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Unit/Module 7 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amelogenesis Imperfecta | A hereditary form of enamel hypocalcifcation |
| Ankylosis | No teeth at all present in the jaw |
| Bicuspids | Same as premolars |
| Cementoma | Cementum tumor at root tip that destroys surrounding bone |
| Concresence | two adjacent teeth or roots that fuse by their cementum |
| Congenital | Occuring at or before birth; may or may not be hereditary |
| Congenitally missing | Condition of having never been developed |
| Conical tooth | A supernumerary tooth that is cone shaped |
| Curve of spee | Anatomic line beginning at the tip of the canines and following the buccal cusps of premolars and molars when viewed from the buccal aspect of first molars |
| Cusp of carabelli | fifth lobe of a maxillary first molar |
| Dens in dente | An invagination of the outer surface of the tooth crown turning inward on intself |
| Dental caries | Damage to a tooth that can happen when decay-causing bacteria in your mouth makes acids that attack the tooth's surface, or enamel, also called tooth decay, decay, or cavities |
| Dentinogenesis imperfecta | Hereditary Imperfect dentin formation |
| Developmental grooves | fine depressed lines in the enamel of a tooth that mark the union of the lobes of the crown |
| Developmental lobes | Major growth centers of a tooth |
| Dilacerated tooth | tooth with sharply bent root |
| Distomolar | fourth molars |
| Dwarfed root | Tooth with very short roots in comparison with the crown |
| Edentulous | an area without the presence of teeth |
| Enamel dysplasia | Abnormality of enamel growths |
| Enamel flurosis | A form of enamel hypocalcification where enamel is discolored because of an excess of fluoride in the tooth structure |
| enamel hypocalfication | enamel that is not as dense as regular enamel |
| Enamel Hypolasia | Enamel that is thin or pitted |
| Enamel Pearls | Small rounded elevations of enamel, usually developing in the burifications or trifurcations of teeth; considered abnormal structures |
| Eruptive Stage | Period of eruption from the completion of crown formation until the teeth come into occlusion |
| Exfoliation | shredding or loss of primary tooth |
| Extrinsic | Originating outside a structure |
| Familial Tendency | When an anomaly occur more frequently than usual in one family |
| Flexion | A bend or twist in the root, not involving the cron |
| Fusion | Two teeth that fuse at their dentin while they are developing. Also, a term used for the process of formation of the hard and soft palates |
| Gemination | A tooth that partially or fully divides into town teeth while devloping |
| Hereditary | inherited through the genes of parents |
| hutchinson's incisors | notched central incisors that develop as a result of congenital syphilis |
| hypercemntosis | increased thickness of cementum, usually seen at the apex of the root |
| hyperdontia | more than the usual number of teeth |
| impacted | describing teeth not completely erupted ghat are fully or partially covered by bone or soft tissue |
| intrinsic | lying entirely inside a structure |
| macrodonia | teeth that are too large for the jaw |
| medical drift | phenomenon of permanent molars continuing to move mesially after eruption |
| mesiodens | supernumerary teeth arising in the midline of the maxilla |
| microdontia | teeth that are too small for the jaw |
| mixed dentition | state of having primary and permanent teeth in the dental arches of the same time |
| mottled enamel | enamel that has been discolored by excess fluorides in naturally fluoridated water or by excessive fluoride intake |
| mulberry molars | molars with multiple cups caused by syphilis |
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