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| THE VITREOUS COVERING TISSUE OF THE CROWN OF THE TEETH, CONSISTING OF ENAMEL RODS OR PRISMS AND A CEMENTING INTERROD SUBSTANCE. |
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| THE BRANCH OF DENTISTRY THAT DEALS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE DENTAL PULP AND PERIAPICAL TISSUES. |
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| WEARING AWAY OR LOSS OF TOOTH STRUCTURE BY CHEMICAL PROCESS WITHOUT KNOWN BACTERIAL ACTION, USUALLY BEGINNING IN THE ENAMEL AT THE NECK OF THE TOOTH. |
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| THE ACT OF BREAKING UP, APPEARING, OR BECOMING VISIBLE; THE APPEARANCE OF A TOOTH THROUGH THE GUMS. |
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| REMOVAL OF A TOOTH FROM THE ORAL CAVITY |
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| PERTAINING TO THE FACE; THE SURFACE OF THE TOOTH OR APPLIANCE NEAREST TO THE LIPS OR CHEEKS; USED SYNONYMOUSLY WITH THE WORDS BUCCAL OR LABIAL. |
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| MATERIAL USED IN CLOSING CAVITIES IN CARIOUS TEETH; THE PROCESS OF INSERTING, CONDENSING, SHAPING, AND FINISHING A FILLING. |
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| A GROOVE OR CLEFT; A FAULT IN THE ENAMEL OF A TOOTH CAUSED BY IMPERFECT UNION. |
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| A SALT OF HYDROFLUORIC ACID. |
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| X-RAY OF THE MOUTH EQUALING 16 BITEWINGS. |
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| THE PART OF THE GUM THAT SURROUNDS THE TOOTH AND LIES CLOSE TO THE CREST OF THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE. |
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| PERTAINING TO THE SOFT TISSUES OF THE GUM AND THE TOOTH. |
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| THE SURGICAL EXCISION FROM SUPPORTED GINGIVAL TISSUE TO THE LEVEL WHERE IT IS ATTACHED, CREATING A NEW GINGIVAL MARGIN, APICAL AND POSTERIOR TO THE OLD. |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE GINGIVAL TISSUE; MAY BE CAUSED BY PRESSURE OR CONTACT OF DENTURES, METALLIC POISONING, FAULTY RESTORATIONS, DIETARY DEFICIENCY, HERPES VIRUS, HORMONAL IMBALANCES, MAL-OPPOSED TEETH, BACTERIAL INVASION, ORGANIC MALFUNCTION, OR PREGNANCY. |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE. |
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| A NOBLE METAL USED EXTENSIVELY IN DENTISTRY, CONSIDERED SUPERIOR BECAUSE OF ITS MALLEABILITY; MAY BE USED IN THE PURE OF ALLOYED STATE. |
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| THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND UNDERLYING CONNECTIVE TISSUE COVERING THE ALVEOLAR PROCESS AND NECKS OF ERUPTED TEETH. |
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| BAD BREATH DUE TO POOR ORAL HYGIENE, PERIODONTAL DISEASE, SINUSITIS, TONSILLITIS, OR BRONCHOPULMONARY DISEASE. |
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| APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE ANTERIOR SECTION OF THE PALATE COMPOSED OF RELATIVELY HARD AND UNYIELDING TISSUE. |
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| COMMONLY, ANY TOOTH THAT IS POSITIONED OR WEDGED AGAINST ANOTHER TOOTH, BONE, OR SOFT TISSUE, PREVENTING IT FROM ERUPTING NORMALLY. |
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| A DENTAL RESTORATION SHAPED TO THE FORM OF A CAVITY AND INSERTED AND SECURED WITH CEMENT. |
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| INSIDE OR WITHIN THE MOUTH. |
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