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Dental Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| die | tooth or bridge pattern used in prosthodontic dentistry |
| dye | coloring material; may be used to indicate plaque |
| auxiliary | helping subsidiary, such as a dental assistant |
| axillary | underarm sire; may be used to obtain body temperature |
| esthetics | pertaining to beauty |
| aesthesia | loss of pain sensation |
| facial | (a) pertaining to the face; (b) front surface of incisor tooth |
| fascial | pertaining to the fibrous membrane on muscles |
| palpation | use of hand or finger pressure to locate/examine |
| suture | area or line where two bones unite, such as coronal suture |
| suture | stitch or staple repairing or closing wound |
| CDA | Certified Dental Assistant |
| ALARA | as low as reasonably achievable |
| ANUG | acute nectoritizing ulcerative gingivitis |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| alba/o | violet |
| macro | large |
| hyper | over/excess |
| hypo | under/below |
| micro | small/minute |
| pan | all around |
| ultra | extreme/beyond |
| mandible | lower jaw |
| distal | the root term for back or distant |
| occlusal | designates the chewing or occluding area |
| glossa/lingua | tongue |
| occlude | jaw closing |
| dens | tooth |
| gingiva | gum tissue |
| chello | lip |
| mesial | middle |
| frenum | frenum |
| distal | far from center |
| stoma | mouth |
| mastication | act of chewing |
| syncope | a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from an inadequate supply of blood to the brain; also known as swooning or fainting |
| xerostomia | dryness of the mouth caise by the lack of normal saliva secretion |
| apic/o | apex of root |
| -ology | a specialist in a given study |
| bi- and di- | two |
| -photo | suffix meaning graph or picture (especially in radiology) |
| orth/o | the combining form for straight or for proper order |
| -necrosis | suffix meaning tissue death, decay |
| retro- | prefix meaning before (in time or place) |
| HVE | high volume evacuation |
| ad- | prefix meaning towards or increase |
| supra- | above |
| peri- | around or about |
| -trophy | development, growth |
| mesial | middle, mid-plane |
| ab- | from, away from |
| stoma | mouth |
| -oma | tumor |
| dys | inflammation |
| mal | bad, difficult |
| itis | evil, sickness, disorder, poor |
| gingiva | gum tissue |
| -otomy | cutting into, incision into |
| buccal | the root/combining word for cheek |
| -algia | suffix meaning pain or ache |
| anodontia | P= an,without R= o/don't,tooth S= ia,condition |
| frenectony | P= none R= fren,frenum S= ia,condition |
| interproximal | P= inter,between R= proxim,adjacent sides S= al, related to/connection with |
| gingivectomy | P= none R= gingiv,gum tissue S= extomy, excision and removal of |
| periodontitis | P= peri,around R= o/dont, tooth S= itis, inflammation |
| malocclusion | P= mal,bad,improper,poor R= occlus,closing of jaws S= ion,condition or state |
| submandibular | P= sub,under R= mandibul,mandible,lower jaw S= ar, area location |
| cheilosis | P= none R= cheil/o,lip S= osis, disease,condition of disease |
| exdontia | P= ex,out R= o/dont,tooth S= ia,condition or state of |
| orthodontist | P= orth,straighten R= o/dont,tooth S= ist, specialist of |
| acronym | abbreviated word term made up of the first letter of seceral words |
| gingivectomy | surgical removal of gingival tissue |
| cheilosis | inflammation of the lips, particularly at the corners |
| sublingual | under the tongue |
| odontalgia | toothache, pain in a tooth |
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LindseyT
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