dental terminology
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| show | system developed by Dr. Edward H. Angle to describe and classify occlusion and malocclusion
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| show | toward the front
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| apical third | show 🗑
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| show | tooth surface closest to the inner cheek
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| show | lengthwise division of the crown in a labial or buccolingual direction, consisting of the facial or buccal/labial third, middle third, and lingual third
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| show | maximum contact between the occluding surfaces of the maxillary and mandibular teeth
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| show | division of the root nearest the neck of the tooth
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| show | curved inward
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| contact area | show 🗑
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| show | curved outward
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| curve of Spee | show 🗑
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| show | cross-arch curvature of the occlusal plane
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| show | pertaining to the first dentition of 20 teeth; often called “baby teeth” or primary teeth
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| dentition (den-TI-shun) | show 🗑
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| show | the surface of the tooth distant or away from the midline
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| distoclusion (DIS-toe-kloo-shun) | show 🗑
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| show | triangular space in a gingival direction between the proximal surfaces of two adjoining teeth in contact
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| show | tooth surface closest to the face. Facial surfaces closest to the lips are called labial surfaces, and facial surfaces closest to the inner cheek are the buccal surfaces; therefore, the term facial can be substituted for labial and buccal, and vice versa
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| show | contact of the teeth during biting and chewing movements
incisal surface the chewing surface of anterior teeth
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| interproximal (in-tur-PROK-si-mul) space | show 🗑
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| show | junction of two tooth surface walls
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| lingual surface | show 🗑
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| linguoversion | show 🗑
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| show | occlusion that is deviated from a class I normal occlusion
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| mandibular (man-DIB-you-ler) arch | show 🗑
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| show | upper jaw
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| mesial surface | show 🗑
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| show | term used for class III malocclusion
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| mesiodistal division | show 🗑
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| show | division of the root in the middle
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| show | a mixture of permanent teeth and primary teeth that occurs until all primary teeth become lost, usually between ages 6 and 12
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| Nasmyth’s membrane | show 🗑
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| show | ideal mesiodistal relationship between the jaws and the dental arches
occlusal surface the chewing surface of posterior teeth
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| show | natural contact of the maxillary and mandibular teeth in all positions
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| show | crosswise division of the crown that is parallel to the occlusal or incisal surface, consisting of the occlusal third, middle third, and cervical third
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| permanent dentition | show 🗑
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| show | the angle formed by the junction of three surfaces
posterior toward the back
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| primary dentition | show 🗑
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| show | surfaces next to each other when teeth are adjacent in the arch
quadrant one quarter of the dentition
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| show | one sixth of the dentition
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| succedaneous (suk-se-DAY-nee-us) teeth | show 🗑
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| Facial surface | show 🗑
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| Lingual surface | show 🗑
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| show | the chewing surface of anterior teeth. Occlusal surface is the chewing surface on posterior teeth.
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| Mesial surface | show 🗑
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| Distal surface | show 🗑
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| bicanineate | show 🗑
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| bifurcated | show 🗑
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| show | area in which two roots divide
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| canine eminence (EM-i-nens) | show 🗑
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| central groove | show 🗑
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| cingulum (SING-gyoo-lum) | show 🗑
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| show | major elevation on the masticatory surfaces of canines and posterior teeth
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| show | fifth supplemental cusp found lingual to the mesiolingual cusp
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| diastema (dye-uh-STEE-muh) | show 🗑
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| show | wide, shallow depression on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth
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| furcation (fur-KAY-shun) | show 🗑
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| show | slight ridges that run mesiodistally in the cervical third of the teeth
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| incisal edge | show 🗑
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| inclined cuspal planes | show 🗑
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| show | rounded enamel extension on the incisal ridges of incisors
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| marginal groove | show 🗑
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| marginal ridge | show 🗑
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| molars | show 🗑
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| show | study of form and shape, as of the teeth
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| show | pertaining to a permanent tooth that does not replace a primary tooth
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| pegged laterals | show 🗑
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| succedaneous (suk-se-DAY-nee-us) | show 🗑
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| triangular groove | show 🗑
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| show | three-cusp type of mandibular second premolar
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| trifurcated | show 🗑
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| trifurcation | show 🗑
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