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Book: Modern Dental Assisting - vocab review - Oral Diagnosis &TreatmentPlanning
Term | Definition |
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Detection | Act or process of discovering tooth imperfections or decay |
Extraoral | Outside the oral cavity |
Furcation | Area between two or more root branches. |
Intraoral | Within the oral cavity. |
Mobility | The have movement. |
Morphologically | Branch of biology that deals with form and structure. |
Palpation | Touching or feeling for abnormalities within soft tissue |
Probing | Use of a slender, flexibly instrument to explore and measure the periodontal pocket. |
Restoration | The use of a dental material to restore a tooth or teeth to a functional permanent unit. |
Symmetric | Balanced or even on both sides. |