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Dental
Unit 7 Module Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amelogenesis Imperfecta | A hereditary form of enamel hypocalcification |
| Alkalosis | Fusion of the cementum of a tooth with aveloar bone |
| Anodontia | NO teeth at all present in the jaw |
| Bicuspids | Pre- molars |
| Cementoma | Cementum tumor at root tip that destroys surrounding bone |
| Concrescence | Occuring at or before birth, may or may not be hereitary |
| Congenitally missing | Condition of having never been developed |
| Conical tooth | A supernumerary tooth that is cone shaped |
| Curve of Spee | Anatomic fine beginning at the tip of the cainines and following the buccal cusps of premolars and molars when viewed from the buccal aspect of the first molars. |
| Cusps of Carabelli | Fifth lobe of a maxillary first molar |
| Dens in Dente | An invagination of the outer-surface of the tooth crown Turing inward on itself |
| Dental caries | Damage to a tooth that can happen when decacy causing bacteria in your mouth make acids that attack the tooth's surface, or enamel. Also called tooth decay, decay, or cavities |
| Dentinogeneisis Imperfecta | Hereitary imperfect dentin formation |
| Developmental lobes | Major growth centers of a tooth |
| dilacerated teeth | tooth with sharply bent root |
| distomolar | fourth molars |
| dwarfed root | tooth with very short roots in comparison with crown |
| Edentultus | an area without presence of teeth |
| Enamel dysplasia | Abnormally of enamel growths |
| Enamel fluridosis | A form of enamel hypocalcification where enamel is discolored because of an excess of fluoride in the tooth structure |
| Enamel hypocalcification | Enamel that is not as dense as regular enamel |
| Enamel hypoplasia | enamel that is thin or pitted |
| Enamel pearls | SMall rounded elevations of enamel, usually developing in the bifurcations or trifurications or teeth, considered |