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DENTAL:
DEFINITIONS:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CLINICAL TEAM: | DENTIST, ASSISTANTS, HYGIENISTS, LAB TECHS |
| ADMINISTRATION TEAM: | RECEPTIONIST, INSURANCE COORDINATIOR, BILLING AND CLAIMS COORDINATOR, TREATMENT COORDINATOR, SCHEDULING COORDINATOR, OFFICE MANAGER, MARKETING COORDINATOR |
| USES FOUR HANDED DENTISTRY TO ASSIST THE DENTIST DURING PATIENT EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEDURES: | CHAIRSIDE ASSISTANT |
| PREPARES ROOMS FOR TREATMENT, SEATS PATIENTS, TAKES AND/OR DEVELOPS X-RAYS AND COORDINATES HYGIENE SCHEDULE: | HYGIENE ASSISTANT |
| FOLLOWS THE OFFICE'S SYSTEMS TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT AND TOOLS CLEAN IN A DENTAL SETTING: | STERILIZATION ASSISTANT |
| ASSISTS DENTAL SPECIALISTS SUCH AS ENDODONTICS, PEDODONTISTS, ORAL SURGEONS, ETC: | SPECIALIST ASSISTANT |
| THE MOST COMMON DENTAL CARE PROVIDERS. THEY DIAGNOSE, TREAT, AND MANAGE OVERALL ORAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS: | GENERAL DENTIST |
| SPECIALIZES IN ALIGNING AND STRAIGHTENING THE TEETH: | ORTHODONTIST |
| SPECIALIZES IN ROOT CANAL THERAPY: | ENDODONTIST |
| SPECIALIZES IN PERIODONTAL (GUM) DISEASE: | PERIODONTIST |
| SPECIALIZES IN TREATING MANY DISEASES, INJURIES AND DEFECTS IN THE HEAD, NECK, FACE, JAWS, AND MOUTH BY SURGERY: | ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON |
| SPECIALIZES IN PROSTHETICS (DENTURES): | PROSTHODONTIST |
| SPECIALIZES IN CHILDREN'S TEETH: | PEDODONTIST |
| ALL DENTAL STAFF MUST SHOW PROOF OF WHAT VACCINATION: | HEPATITIS B |
| TOWARD THE FRONT: | ANTERIOR |
| TOWARD THE BACK: | POSTERIOR |
| TOWARD OR NEARER TO THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY: | MEDIAL |
| TOWARD THE OUTER LEFT AND RIGHT PART OF THE BODY: | LATERAL |
| DIVIDES UPPER AND LOWER: | HORIZONTAL PLANE |
| (MIDLINE) DIVIDES LEFT AND RIGHT: | MIDSAGITTAL PLANE |
| DIVIDES ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR: | FRONTAL PLANE |
| LOWER JAW THAT HOLDS TEETH: | MANDIBLE |
| UPPER JAW THAT HOLDS TEETH: | MAXILLA |
| THE JOINT ON EACH SIDE OF THE HEAD THAT ALLOWS MOVEMENT OF THE MANDIBLE: | (TMJ) TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT |
| A PART OF THE MANDIBLE THAT TURNS TOWARDS THE SKULL VERTICALLY TO ALLOW ROTATION OF THE TMJ IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION: | RAMUS |
| THE ROUND PROMINENCE AT THE END OF THE TMJ ALLOWING THE MANDIBLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE: | CONDYLES |
| ONE OF TWO HOLES LOCATED ON THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE MANDIBLE BETWEEN THE 1ST AND 2ND PREMOLARS THAT PERMITS PASSAGES OF THE MENTAL NERVE AND BLOOD VESSELS: | MENTAL FORAMEN |
| A BAND OF TISSUE INSIDE THE MOUTH THAT IS ATTACHED AT THE CENTER OF THE LIPS ON BOTH THE MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR ARCHES: | LABIAL (LIP) FRENUM |
| THE THIN FOLD OF SKIN THAT EXTENDS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TONGUE: | LINGUAL (TONGUE) FRENUM |
