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MOD G - Unit IV
Gaylor S&T Wk#4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aesthetics | A drug which a doctor or dentist uses to put you, your mouth, or some other part of your body asleep so you do not feel any pain during dental or medical procedures. |
| Archwire | is a wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch, that can be used as a source of force in correcting irregularities in the position of the teeth with dental braces. |
| Bands | a rubber ring that is placed around the bracket to hold the wire in place on the braces |
| Brackets | A metal or ceramic part that is glued onto a tooth and serves as a means of fastening the arch wire |
| Bridge | a simple rigid structure in the shape of an “L” fixed to a vertical surface |
| Bruxism | Clenching or grinding of your teeth |
| Cephalograph | x-ray of the skull (cephal/o means skull) |
| Crossbite | A malocclusion where some of your upper teeth are inside of your lower teeth when you bite down |
| Elastics | a rubber band, a flexible stretchable fabric made interwoven strands of rubber or an imitative synthetic fiber |
| Edentulous | Toothless or someone is said to be edentulous is when all of their teeth are missing from either their upper or lower jaw. |
| Endontics | treatment of dental pulp diseases |
| Fixed appliances | any orthodontic component that is cemented or bonded to the teeth. |
| Full crown | cast restoration that covers the entire anatomic crown of the tooth |
| Full dentures | replacement of all teeth in an arch |
| Headgear | external orthodontic appliance used to control growth and tooth movement |
| Mastication | chewing food: to grind and pulverize food inside the mouth, using teeth and jaws |
| Malocclusion | Poor positioning of your teeth. |
| Occlusion | The alignment and spacing of your upper and lower teeth when you bite down. |
| Orthodontics | correction of teeth irregularities |
| Overbite | where the upper jaw (maxillary) is farther out than the lower jaw (mandible) |
| Palate | The hard and soft tissues forming the roof of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities. |
| Partial crown | a restoration that covers three or more, but not all surfaces of the tooth |
| Partial dentures | removable prosthesis (fake teeth) replacing teeth within the same arch |
| Periodontal disease | disease of the gums |
| Periodontics | dental treatment of gums |
| Pontic | artificial tooth that replaces a missing natural tooth |
| Prosthodontics | replacement of teeth |
| Removable appliances | Removable orthodontic appliances used to effect simple tipping movements of one tooth or several |
| Temporomandibluar joint | joint on each side of head that allows for movement of the mandible |
| Veneer | thin layer of composite resin or porcelain bonded or cemented to a prepared facial surface |
| YEAH WE ARE ON 4TH WEEK! | YOU DID IT! |
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