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DA_CH36
Book: Modern Dental Assisting - vocab review - Moisture Control
Term | Definition |
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Aspirate | To draw back or to draw within |
Bow | Rounded part of clamp that extends through the dental dam |
Exposed | Pertaining to selected teeth visible through the dam; "exposed" |
Jaws | Part of a clamp that is shaped into four prongs to help stabilize the clamp on the tooth |
Malaligned | Displaced out of line, especially teeth displaced from normal relation to the line of the dental arch; also called "malposed" |
Septum | Dental dam material located between the holes of the punched dam |
Stylus | Sharp, pointed tool used for cutting. |
Universal | Pertaining to the same clamp that can be placed on the same type of tooth in the opposite quadrant |
Winged Clamp | Type of dental dam clamp that has extensions to help retain the dental dam |