Dental System Assessment (terms) Flashcards
What term describes a collection of pus?
Abscess
What term describes an inflammation of the pulp usually due to injury from dental caries or trauma?
Acute Pulpitis
What is the most frequent cause of severe tooth pain?
Acute Pulpitis
What term describes pain and inflammation resulting from exposed bone associated with disturbance of a blood clot after extraction of a tooth?
Alveoloar Osteitis
What is another name for Alveoloar Osteitis?
Dry Socket
What is the Natural opening in the root of a tooth?
Apical Foramen
What term describes the common form of oral mucosal ulcer?
Apthous Ulcer (Canker sore)
What term means torn or dislodged by force?
Avulsed
What term describes the calcium and phosphate salts in saliva that become mineralized and adhere to tooth surfaces.
Calculus (tartar)
What term describes a superficial infection caused by yeast like fungus?
Candidiasis (thrush)
What term describes chalky white spots on the enamel?
Caries
What term describes inflammation of cellular or connective tissue?
cellulitis
What term describes a specialized external bony layer covering the dentin of the part of a tooth normally within the gum?
Cementum
What term describes a fluid or semi-solid, fluid filled sac?
cyst
What term describes a pitted area in the tooth caused by decay?
Dental Cavity
What is the hard portion of the root that surround the pulp and is covered by enamel on the crown and by cementum on the root?
Dentin
What part of the root transmits pain stimuli by way of the dental fibers?
Dentin
What term describes the natural teeth in the the dental arch?
Dentition
What makes up the anatomic crown of the tooth?
Enamel
What is the hardest material in the body?
Enamel
What is a shallow injury in the mucosa caused by mechanical trauma?
Dental Erosion
What term describes a connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain a part?
Frenum
What term describes the masticatory mucosa that covers the alveolar processes of the jaws and surrounds the necks of the teeth.?
Gingiva (gums)
What term describes inflammation of the gingival tissue?
Gingivitis
What is the most common human disease and is one of the easiest to treat and control?
Gingivitis
What term describes inflammation of the tongue?
Glossitis
What part of the mouth is noted for its softer texture, moist surface, and ability to stretch and be compressed, thereby acting as a cushion for underlying structures?
Lining
What term describes the formation of white spots or patches on the oral mucosa?
Leukoplakia (aka white patch)
What term describes a severe infection of the gingival tissue?
Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis (NUG) aka Trench Mouth
What term describes the natural contact of maxillary and mandibular teeth in all positions?
Occlusion
What structure is almost continuously lines the oral cavity?
Oral Mucosa
What type of tissue lines the oral mucosa?
stratifed squamus epithelium
What term describes the study of all diseases in the oral cavity?
Oral Pathology
What term describes an alveolar abscess localized around the apex of the tooth root?
Periapical Abscess
What term describes an inflammation of the gingiva around a partially erupted tooth?
Pericoronitis
What term describes an inflammatory reaction that is frequently caused by bacteria entrapped in the periodontal sulcus?
Periodontal Abscess
What term describes infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth?
Periodontal Disease
What is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults?
Periodontal Disease
What term the fibrous connective tissue layer co covering the cementum of a tooth and holding it in place in the jaw bone?
Periodontal Ligament
What term describes inflammatory disease of the supporting tissue of the teeth?
Periodontitis
What term describes the structures that surround, support and attach to the teeth?
Peridontium
How many permanent teeth are there?
32
How many primary teeth are there?
20
What term describes soft deposits on teeth that consists of bacterial and bacterial byproducts?
Plaque
What is the soft tissue inside the tooth developed from connective tissue of the dental papilla?
Pulp
What is the chief function of pulp?
The formation of dentin
What is a general term used to denote inflammation of the oral mucosa?
Stomatitis
What term describes the space between tooth and free gingiva?
Sulcus
