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Gaylor S&T Wk#4

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Aesthetics   A drug which a doctor or dentist uses to put you, your mouth, or some other part of your body asleep so you do not feel any pain during dental or medical procedures.  
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Archwire   is a wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch, that can be used as a source of force in correcting irregularities in the position of the teeth with dental braces.  
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Bands   a rubber ring that is placed around the bracket to hold the wire in place on the braces  
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Brackets   A metal or ceramic part that is glued onto a tooth and serves as a means of fastening the arch wire  
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Bridge   a simple rigid structure in the shape of an ā€œLā€ fixed to a vertical surface  
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Bruxism   Clenching or grinding of your teeth  
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Cephalograph   x-ray of the skull (cephal/o means skull)  
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Crossbite   A malocclusion where some of your upper teeth are inside of your lower teeth when you bite down  
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Elastics   a rubber band, a flexible stretchable fabric made interwoven strands of rubber or an imitative synthetic fiber  
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Edentulous   Toothless or someone is said to be edentulous is when all of their teeth are missing from either their upper or lower jaw.  
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Endontics   treatment of dental pulp diseases  
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Fixed appliances   any orthodontic component that is cemented or bonded to the teeth.  
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Full crown   cast restoration that covers the entire anatomic crown of the tooth  
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Full dentures   replacement of all teeth in an arch  
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Headgear   external orthodontic appliance used to control growth and tooth movement  
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Mastication   chewing food: to grind and pulverize food inside the mouth, using teeth and jaws  
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Malocclusion   Poor positioning of your teeth.  
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Occlusion   The alignment and spacing of your upper and lower teeth when you bite down.  
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Orthodontics   correction of teeth irregularities  
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Overbite   where the upper jaw (maxillary) is farther out than the lower jaw (mandible)  
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Palate   The hard and soft tissues forming the roof of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.  
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Partial crown   a restoration that covers three or more, but not all surfaces of the tooth  
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Partial dentures   removable prosthesis (fake teeth) replacing teeth within the same arch  
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Periodontal disease   disease of the gums  
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Periodontics   dental treatment of gums  
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Pontic   artificial tooth that replaces a missing natural tooth  
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Prosthodontics   replacement of teeth  
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Removable appliances   Removable orthodontic appliances used to effect simple tipping movements of one tooth or several  
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Temporomandibluar joint   joint on each side of head that allows for movement of the mandible  
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Veneer   thin layer of composite resin or porcelain bonded or cemented to a prepared facial surface  
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YEAH WE ARE ON 4TH WEEK!   YOU DID IT!  
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