Implants

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Dental implants

Answer 1

Are titanium screws that are surgically placed inside the bone.

They are used to replace missing teeth

Question 2

Surgical stent

Answer 2

Acts as a guide during surgery to place the implant in the ideal location and at a precise angle

It’s made of clear acrylic with metal cylinders that are hollow and will allow the implant to be screwed into them

Question 3

Endosteal implants

Answer 3

Surgically placed into the bone and will osseointergrate

Question 4

Osseointigrate

Answer 4

Process in which the living jawbone naturally grows around the implanted dental supports

Question 5

Periodontal disease

Answer 5

A site specific infection that attack’s and affects the bone that surrounds the teeth and the tissues of the periodontium.

There are two stages: gingivitis and periodontitis

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Gingivitis

Answer 6

Inflammation of the gingival tissues induced by bacteria and plaque that has stuck to the tooth

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Gingiva

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Commonly referred to as the gums. This tissue covers the alveolar bone of the jaw that surrounds the neck of the teeth

Question 8

Epithelial attachment

Answer 8

Tissue at the base of the sulcus where the gingiva attaches to the tooth

Question 9

Sulcus

Answer 9

The space between the tooth and the free gingiva

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Periodontal ligaments

Answer 10

Dense connective fibers that Connect to the cementum with the alveolar bone

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Plaque

Answer 11

Harmful bacteria increase in mass and thickness until it forms a soft deposit of bacteria that covers the tooth

Question 12

Calculus

Answer 12

Tartar.

Calcified deposits in the teeth that are formed by the continuous presence of dental plaque

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Prophylaxis

Answer 13

Complete removal of calculus, plaque, and stain from the supragingival and subgingival tooth surfaces

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Subgingival

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Below the gingival tissue

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Supragingival

Answer 15

Above the gingival tissue

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Coronal polishing

Answer 16

Done by the DA

Polishing if tooth surface

Question 17

Ultrasonic scaler

Answer 17

Rapid calculus remover

Question 18

Complex extraction

Answer 18

When a conditions require additional skill and knowledge and instrumentation to remove a tooth

Question 19

Impacted tooth

Answer 19

Is a tooth that has not erupted

Question 20

Soft tissue impaction

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Indicates the tooth is under the gingival tissue

Question 21

Hard tissue impaction

Answer 21

Indicated that the tooth is partially or totally covered by tissue and bone

Question 22

Biopsy

Answer 22

Where tissue is removed and examined to find cancerous lesions in the oral cavity