
| Thermal sensitivity | Heat vulnerable; heat sensitive |
| Translucent | See through |
| Trismus | Limited open of the mouth |
| Trituration | Mixing; Triturator mixes the Alloy and Mercury together |
| Tuberculocidal activity | Efficacy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Unit dose | A Dose per unit |
| User | Operator |
| Verification | Authorization; getting an OK |
| Verses | One thing compared to another |
| Vertical | Up and down direction; opposite of horizontal |
| Horizontal | Side to side direction; opposite of vertical. |
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