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Fall 341
Chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alveolar Bone Proper | is the contact point between the tooths root and the surface tissue of the socket. Alveolar bone proper + supporting alveolar bone =Alveolar Bone |
| Nasmyth's Membrane | " Enamel Cuticle" Remaining tissue of the Reduced Epithelium and Oral Epithelium On the tooths surface will apear as a greenish stain but can be removed with proper brushing at home or by a DH |
| Enamel Pearl | Abornomality of the enamel, formation of enamel where it is not formally found Example enamel on the root surface of the tooth can often be confused for calculus subgingivally |
| Fusion | The joining of mulitple teeth adjacent to one another fusion occurs during development |
| Anodontia | a congenital disease that resultsin the absense of all primary and permanent teeth very rare genetic disease, the causation is unknown |
| Dens en dente | " tooth within a tooth" is a result of malformation during the Dens invagination the enamel folds into the dentin during tooth development |
| Mesiodens | Supernumery tooth that is located between central maxillary incisor (between 8 and 9) |