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Course 26 Unit 4 11-20
Dental Assisting Spelling and Terminology
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2011

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Term
Chronic
Definition
on and off pain controlled by medication
Term
Vital
Definition
Alive
Term
Exudate
Definition
a seepage of pus
Term
Apicoectomy
Definition
The surgical amputation of the root tip of a tooth
Term
Retrofilling
Definition
Placing a filling at the apex of a root tip
Term
Chronic Pulpalgia
Definition
Pain that comes and goes caused by sweets, cold and hot temperatures.
Term
Caustic
Definition
An agent that burns or destroys tissue
Term
Endodontics
Definition
A branch of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the pulp and the periapical tissue
Term
Endo Condenser
Definition
Long neck instrument used to pack gutta percha into place
Term
Broach
Definition
Used to remove debris and degenerated tissue fromt he canal
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