Periodontics Flashcards
A tooth or implant used for support and retention of a crown or removable partial denture
Abutment
Wearing away of a structure through an abnormal mechanical process
Abrasion
A screw that secures (holds) the abutment to the implant
Abutment screw
Accumulation of foreign materials on the teeth (plaque, material alba, calculus)
Accretions
Without cells
Acellular
Cementum that does not contain cementocytes
Acellular cementum
A thin film derived from salivary glycoproteins which forms over the surface of a clean tooth when it is exposed to saliva
Acquired pellicle
In addition to
Adjunctive
Molecules on bacteria that attach to the tooth
Adhesions
Utilizing and dependent on oxygen
Aerobic
A controlled stream of sodium bicarbonate used to remove extrinsic tooth stains and dental plaque
Air polishing
The most coronal part of the interproximal bone
Alveolar crest
Compact and cancellous bone that surrounds and supports the roots of the teeth
Alveolar process
Non-oxygen utilizing. Oxygen is toxic to these organisms
Anaerobic
Root size and shape and position of teeth in arch that may influence the accumulation of biofilm a
Anatomic factors
Classification of different types of malocclusion based on the relationship of the anteroposterior relationship of the dental arches
Angle’s classification of malocclusion
The mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first permanent molar occludes in the buccal groove of the mandibular first molar. Crowding has to be present
Angle’s Class I (neutrocclusion)
The mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first permanent molar is mesial to the mandibular first molar; the mandibular dental arch is posterior to the maxillary arch
Angle’s Class II (distooclussion)
Labioversion of the maxillary incisors
Angle’s Class II Division 1
Linguoversion of the maxillary central incisors
Angle’s Class II, Division 2
