Mod 5 Flashcards
What does apicoectomy mean
Surgical removal of the apical portion of the tooth
What r the symptoms of pupal damage
Oversensitivity to hot n cold
Pain n discomfort
Facial swelling
What is debridement mean
Removal of debris,including neurotic nerve tissue,from a tooth root canel
What is extripation
Removal of infected pulp tissue within a tooth
What is necrotic pulp?
Non vital pulp that is dead & gangrenous
What is obturate
To fill the root cancels of a tooth
What is a periapical abscess
Infection from withit he tooth that spreads out through the apex & into surrounding bone
What does pulpitis mean
Inflammation of tooth pulp
What is alveolitis
A post extraction complication resulting in inflammation of the alveolar process also known as dry socket
What is ankyloglossia
Shortness of tongues frenum literally tongue tied
What is diastema mean
A gap between two teeth
What is exodontia mean
The extraction of a tooth
What is luxate mean
To put out of joint or place
What does malignant mean
Tumor that is life threatening ,such as a squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma
What is another name for calculus
Tarter
WHat is the socket of a tooth called
Alveolus
What is autonomy mean
Independent fuctioning
A tooth forcibly separated from its socket is called what
Avulsed tooth
What portion of the tooth can be seen clinically
Coronal
What is decalcification
The removal of calcium cells from the bone or teeth
What do they call the shedding of primary set of teeth
Exfoliate
What do they call the stuff that is inhaled and is a flammable anesthetic and gas
Nitrous oxide
What is a open bay
A big room with no walls
What is a non vital tooth
A tooth in witch the pulp tissue is dead