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Coronal Polish Defs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dental Tape | Removes bacterial plaque and thus reduces interproximal bleeding. Dental floss is circular and dental Tape is flat |
| Achieve | To succeed in doing something |
| HVE | High Volume Evacuator |
| Rheostat | Foot controlled device to operate dental handpieces |
| Dosage Indicator | 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 | Also known as parotid duct, located in an area just below and in front of the ear |
| Bifurcated Roots | Division of two roots |
| Concoave | Curved inward |
| Line 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; however, the shock of birth is registered as a ring known as the neonatal lines |
| Imbrication Lines | Slightly rigids on the cervical third of certain teeth that extends mesiodiatally |
| Nasmyth's Membrane | Primary teeth may erupt with covering over the enamel, left over from the epithelium and the ameloblasts, can pick up stains easily, removed by a thorough polishing |
| Deciduous | All baby or primary teeth |
| RPM | Rotations/ Revolutions Per Minute |
| Arch | Upper jaw or Lower jaw |
| Modified Pen Grasp | The instrument is held 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 instrumnt |
| Non Vital Tooth | Not living in the oral tissue and tooth struture |
| Tetracycline Stain | Type of intrinsic stain can occur in children when the mother is given tetracycline in the third trimester of pregnancy or when given in infancy and early childhood |
| Stroke | Movement of Position |
| Intermittent | Breaks in motion, allows the heat to dissipate |
| Sulcus | Spaces between the tooth and 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 Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingiivitis. tissues present bleeding , infection, pain, and a foul odor |
| Curettage | Involves scraping or cleaning the gingival lining of the pocket with a sharp curette to remove necrotic tissue from the pocket wall. Gingival curettage is alsoreffered to as subgingival curettage |
| Pulp Chambers | The space occupied by the pulp |
| Protozoa | Single-celled microscopic animals with a rigid cell wall |
| Prior To | Before doing something |
| Asepsis | Maintaining the chain of asepsis for a procedure requires that the instruments, surgical drapes, and gloved hands of the surgical team be sterilized |
| Delegable | Someone who's chosen to represent or given the authority to act on behalf of another person, group, or organization |
| Bud Stage | Eight weeks of growth on a tooth |
| Cap Stage | Nine to tenth week of growth on a tooth |
| Bell Stage | Eleventh to twelfth week of growth n a tooth |
| Maturation Stage | Varies per tooth |
| Attrition | Is the normal wearing away of the tooth structure during chewing |
| Restoration | The body's process of eliminating existing bone hard tissue structure |
| Periodontal Pocket | Deepening of the gingival sulcus beyond normal. resulting from periodontal disease |
| Anatomical Crown | The portion of the dentin covered by the enamel |
| Clinical Crown | The portion of the tooth that's visible in the oral cavity |
| Slightly | Very small in size, degree, amount, or importance |
| Bulk | Large size or mass |
| Biological Indicator | Also known as a spore test, are Vital or strips of paper that contain harmless bacterial spores BIs are used to determine if sterilization has occurred and all bacteria and endospores have been killed |
| Process Indicators | Identify instrument packs that have been exposed to a certain temperature; they don't measure the duration or the pressure |
| Alveolar Crest | Highest point of the alveolar ridge |
| Alveolar Process | The thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth sockets on bones that bear teeth |
| Periodontium | Supports the teeth in the alveolar bone. These tissues also protect and nourish that teeth |
| Cementum | Covers the root of the tooth. The primary function so the cementum is to anchor the tooth to the bony socket with the attachments of the periodontal ligaments |
| Contadictions | Opposing statement |
| Routine Prophylaxis | Term for regular cleaning |
| Fulcrum | Area used interchangeably to describe the placement of the third, or ring finger of the hand, which holds the instrument or handpiece |
| Periodontal Scaling | Used to remove supragingival calculus |
| Periodontal Pocket | Occurs when the disease caused the gingival culcus to become deeper than normal |
| Periodontal Ligament | Dense connective fibers that connect the cementum covering the root of the tooth with the alveolar bone of the socket wall |
| Interradicular Septum | The bone separating the roots of a multi-rooted tooth |
| Interdental Septum | The bony projection separating one socket from another |
| Socket | Shared hole or connection |
| Lamina Dura | Also known as cribriform plate, is thin compact bone that lines the alveolar socket |
| Stippled | Make surface material appear grainy; dapple surface with dots |
| Tongue | Inside the mouth used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and speech |
| Apical | Tapered end of each root tip |
| Apex | Same as apical |
| Apical Foramen | A natural opening in the tip of the root |
| Buccal Groove | Line on the buccal surface of the tooth |
| Cingulum | On anterior teeth, a rounded, raised area on the cervical third of the lingual suface |
| Grooves | Lines on the tooth |
| Furcation | Area between two or more root branches |
| Fossa | a hollow, grooves, or depressed area in bone |
| Cusp of Carabelli | The fifth cusp on the maxillary first molar,is found palatal to the mesiopatal cusp. It's often so poorly developed that it's scarcely distinguishable |
| Surfaces | The outer part of the tooth |
| Extraoral | Outside the mouth |
| Intraoral | Inside the mouth |
| Dripping | Very wet; completely soaked |
| Splatter | To get everywhere |
| Grinds | Or brux is to move teeth back and forth together |
| Rough | Very hard, not smooth or soft |
| Systematic | Well organized, done methodically |
| Instruments | A tool or implement that's being used, especially for delicate or scientific purposes |
| Extrinsic | Stains outside the tooth, can be removed |
| Intinsic | Stains inside the tooth, can't be removed |
| Abrasion | The abnormal wearing away of tooth structure |
| Palmer | Each of the four quadrants is given its own tooth bracket made up of a vertical line and horizontal line |
| FDI | Federation Dentaire Internationale |