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vocab test
Question | Answer |
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Analogy | comparison of similarities between things that otherwise are not a like. |
Frank Scale | scale designed to evalute patient behavier. |
Papoose Board | Type of restraining device that holds a pediatric patient's hands,arms,and legs still |
Cerebral Palsy | Neural disorder of motor function caused by brain damage. |
Neural | Referring to the brain,neervous system,and nerve path ways. |
Pediatric Dentistry | Dental specialty corcerned with neonatal through adolescent patients,as well as patients with specials need in these age groups. |
Prenatal | befor birth |
Autonomy | self-determination childhood process of becoming independent. |
Down Syndrome | Chromosomal defect that results in abnormal physical chracteristics and mental impairment; also called trisomy. |
Postnatal | After birth |
T-band | type of matrix band used for primary teeth |
Avulsed | turn away or dislodged by force. |
Chronologic Age | Actual age (month,years)pediatric patients |
Emotional Age | Measure of the level of emotional maturity of pediatric patients. |
Pulpotomy | Removal of the coronal portion of a vital pulp from a tooth. |
Mental Retardation | Disorder in which an individuals intellengence is under developed. |
Athetosis | Type of involuntary movement of the body face,and extremities. |
Intrusion | Displacement of a tooth into its socket as a result of injury. |
Extrusion | Dispacement of a tooth from its socketn as a resuts of injury |
Contour | to shape or conform an object. |