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CP Terminology
Practice for state test
Question | Answer |
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The foot controlled device to operate dental handpieces | Rheostat |
Saliva duct, located just below and in front of the ear | Parotid |
The division on a tooth with two roots | Bifurcation |
Curved inward | Concave |
Slightly rigged area located on the cervical third of certain teeth, that runs mesiodistally | Imbrication lines |
Covering on newly erupted primary teeth, left over from the epithelium and ameloblasts | Nasmyth's membrane |
Another word for primary teeth | Deciduous |
Holding an instrument in the same manor as a writing utensil | Modified pen grasp |
A tooth that is no longer alive | Nonvital |
Intrinsic stain stemming from either mother being given a certain antibiotic in her 3rd trimester of pregnancy or the child being given it in infancy or early childhood | Tetracycline stain |
Space in between the tooth and the free gingiva | Sulcus |
The bone that supports the tooth in it's position in the jaw | Alveolar |
Located at the base of the sulcus at the point where the tissue attaches to the tooth | Epithelial attachment |
Removal of necrotic tissue from the lining of the pocket wall, using a sharp instrument | Subgingival curettage |
Where the nerve and blood supply are located within the tooth | Pulp chamber |
Tooth at eight weeks of growth | Bud stage |
Tooth at ninth to tenth weeks of growth | Cap stage |
Tooth at eleventh to twelfth week of growth | Bell stage |
This stage varies per tooth and is when it is completely done growing | Maturation stage |
The portion of the tooth visible in the mouth | Clinical crown |
The name given to the process by which harmless bacterial spores are used to determine if sterilization has occurred | Biological indicator |
Used to determine whether or not instruments have been exposed to a certain temperature | Process indicator |
The outer layer covering the root of the tooth | Cementum |
The removal of supragingival calculus | Periodontal scaling |
Stains that form outside the tooth and can be removed | Extrinsic |
Stains inside the tooth that cannot be removed by polishing | Intrinsic |
Rounded, raised area located on the cervical third of the lingual surface of anterior teeth | Cingulum |
Thin, compact bone that lines each tooth socket | Lamina Dura |
Tip of the root of a tooth | Apex |
A hollow groove or depression in the bone | Fossa |
Line on the buccal surface of the tooth | Buccal groove |
Doing something methodically and well organized | Systematic |
A routine prophylaxis | Dental cleaning |
A flat, smooth piece of thread like material, used to remove bioburden | Dental tape |
Removes debris and fluid from the oral cavity during procedures | High volume evacuator |
Allows the heat to dissipate | Intermittent strokes |
How fast a dental handpiece is moving | Rotations per minute |
Upper jaw of a human | Maxilla |
Lower jaw of a human | Mandible |
Lack of adequate saliva | Xerostomia |
Incremental rings representing variations in the deposition of the enamel matrix during formation of the tooth | Lines of Retzius |
Lines registering the shock of birth | Neonatal lines |
Infected, bleeding gum tissue, causing pain and having a foul odor | Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis |
The practice of assuring and maintaining all armamentarium and procedure areas are free of microbial life, including sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilization | Asepsis |
The normal wearing away of tooth structure | Attrition |
The body's process of eliminating existing bone | Resorption |
Deepening of the gingival sulcus beyond normal | Periodontal pocket |
The portion of the tooth covered by enamel | Anatomical crown |
Used to stabilize the hand when holding an instrument that is placed in the oral cavity | Fulcrum |
To be given the authority to represent or act on behalf of another person, group or organization | Delegable |