MOD D: Final Exam terminology

Question 1

Oral condition in which a tooth is partially to fully covered by bone and gingival tissue.

Answer 1

Hard tissue impaction

Question 2

Surgical instrument used to grasp and hold onto teeth for their removal.

Answer 2

forceps

Question 3

Light wire used to hold the arch wire in its bracket for orthodontics.

Answer 3

ligature

Question 4

Tooth that has not erupted.

Answer 4

impacted tooth

Question 5

Increased vertical overlap of the maxillary incisors

Answer 5

overbite

Question 6

Tooth is partially to fully covered by gingival tissue.

Answer 6

soft tissue impaction

Question 7

type of protective stabilization device that holds the pediatric patient’s hands, arms, and legs still

Answer 7

papoose board

Question 8

Additional attachments, springs, hooks, bars and expanders used in orthodontics.

Answer 8

Auxiliary

Question 9

Condition that occurs when a tooth is not properly aligned with its opposing tooth.

Answer 9

cross bite

Question 10

Contoured metal wire that provides force when teeth are guided in movement for orthodontics.

Answer 10

arch wire

Question 11

Surgical instrument used to hold or grasp items.

Answer 11

hemostat

Question 12

Surgical instrument used to smooth rough edges of bone structure.

Answer 12

bone file

Question 13

Diagnostic procedure in which cells are scraped from a suspect oral lesion for analysis.

Answer 13

exfoliative biopsy

Question 14

Stainless steel ring attached to molars to hold the arch wire and auxiliaries for orthodontics.

Answer 14

band

Question 15

Pain and inflammation resulting from exposed bone associated with disturbance of a blood clot after extraction of a tooth.

Answer 15

alveolitis

Question 16

Excessive protrusion of the maxillary incisors.

Answer 16

overjet

Question 17

To dislocate, as in the extraction of a tooth from its socket.

Answer 17

luxate

Question 18

Displacement of a tooth from its socket as a result of injury.

Answer 18

extrusion

Question 19

Surgical shaping and smoothing of the margins of the tooth socket after extraction of the tooth.

Answer 19

alveoplasty

Question 20

Class II malocclusion in which the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first molar occludes (by more than the width of a premolar) mesial to the mesiobuccal groove of the mandibular first molar.

Answer 20

distoclusion

Question 21

Lack of vertical overlap of the maxillary incisors, creating an opening of the anterior teeth

Answer 21

open bite

Question 22

Small device bonded to teeth to hold the arch wire to the teeth.

Answer 22

bracket

Question 23

Measure of the level of emotional maturity of pediatric patients.

Answer 23

emotional age

Question 24

Torn away or dislodged by force.

Answer 24

avulsed