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| mixture of one or more metals with mercury. In dentistry it refers to a mixture of silver ally and mercury which is used as a restrative material |
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1. to soften a casting by controlled heating and cooling
2. the process f degassing pure gold to allow it to be cold-welded |
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| artificial wall fabricated usually from a thin strip of metal and shaped to duplicate the contour of a tooth having a portion missing because of cavity preparation. Serves as a wall to retain restorative material during the time it is condensed into the cavity until it hardens and the matrix is removed |
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| canine to canine. used to identify the six front teeth of the upper and lower jaws, it includes the cuspids, lateral incisors and central incisors. |
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| excess metal remaining after a dental casting has been made. The entire casting consists of the inlay, only or a crown itself, a sprue, which is between the inlay and the buttn, and the button. |
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| restoration that covers all exposed surfaces of a tooth. This is generally a lay term |
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| restoration that covers all exposed surfaces of a tooth. 2) the anatomic crown of a tooth is the portion of the tooth above the cervical line. 3. the clinical crown is the portion of the tooth above the gingival tissue |
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| any material used to fill a void in any surface of a tooth whether temporary or permanent. |
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| between the proximal surfaces of adjoining teeth |
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| arch like arrangement of the teeth and their supporting structures of the lower jaw |
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| refers to operative dentistry which is that field of dentistry concerned with operations upon natural teeth for the repair of damage inflicted by caries, injuries, or malocclusion so that the teeth are restored to proper form, function and health. |
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| general term used to identify all teeth located distal to the cuspids and includes the bicuspids and molars. |
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| surface of a posterior tooth nearest to the cheek. |
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| away from the midline of the dental arch |
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| outer surfaces of the teeth. includes labial and buccal surfaces |
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| cutting edge of an anterior tooth |
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| surface of any anterior tooth nearest the lip |
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| surface of any tooth nearest the tongue |
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| toward the midline of the dental arch. That surface of any tooth closest to the midline. |
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| toward the point of closure of teeth in opposite arches. The surface of posterior teeth that meet in closure with the same surfaces of teeth in the opposite arch |
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| a sharp pointed depression in the enamel usually the junction of two fissures |
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| one of the surfaces of a tooth either mesial or distal which lies next to an adjacent tooth |
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| in a direction toward the apex or tip of the roots of a tooth |
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| cavities beginning in a structure defects of the teeth such as pits or fissured grooves. can be buccal, lingual, occlusal. |
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| cavities in the proximal surfaces of posterior teeth |
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| cavities in proximal surfaces of anterior teeth |
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| cavities in the proximal surfaces of anterior teeth that do not involve the incisal angle |
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| cavities in the gingival third of a facial or lingual surfaces of any tooth. no pit cavities |
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| cavities on the incisal edges or the cusp tips of the teeth |
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| widened or fanned-out portion of a cavity preparation established to increase retention and resistance form. |
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| central portion f the cavity preparation on the occlusal surface of a bicuspid or molar. In a class I preparation, the isthmus is located between the mesial and distal dovetails. In a class II preparation the isthmus is between two proximal flares or one proximal flare and dovetail. |
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| any portion of a cavity preparation in which the walls converge towards the surface. for cavity preparations made to contain silver amalgam and various plastic restorative materials. |
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| junction of the walls of a cavity with the surface of the tooth |
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| white, hard mineralized tissue covering the dentin of the anatomical crown of the tooth. |
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| occur along the lines of developmental grooves. faults caused by imperfect joining of enamel of the different lobes. |
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| a hard tissue which forms the main body of a tooth. it surrounds the pulp and is coverd by enamel or cementum |
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| bone-like tissue covering the anatomical roots of the teeth |
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| soft tissue covered by dentin occupying the pulp chamber and pulp canals of teeth |
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| enlarged portion of the pulp cavity lying in the central part of the crown |
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| part of pulp cavity extending into the tooth root |
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| circumferential area around a tooth where the cementum and the enamel meet. also called the cervical line. |
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| line of meeting between the dentin and enamel |
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