MOD D: Final Exam terminology Flashcards
Oral condition in which a tooth is partially to fully covered by bone and gingival tissue.
Hard tissue impaction
Surgical instrument used to grasp and hold onto teeth for their removal.
forceps
Light wire used to hold the arch wire in its bracket for orthodontics.
ligature
Tooth that has not erupted.
impacted tooth
Increased vertical overlap of the maxillary incisors
overbite
Tooth is partially to fully covered by gingival tissue.
soft tissue impaction
type of protective stabilization device that holds the pediatric patient’s hands, arms, and legs still
papoose board
Additional attachments, springs, hooks, bars and expanders used in orthodontics.
Auxiliary
Condition that occurs when a tooth is not properly aligned with its opposing tooth.
cross bite
Contoured metal wire that provides force when teeth are guided in movement for orthodontics.
arch wire
Surgical instrument used to hold or grasp items.
hemostat
Surgical instrument used to smooth rough edges of bone structure.
bone file
Diagnostic procedure in which cells are scraped from a suspect oral lesion for analysis.
exfoliative biopsy
Stainless steel ring attached to molars to hold the arch wire and auxiliaries for orthodontics.
band
Pain and inflammation resulting from exposed bone associated with disturbance of a blood clot after extraction of a tooth.
alveolitis
Excessive protrusion of the maxillary incisors.
overjet
To dislocate, as in the extraction of a tooth from its socket.
luxate
Displacement of a tooth from its socket as a result of injury.
extrusion
Surgical shaping and smoothing of the margins of the tooth socket after extraction of the tooth.
alveoplasty
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.
distoclusion
Lack of vertical overlap of the maxillary incisors, creating an opening of the anterior teeth
open bite
Small device bonded to teeth to hold the arch wire to the teeth.
bracket
Measure of the level of emotional maturity of pediatric patients.
emotional age
Torn away or dislodged by force.
avulsed