| GLAND UNDER THE TONGUE THAT SECRETES SALIVA: | SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND |
| THE GINGIVA UNDERLYING THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH: | HARD PALATE |
| THE SKIN POSTERIOR TO THE HARD PALATE THAT MOVES FREELY: | SOFT PALATE |
| THE PEAR SHAPED PROJECTION AT THE END OF THE SOFT PALATE: | UVULA |
| A MASS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE, USUALLY ROUND OR OVAL IN SHAPE, LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE THROAT: | TONSIL |
| THE AREA BETWEEN THE CHEEK AND THE TEETH: | BUCCAL VESTIBULE |
| THE TAPERED END OF EACH ROOT TIP WHERE THE NERVE EXISTS THE TOOTH: | APEX |
| HARD TISSUE THAT THE TEETH RESIDE IN: | BONE |
| OUTER LAYER COVERING OF THE ANATOMIC ROOT OF A TOOTH: | CEMENTUM |
| A GROUP OF HAIR-LIKE LIGAMENTS BETWEEN THE BONE AND THE ROOT THAT SERVES AS A SHOCK ABSORBER FOR THE TOOTH: | PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT |
| THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY PULP: | PULP CHAMBER/CAVITY: |
| THE HARD PORTION OF THE ROOT THAT SURROUNDS THE PULP AND IS COVERED BY ENAMEL ON THE CROWN AND BY CEMENTUM ON THE ROOT: | DENTIN |
| OUTER LAYER COVERING THE CROWN OF THE TOOTH, HARDEST MATERIAL IN THE BODY: | ENAMEL |
| THE PART OF THE TOOTH THAT PROTRUDES THROUGH THE GINGIVA THAT IS VISIBLE: | CROWN |
| THE SURFACE OF THE TOOTH THAT IS FACING FORWARDS, CLOSEST TO THE MIDLINE: | MESIAL |
| THE SURFACE OF THE TOOTH THAT IS FACING BACKWARDS, AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE: | DISTAL |
| THE SURFACE OF THE TOOTH THAT IS USED FOR CHEWING, POSTERIOR TEETH: | OCCLUSAL |
| THE SURFACE OF THE TOOTH THAT IS USED FOR CUTTING, ANTERIOR TEETH: | INCISAL |
| GRINDING OF TEETH: | BRUXISM |
| BREAKING DOWN OF TEETH FROM A CHEMICAL (EX. ACID: SUCKING ON LEMONS): | EROSION |
| CAUSED BY SOMETHING RUBBING OR SCRAPING AGAINST THE TOOTH (EX. TOOTHBRUSH ABRASION): | ABRASION |
| WHEN A CHILD INGESTS TOO MUCH FLUORIDE AND WHITE SPOTS APPEAR ON THE TEETH (EX. EATING TOOTHPASTE): | FLUOROSIS |
| WHEN STAIN IS PRESENT ON ADULT TEETH AND THE PATIENT TOOK TETRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTICS AS A CHILD: | TETRACYCLINE STAIN |
| BAD BREATH: | HALITOSIS |
| DRY MOUTH: | XEROSTOMIA |
| THE UPPER TEETH ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LOWER TEETH: | CLASS I: HEALTHY BITE |
| MAXILLARY TEETH PROTRUDE IN ANTERIOR: | CLASS II: OVERBITE |
| MANDIBULAR TEETH PROTRUDE IN THE ANTERIOR: | CLASS III: UNDERBITE |
| EXPOSURE TO PRIMARY RADIATION OCCURS WHEN THE BODY ABSORBS RADIATION FROM THE PRIMARY BEAM: | PRIMARY RADIATION |
| A SECONDARY RADIATION THAT OCCURS WHEN AND X-RAY BEAM IS INTERCEPTED BY AN OBJECT (TOOTH) AND DEFLECTED TO EXPOSED BODY TISSUE: | SCATTER RADIATION |
| IMPRESSION IS A MOLD OF A PERSON'S MAXILLARY OR MANIDULAR ARCH: | IMPRESSION |
| WHAT IS THE NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE READING? | 120/80 |
