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Dentistry
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health-sciences
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1. 1/2 of one dental arch
mucosa
quadrant
enamel
Adhere
2. Duration of the germicidal solution is effective after it is prepared for use
Use-life
Mental Protuberance
Porcelain Veneer
Interproximal
3. Forms the sides and the base of the cranium - each temporal bone encloses the ear and contains the bony passage of the outer ear
Labii or Labia
Temporal Bones
Mental Protuberance
Radiopaque
4. Artistically pleasing and beautiful appearance
Porcelain Veneer
Apical Foramen
Esthetic
Sterilize
5. Forms part if the floor of the cranium - orbit and nasal cavity
Ethmoid
Apical Foramen
Labial Commissure
Post and Core
6. A thin layer of porcelain - fabricated by a laboratory and bonded to a natural tooth to replace lost tooth structure - close spaces - straighting teeth or change colour and/or shape
Root Canal Therapy
gingiva
mandible
Porcelain Veneer
7. Soft yellow corrosive resistant metal used in making indirect restorations
Labii or Labia
Gold
Galvanic
Apicoectomy
8. 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.
Dentin
Philtrum
Panorex Radiograph (Pan)
Apicoectomy
9. Forms most of the roof of the upper sides of the cranium
Unerupted tooth
Onlay
Radiolucent
Parietal Bone
10. The bone that supports the tooth in its position within the jaw.
alveolar bone
pulpotomy
Bite-wing Radiograph (BW)
bicuspid
11. Procedure of scaling and polishing teeth to prevent disease
Direct Pulp Cap
fissure
prophylaxis
Nasal Bones
12. Forms the forehead - part of the floor of the cranium and most of the root of the orbits
Vermilion Border
Tragus
cusp
Frontal Bone
13. A lab tech who works directly with patients to fabricate dentures
Microleakage
Nasal Bones
Denturist
bicuspid
14. Mixture of alloys with MERCURY
Amalgam
gingiva
Porcelain Veneer
pulp
15. An imaginary line running through the 'flattened out' arches - dividing the mouth into left and right arches- directly through the centrals
Indirect Pulp Cap
Ultrasonic Cleaner
midline
Ceramic
16. Soft - sticky white substance that accumulates on teeth; composed of bacteria and food debris due to inadequate dental hygiene
Mandible
Porcelain inlay or only
Unerupted tooth
plaque
17. Soft tissue surronding the teeth - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
prothesis
Porcelain Veneer
gingiva
Direct Pulp Cap
18. Winglike tip of the outer side of the nostril
Esthetic
inlay
palate
Ala
19. Dental specialist treating the gums and supporting soft and hard tissues retaining natural teeth and the surgical placement of dental implants
pontic
periodontist
Mental Protuberance
cusp
20. Denoting the area between two teeth
Broad-spectrum activity
lingual
prophylaxis
Interproximal
21. Join the bridge of the nose
Dentin
plaque
Nasal Bones
Biologic Monitor
22. Tooth-cloured restoration made of porcelain - cemeted or bonded in place
Mastoid Process
Tartar
Root Canal Therapy
Porcelain inlay or only
23. The natural opening at the end of the root.
Light Cured
WHMIS
Post and Core
Apical Foramen
24. The process that cleans and destroys FEW microorganisms
Sanitize
Autoclave
Frontal Bone
Mandible
25. Process of removing pulp of a tooth and filling ir with an inert material.
Endodontics
Galvanic
Root Canal Therapy
alveolus
26. Upper jaw that consists of two maxillary bones
Interproximal
Temporal Bones
oral pathologist
Maxilla
27. Dentist specializing in oral diseses
Ultrasonic Cleaner
Porcelain Veneer
oral pathologist
prosthodontist
28. Forms the lower jaw and is the movable bone of the skull. Capable of movement through the Temporomandibular Joint.
Porcelain Veneer
lingual
plaque
mandible
29. Posterior tooth with two cusps for tearing and chewing
mandible
Amalgam
bicuspid
Retromolar Pad
30. Cast or porcelain restoration tht includes the occulsal table - both proximal and some or all of the cusp surfaces to avoid future fracture. has less tooth sensitivity with onlays and with last longer than amalgam or composite fillings.
Periapical
Apicoectomy
Zygomatic Process
Onlay
31. Workplace Hazards Materials Information System
Porcelain Veneer
WHMIS
alveolar bone
Microleakage
32. An infection of a tooth - soft tissue or bone
Porcelain
Tuberosity
abscess
Mandible
33. A medicated covering over a small area of exposed pulp tissue
Pulp Cap
Disinfect
Pulpectomy
post
34. Darker-colored border around the lips
Radiopaque
Sanitize
Adhere
Vermilion Border
35. The part of a fixed bridge that is suspended between abutments and replaces a missing tooth; a fixed appliance
quadrant
fissure
Periapical Radiograph (PA)
pontic
36. 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
Apicoectomy
Tuberosity
Interproximal
prosthodontist
37. Creates the prominence of the cheek
Apical Foramen
Apicoectomy
periodontist
Zygomatic Process
38. Procelain fused to metal crown - restoration with metal coping (for strength) covered by porcelain (for appearance).
Esthetic
PFM
prothesis
Radiolucent
39. Forms the lower jaw and is the movable bone in the skull
midline
Nasal Bones
Vermilion Border
Mandible
40. Mixture of two or more metals
Alloy
Dentin
Ala
Microleakage
41. An artificial body part
prothesis
Periapical
Broad-spectrum activity
Broad-spectrum activity
42. Capable of killing a wide variety of microbes
Disinfect
Labii or Labia
Broad-spectrum activity
Auto-cured
43. Material hardens as a result of a chemical reaction of the material being mixed together
Auto-cured
kull
Sealants
Tragus
44. Hard and soft tissue forming the roof of the mouth
Ceramic
Pulp Cap
Root
palate
45. Known as the chin
Zygomatic Process
Porcelain Veneer
Cured
Mental Protuberance
46. Reserved - or finished by a chemical or physical process
Mandible
Cured
Pulp Cap
PFM
47. Biting surface of the two front teeth
Incisal
WHMIS
quadrant
Denturist
48. Bone surronding the teeth
aveolar process
Maxilla
WHMIS
Sanitize
49. Specialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of dental pulp
Endodontics
Sterilize
Galvanic
Occipital Bone
50. Tooth structure that connects the tooth to the jaw
Sanitize
Interproximal
Root
oral pathologist