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| WEARING AWAY OF THE SURFACES OF THE TEETH AS A RESULT OF THEIR USE IN CHEWING. |
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| A COLLECTION OF PUS IN A CAVITY FORMED WITHIN THE TISSUE OF THE BODY |
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| A TOOTH USED TO SUPPORT OR STABILIZE ONE END OF A PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE, SUCH AS A DENTAL BRIDGE. |
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| THE PROCESS OF SUCKING UP, TAKING IN, AND ASSIMILATING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS FLUIDS AND OTHER MATTER, BY THE SKIN, MUCUS MEMBRANES, BLOOD VESSELS, OR LYMPHATICS. |
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| AN ACCUMULATION OF FOREIGN MATTER, SUCH AS TARTAR ON THE SURFACE OF A TOOTH OR DECAYED MATTER WITHIN THE CAVITY. |
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| AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION |
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| TO MOVE TOWARD THE CENTER OR MIDLINE. |
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| TO POSITION PROPERLY IN RELATION TO ANOTHER OBJECT(S). |
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| THE PRODUCT OF FUSING TWO OR MORE METALS; A SILVER ALLOY COMBINED WITH MERCURY TO PRODUCE AN AMALGAM FOR RESTORATION OF A DESTROYED TOOTH SURFACE. |
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| PAIN IN THE ALVEOLUS OR TOOTH SOCKET FOLLOWING TOOTH EXTRACTION. IT MAY INVOLVE OSTEITIS OR DRY SOCKET. |
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| PERTAINING TO AN ALVEOLUS. |
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| SHAPING OF THE DENTAL RIDGES BY REMOVAL OF PROMINENCES OF BONE AND EXCESS SOFT TISSUE, USUALLY IN PREPARATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE. |
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| AN ALLOY OF MERCURY WITH ANY OTHER METAL. THE COMPOUND OF A BASAL ALLOY OF SILVER AND TIN WITH MERCURY, USED FOR RESTORING TEETH. COPPER AND ZINC ARE USUALLY ADDED AS MODIFYING METALS TO THE BASAL ALLOYS. |
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| FAILURE OF TOOTH FORMATION; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF TEETH. |
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| SITUATED IN FRONT; DENTALLY, REFERRING TO THE TEETH AT THE FRONT OF THE MOUTH (I.E. CENTRAL INCISORS, LATERAL INCISORS, AND FIRST BICUSPIDS). |
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| THE TERMINAL END OF A CONE; A CONICAL END; THE TERMINAL END OF A ROOT OR TOOTH. |
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| LACK OF ORIGIN OR DEVELOPMENT. |
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| AN APPLIANCE TO PREVENT COLLAPSE OF THE DENTAL ARCH. |
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| THE NORMAL OR ABNORMAL LOSS OF TOOTH STRUCTURE. |
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| HAVING TWO CUSPS, AS IN BICUSPID TEETH, A PREMOLAR. |
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| HAVING TWO SIDES. ANY PARTIAL DENTURE HAVING A MAJOR CONNECTOR IS SAID TO BE BILATERAL, I.E., ONE ON EACH SIDE. |
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| A CONDITION IN WHICH THE UPPER TEETH CLOSE TOO FAR OVER THE LOWER, WHICH USUALLY BITE INTO THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH. |
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| IN RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY, A METHOD OF ETCHING THE TOOTH ENAMEL WITH AN ACID TO PROVIDE AN ADHESION OF COMPOSITE FILLING MATERIAL TO THE TOOTH'S SURFACE. |
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| A SYNTHETIC THERMOPLASTIC SUBSTANCE RESEMBLING CLEAR GLASS, BUT LIGHTER IN WEIGHT, WHICH PERMITS PASSAGE OF ULTRAVIOLET RAYS AND ITS USED IN MAKING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND TEMPORARY ARTIFICAL EYES. |
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| SUPPLEMENTARY AND ADDITIONAL THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES. |
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| AL ALTERATION OR MODIFICATION THAT MAY BE REQIURED ON A TOOTH OR A DENTURE (AFTER IT HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE MOUTH). oCCLUSAL ADJUSTMENT IS A FORM OF MODIFICATION. |
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| REDUCTION OR LOSS OF SENSITIVITY TO PAIN WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. |
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| DRUG THAT PRODUCES LOSS OF FEELING OR SENSATION EITHER AS LOCAL OR GENERAL ANESTHESIA. |
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| PERTAINING TO THE APEX ORCONICAL ENDINGS OF THE ROOT OF THE TEETH. |
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| IN DENTISTRY, A DEVICE USED TO REPLACE MISSING PARTS, PROVIDE FUNCTION, OR PERFORM A THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE. DENTAL PROSTHESES, SPLINTS, ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, AND OBTURATORS ARE EXAMPLES OF APPLIANCES. |
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| A DENTURE OR BRIDGEWORK, COMPOSED OF TWO MATERIALS - PROCELAIN OR PLASTIC. THE FORMER IS HARD, BAKED VITREOUS MATERIAL WITH SPECIFIC PROPERTIES. THE LATTER IS LESS HARD, MORE RESILIENT MATERIAL WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS AND INDICATED USES. |
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| IN ORTHODONTICS, A METALLIC ATTACHMENT THAT SURROUNDS AND IS CEMENTED TO THE TOOTH, USED TO ANCHOR ARCHWIRES TO THE TEETH. |
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| A PROTECTIVE MATERIAL, SUCH AS CEMENT, PLACED OVER THE PULPAL AREA OF THE TOOTH (PULP NOT EXPOSED) TO REDUCE IRRITATION AND THERMAL SHOCK OF THE PULP. IN DENTURES, THE PART OF A DENTURE THAT REPLACES THE NORMAL CONTOURS OF THE SOFT TISSUES AND SUPPORTS THE ARTIFICAL TEETH. |
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| AN APPLIANCE THAT COVERS THE OCCLUSAL AND INCISAL SURFACES OF THE TEETH. IT IS USED TO STABILIZE THE TEETH OR TO PROVIDE A FLAT SURFACE FOR UNOBSTRUCTIVE MOVEMENT OF THE MANDIBLE. |
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| AN X-RAY SHWING THE CROWNS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER TEETH AND A PORTION OF THE ROOTS AND SUPPORTING BONE. |
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| A TECHNIQUE THAT RESTORES A DISCOLORED TOOTH TO ITS NATURAL COLOR. |
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| A PARTIAL DENTURE; BRIDGEWORK |
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| THE UNCONSCIOUS HABIT OF GRINDING THE TEETH, OFTEN LIMITED TO DURING SLEEPING OR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL CONCENTRATION OR STRAIN. |
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| PERTAINING TO THE CHEEK. THE BUCCAL SURFACE OF A TOOTH IS A SURFACE NEXT TO THE CHEEK. |
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