| DOCTOR'S ZONE: | 7:00 - 12:00 |
| ASSISTANT'S ZONE: | 2:00 - 4:00 |
| TRANSFER ZONE: | 4:00 - 7:00 |
| WHAT KIND OF DENTIST SPECIALIZES IN ROOT CANAL THERAPY? | ENDODONTIST |
| THE JOINT ON EACH SIDE OF THE HEAD THAT ALLOWS MOVEMENT OF THE MANDIBLE IS ______ ? | TMJ |
| WHAT IS THE 2nd LAYER OF THE TOOTH CALLED? | DENTIN |
| TOOTH #18 IS DISTAL TO ______. | 19 |
| NAME THE TOOTH SURFACE FACING TOWARDS THE TONGUE. | LINGUAL |
| WHAT ARE THE 2 KINDS OF SUCTIONS? | HVE, SALIVA EJECTOR |
| What is a plastic instrument used for? | Composite |
| What should you not do with a handpiece? | Submerge in water |
| What is the name of tooth #4? | Premolar |
| How many molars are in the permanent dentition ? | 12 |
| Needed dental work is charted in ______ . | Red |
| Existing dental work that has been completed at the patient’s current office is charted in ______ . | Blue |
| Existing dental work that has been completed in a previous office is charted in ______ . | Black |
| When a patient does not have any teeth : | Endentulous |
| When a patient never forms a particular tooth : | Congenitally missing |
| When the laterals are smaller in size than normal and are shaped like a peg : | Peg laterals |
| Extra bone in the mouth : | Tori |
| How many X-rays are in an FMX? | 18 |
| What is the instrument used to pack amalgam ? | Plugger |
| What is the 1st step when taking an impression ? | Select tray , try it on |
| What bite classification is a protrusive mandible ? | Underbite-Class III |
| How many teeth are in the permanent dentition ? | 32 |
| What are the 3 main instruments in the basic set-up ? | Mirror, Explorer, Cotton Pliers |
| Flex-base, cast metal, and resin are examples of? | Partial |
| What is the normal blood pressure reading? | 120/80 |
| What is needed when a tooth is broken or heavily decayed ? | Crown |
| CC | Chief Complaint |
| TA | Tooth ache |
| OHI | Oral Hygiene Instructions |
| PREOP | Preoperative |
| POSTOP | Postoperative |
| DEL | Deliver |
| ST | Seat-as in seat a crown |
| CRN | Crown |
| PFM | Porcelain fused to metal |
| AU | Gold |
| AM | Amalgam |
| OP | Composite Filling |
| RMHx | Review Medical History |
| BR | Fixed Bridge |
| PUD/PLD | Partial upper/Partial lower |
| Fl2 | Fluoride |
| CUD/CLD | Complete upper/lower denture |
| Hx | Health History |
| Tx | Treatment |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| Rx | Prescription |
| Pt | Patient |
| WNL | With normal limits |
| RCT | Root canal treatment |
| PKT | Pocket(perio) |
| EXT | Tooth extraction |
| Ref | Referred to specialists |
| Orthro | Orthodontics |
| Endo | Endodontics |
| Perio | Periodontics |
| OS | Oral Surgery |
| N2O | Nitrous |
| NPO | Nothing by mouth |
| bid | Twice a day |
| tid | Three times a day |
| Rx | Prescription |
| Prn | As needed |
| Premed | Pt needs to be pre-medicated |
| Furc | Furcation |
| Rec | Recession |
| Bled | Bleeding |
| Plaq | Plaque |
| Calc | Calculus |
| Mobl | Mobile (tooth) |
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