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Dentistry
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health-sciences
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dentistry
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1. Surgical procedures on the mouth including extractions - removal of cysts and tumours and repair of fractured jaws.
Sterilize
Endodontics
lingual
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2. Artistically pleasing and beautiful appearance
enamel
cusp
Ceramic
Esthetic
3. Ability to retain or hold something on place
Retention
Panorex Radiograph (Pan)
alveolus
Microleakage
4. Duration of the germicidal solution is effective after it is prepared for use
Use-life
Unerupted tooth
mandible
mucosa
5. Bone like covering of the root
prothesis
Nasal Bones
pulpotomy
Cementum
6. A tooth that has not pushed through the gum and assumed its correct position in the dental arch
Autoclave
Tragus
Galvanic
Unerupted tooth
7. The angle at the cross of the mouth where the upper and lower lip meet
Labial Commissure
Auto-cured
midline
Tartar
8. Tooth-cloured restoration made of porcelain - cemeted or bonded in place
Biologic Monitor
Use-life
Porcelain inlay or only
fissure
9. A lab tech who works directly with patients to fabricate dentures
Mandible
Denturist
Philtrum
Parietal Bone
10. Partial removal of the pulp tissue
Sealants
pulpotomy
Occipital Bone
Mandible
11. Able to restore or bring back natural appearance
Use-life
palate
lingual
Restorative
12. Soft - sticky white substance that accumulates on teeth; composed of bacteria and food debris due to inadequate dental hygiene
plaque
Restorative
Post and Core
Porcelain
13. Adjacent to the lips and cheeks
Broad-spectrum activity
dentition
Facial
Endodontics
14. Forms the lower jaw and is the movable bone of the skull. Capable of movement through the Temporomandibular Joint.
Microleakage
alveolus
Biologic Monitor
mandible
15. Capable of killing a wide variety of microbes
Panorex Radiograph (Pan)
Broad-spectrum activity
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Apicoectomy
16. Projection of the temporal bone located just behind the ear
Mastoid Process
Periapical
quadrant
Parietal Bone
17. Used to observe the inter proximal surfaces of the teeth. Includes the CROWNS of the mandibular and maxillary teeth. Used to see quads 2 & 3. Used to see inter-proximal decay and bone loss.
Ultrasonic Cleaner
Light Cured
Bite-wing Radiograph (BW)
lingual
18. Join the bridge of the nose
Tartar
Nasal Bones
Porcelain Veneer
Disinfect
19. Mixture of two or more metals
Alloy
WHMIS
Amalgam
Porcelain inlay or only
20. Creates the prominence of the cheek
Ultrasonic Cleaner
Indirect Pulp Cap
Zygomatic Process
Disinfect
21. An imaginary line running through the 'flattened out' arches - dividing the mouth into left and right arches- directly through the centrals
prothesis
midline
prophylaxis
Tartar
22. A bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
dentition
alveolus
Mental Protuberance
aveolar process
23. Lining of the oral cavity
Labii or Labia
Sealants
Onlay
mucosa
24. The natural opening at the end of the root.
Tartar
Apical Foramen
Retention
Parietal Bone
25. Forms the lower jaw and is the movable bone in the skull
Porcelain
Mandible
Tartar
quadrant
26. Forms the anterior part of the base of the skull
Post and Core
palate
Sphenoid Bone
Ala
27. Hard and soft tissue forming the roof of the mouth
oral pathologist
Periapical
gingiva
palate
28. Instrument for sterilization by means of moist heat under pressure
Pulpectomy
Ceramic
Autoclave
Frontal Bone
29. Reserved - or finished by a chemical or physical process
Root Canal Therapy
Microleakage
WHMIS
Cured
30. Hard covering of the crown of the tooth the hardest tissue of the body
enamel
Esthetic
Adhere
Ala
31. Specialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of dental pulp
pontic
inlay
Endodontics
aveolar process
32. Tooth structure that connects the tooth to the jaw
Cementum
Frontal Bone
Ethmoid
Root
33. The surgical removal of the apical portion of the tooth through a surgical opening made in the bone and gingival tissues. It is usually performed if RCT has failed and to control infection. Surgical opening is filed with amalgam
gingiva
fissure
Apicoectomy
Retention
34. Pad of tissue behind the last molar on the mandible.
prosthodontist
Retromolar Pad
Panorex Radiograph (Pan)
Distal
35. Forms most of the roof of the upper sides of the cranium
Cephalometric film Radiograph (Ceph)
Parietal Bone
Mandible
Sterilize
36. Mixture of alloys with MERCURY
Distal
Amalgam
Occipital Bone
Denturist
37. Darker-colored border around the lips
palate
Vermilion Border
WHMIS
prophylaxis
38. Thin metal rod inserted into the root of a tooth after RCT; provides retention for a 'coping' that replaces a lost tooth structure and retains crown.
Broad-spectrum activity
Incisal
post
Frontal Bone
39. Material hardens as a result of a chemical reaction of the material being mixed together
Auto-cured
Tragus
Mandible
gingiva
40. Natural teeth of the dental arch
Tragus
Microleakage
Ala
dentition
41. Major tissue composing teeth - covered by the enamel in the crown and a protective layer of cementum in the root
oral pathologist
Dentin
Broad-spectrum activity
kull
42. The part of a fixed bridge that is suspended between abutments and replaces a missing tooth; a fixed appliance
Maxilla
Retromolar Pad
pontic
quadrant
43. A panoramic film shows a wide view of the upper and lower jaws on a single film. Used for checking wisdom - missing and extra teeth.
abscess
Panorex Radiograph (Pan)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Nasal Bones
44. Thin resin matierial bonded in the pits and fissures of thee for the prevention of decay
Root
Sealants
Porcelain
abscess
45. Rectangular area from under the nose to the midline of the upper lip
quadrant
Philtrum
Porcelain
Disinfect
46. The process where SOME forms of microorganisms are destroyed. it does not destroy spores and resistant viruses.
kull
Disinfect
Onlay
Mental Protuberance
47. Forms the forehead - part of the floor of the cranium and most of the root of the orbits
Porcelain Veneer
midline
Pulp Cap
Frontal Bone
48. Workplace Hazards Materials Information System
WHMIS
Radiolucent
Bite-wing Radiograph (BW)
Tragus
49. Procedure of scaling and polishing teeth to prevent disease
prophylaxis
Sterilize
WHMIS
pulp
50. Farthest from the midline
Distal
Endodontics
Adhere
Ethmoid