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From Concepts In Dental Assisting Chapter One

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Anterior   Front or forward part of the mouth  
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Posterior   Refers to the back of the mouth  
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Lateral   Refers to the outer left and right part of the body  
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Gingiva   Gums surrounding the teeth  
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Attached Gingiva   Scalloped lighter color around the teeth  
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Unattached Gingiva   Located directly below the attached gingiva, thinner, capillaries can be seen through  
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Mandible   Lower jaw, contains the lower teeth  
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Maxilla   The bone that contains the upper teeth. It is stationary  
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Labial Frenum   A fold of skin from inside of the lips and attaches at the canter of the maxilla and mandible  
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Lingual Frenum   A fold of skin in the center of the underside of the tongue.  
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Tonsil   Rounded mass of lymphatic tissue on each side of the throat  
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Hard Palate   The attached gingiva and underlying maxilla forming the roof of the mouth  
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Soft Palate   The freely moving flap on skin containing the uvula. Closes off the nasal passages during swallowing  
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Buccal Vestibule   The space between the cheek tissues and the maxilla and mandible  
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Condyles   The pivoting ball of the ball and socket TMJ which allows the mandible to open  
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TMJ   Temporomandibular Joint. The joint in the skull in which the condyle of the mandible rotates to open the lower jaw  
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Mental Foramen   Opening in the mandible just below the bicuspid area which allows a branch of the mandibular nerve to exit  
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Ramus   Part of the mandible which turns vertically towards the skull and allows rotation of the mandible via the TMJ  
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Mandibular Foramen   Opening on the MEDIAL side of the RAMUS which allows the nerve from the brain to enter the mandible and innervate the lower teeth  
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Body   Part of the mandible which is approximately horizontal in an upright person and contains the teeth  
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Apex   End of the root tip where the nerve/blood vessels enter/exit  
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Bone   The hard tissue which all teeth securely reside within  
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Cementoenamel Junction   CEJ. The junction line between the enamel layer and the cementum layer of the tooth  
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Cementum   The specialized layer of cells which cover the root surface  
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Crown   That part of the tooth which is visible and protrudes through the gingiva  
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Dentin   The softer, underlying layer beneath the enamel  
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Enamel   The hard, white material which covers the crown portion of the tooth  
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Sulcus   The trough formed by the collar of the gingiva  
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Gingival Margin   The rolled border or crest of tissue surrounding the crown portion of each tooth  
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Pulp Canal   Continuation of the pulp chamber as it narrows into the tooth roots  
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Pulp Chamber   The large chamber at the center of the crown portion of the tooth containing nerves and a blood supply  
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Periodontal Membrane   The network of thousands of hair-like ligaments between the root and bone which holds the tooth in the bony socket  
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Root   That part of the tooth not covered by enamel and embedded in the bone  
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Facial   Refers to the outer surface on any tooth  
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Labial   Outer surface on anterior teeth only  
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Buccal   Outer surface on posterior teeth only  
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Palatal   On upper teeth only, the tooth surface on the palatal side  
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Lingual   The tooth surface next to the tongue  
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Mesial   The surface on the tooth facing towards the anterior  
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Distal   The surface of the tooth facing to the back or posterior of the mouth  
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Occlusal   The chewing surface of the posterior teeth only  
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Incisal   The biting or cutting edges of anterior teeth only  
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