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vocab test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analogy | comparison of similarities between things that otherwise are not a like. |
| Frank Scale | scale designed to evalute patient behavier. |
| Papoose Board | Type of restraining device that holds a pediatric patient's hands,arms,and legs still |
| Cerebral Palsy | Neural disorder of motor function caused by brain damage. |
| Neural | Referring to the brain,neervous system,and nerve path ways. |
| Pediatric Dentistry | Dental specialty corcerned with neonatal through adolescent patients,as well as patients with specials need in these age groups. |
| Prenatal | befor birth |
| Autonomy | self-determination childhood process of becoming independent. |
| Down Syndrome | Chromosomal defect that results in abnormal physical chracteristics and mental impairment; also called trisomy. |
| Postnatal | After birth |
| T-band | type of matrix band used for primary teeth |
| Avulsed | turn away or dislodged by force. |
| Chronologic Age | Actual age (month,years)pediatric patients |
| Emotional Age | Measure of the level of emotional maturity of pediatric patients. |
| Pulpotomy | Removal of the coronal portion of a vital pulp from a tooth. |
| Mental Retardation | Disorder in which an individuals intellengence is under developed. |
| Athetosis | Type of involuntary movement of the body face,and extremities. |
| Intrusion | Displacement of a tooth into its socket as a result of injury. |
| Extrusion | Dispacement of a tooth from its socketn as a resuts of injury |
| Contour | to shape or conform an object. |