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A Complete Glossary of Dental Definitions
Proper Occlusion A beautiful smile where all of your teeth are straight and your top teeth line up with your bottom teeth |
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- Palatal Expander
- - A device used to make your jaw wider
- Panoramic x-ray
- - An x-ray taken by a machine that rotates around your head to give the orthodontist a picture of your teeth, jaws and other important information.
- Pathogenic
- - Pathogenic means can lead to disease
- Pathogens
- - Disease producing organisms that can exist in many different places. (e.g.: Air, dust, counter top surfaces, the body, etc.)
- Pathological
- - Pathological means related to, or caused by, disease
- Pathology
- - The study of abnormal (diseased) tissue conditions.
- Pediatric Dentist
- - A Pedodontist is a dentist who has had special training (usually two more years) after dental school in the field of children’s teeth
- Pediatric Dentistry
- - Pediatric Dentistry is the science of restoring the human primary dentition (baby teeth)
- Pedodontist
- - Pediatric Dentist
- Periapical
- - Periapical means around the tip of the root of the tooth
- Periapical Abscess
- - Periapical abscess is an inflammation with pus at the end of the root of the tooth
- Periodontal abscess
- - Periodontal abscess is an abscess of the soft tissue around the tooth
- Periodontics
- - Periodontics is the science of maintaining the health of the supporting structures around human dentition (teeth)
- Periodontist
- - A Periodontist is a dentist who has had special training (usually two more years) after dental school in the field of Periodontics (the teeth and their supporting structures)
- Periradicular Abscess
- - Periradicular abscess is an abscess with inflammation and pus around the root of the tooth
- Permanent teeth
- - Permanent teeth are the teeth that come in after the primary teeth have come out
- Pin and Ligature Cutter
- - A special plier use to cur off arch wires, ligatures etc.
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- Plaque
- - Plaque is the soft bacterial colonies on the teeth
- Porcelain Crown
- - A porcelain crown is a covering made out of fired ceramic that replaces missing tooth structure
- Posterior Teeth
- - The posterior teeth are the back teeth
- Premolar
- - Premolar is the newer term for bicuspid
- Preventative
- - Preventative is a general word meaning to prevent or stop an action from happening
- Primary teeth
- - Primary teeth are the first teeth in the human dentition
- Priodontal
- - Pretaining to the supporting and surrounding tissues of the teeth.
- Probing
- - Probing is the action of exploring in a remote region to obtain information
- Proper Occlusion
- - A beautiful smile where all of your teeth are straight and your top teeth line up with your bottom teeth
- Prophylaxis
- - Cleaning your teeth
- Prosthodontics
- - Prosthodontics is the science of replacing the human dentition (teeth) that has been lost to disease or neglect with an artificial replacement.
- Prosthodontist
- - A Prosthodontist is a dentist who has had special training (usually two years ) after dental school in the field of prosthetics (crowns, bridges, partial dentures, and full dentures)
- Proximal
- - Refers to the surfaces of teeth that touch the next tooth; the space between adjacent teeth is the interproximal space.
- Public Health Dentist
- - A Public Health Dentist is a dentist who has had special training (usually two more years) after dental school in the field of public health
- Pulp
- - The inside of the tooth
- Pulp Canal
- - Another name for the pulp chamber
- Pulp Chamber
- - The very inner part of your tooth containing nerve cells and blood vessels.
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blue = General Definition |
green = Dental Specialty |
brown = Field Of Practice |
| teal = Dental Procedure |
violet = Disease |
orange = Anatomy |
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