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Terms and Definition
Coronal Polish Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dental Tape | Removes bacterial plaque and thus reduces interpersonal bleeding. Dental floss is circular in shape, and dental Tape is flat |
| Achieve | To succeed in doing or gaining something |
| HVE | High Volume Evacuator (Large Suction) |
| Rheostat | Foot controlled device to operate dental handpieces |
| Dosage indicator | Work in the same manner as process indicators. They are dyes placed in the sterilization packages, and they change color when exposed to dry heat, chemical vapor, or steam for a specific amount of time |
| Stensen's Duct | Known as parotid duct, located in an area just below and in front of the ear |
| Bifurcated roots | division into two roots |
| Concave | curved inward |
| Lines of Retzius | incremental rings, like growth rings of a tree, representing variations in the deposition of the enamel matrix during formation of the tooth |
| Neonatal lines | enamel produced prenatally contains only a few of these incremental lines |
| Imbrication lines | slightly rigids on the cervical things of certain teeth that extends mesiodistally |
| Nasmyth's membrane | Primary teeth may erupt with covering over the enamel, left over from the epithelium and ameloblasts, can pick up stains easily |
| Deciduous | all baby or primary teeth |
| RPM | Rotation/revolutions per minute |
| Arch | Upper jaw or lower jaw |
| Modified pen grasp | the instrument is held securely in the same manner as a pen |
| Modified palm grasp | the instrument is held securely in the palm of the hand |
| Modified palm-thumb grasp | the instrument is held in the palm, and the thumb is used to stabilize and guide the instruments |
| Non Vital tooth | not living in the oral tissue and tooth structure |
| Tetracycline stain | type of intrinsic stain can occur in the child when the mother is given tetracycline during the third trimester of pregnancy or when given in infancy and early childhood |
| Stroke | movement of position |
| Intermittent | breaks in the motion, allows the heat to dissipate |
| Sulcus | Space between the tooth and the free gingiva |
| Alveolar bone | the bone that supports the tooth in its position within the jaw, the alveolar socket is the cavity in the bone that surrounds the tooth |
| Epithelial attachment | Tissue at the base of the sulcus where the gingiva attaches to the tooth |
| ANUG | (Acute narcotizing ulcerative gingivitis) tissue present with bleeding, infection, pain, and a foul odor |
| Fluoride Prophylaxis Pastes | Commercially prepared Pastes with the addition of fluoride that replace some fluoride that is lost during the polishing process |
| Silex | Fairly abrasive; used for cleaning more heavily stained tooth surfaces |
| Zirconium silicate | Used for cleaning and polishing tooth surfaces (this material is highly effective and does not abrade tooth enamel). Good for gold, exposed dentin and tooth colored restorations |
| Air polishing | Uses a specially designed handpiece with a nozzle that delivers a slurry of warm water and sodium bicarbonate |
| Tin Oxide | Used in combination with water, to make a precious metal polishing paste for high polishing on amalgam and precious metals |
| Superfine Silex | Used for removal of light stains on tooth enamel |
| Flour of Pumice | Made from volcanic glass; used to polish enamel, gold foil, dental amalgam, finishing acrylic denture bases in the dental laboratory |
| Fine Pumice | Mildly abrasive; used for more persistent stains, such as tobacco stains |
| Bristle brushes | Made from natural or synthetic materials and may be used to remove stains from the deep pits & gingival and must be used with special care. Brushes are not recommened for use on exposed cementum or dentin because these surfaces are soft and easily grooved |
| Chalk | Also known as whiting; chalk is precipitated calcium carbonate (frequently incorporated into toothpaste and polishing pastes to whiten the teeth) |
| Commercial premixed preparations | Contain an abrasive,water humectant (to keep the preparation moist)a binder(to prevent separation of the ingredients)flavoring agents, and color. Commercial preparations are available in small plastic containers or individual packets |
| Dental Tape | A wide thread similar to dental floss, composed of fine, sort silk or synthetic fibers |
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