Restorative Art Vocab D-E Flashcards
A wall of clay or cardboard to confine the flow of a casting material such as plaster of paris or moulage.
Dam
Separation of the head from the body; to decapitate is the act of such separation.
Decapitation
Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of microbial or autolytic enzymes.
Decomposition
Inactivation or removal or microbial toxins, as well as of living microbial pathogens themselves.
Decontamination
Below the surface.
Deep
A material employed to fill cavities or excisions and to serve as a foundation for the superficial wax restoration.
Deep Filler
Deviation from a straight line.
Deflection
Loss of moisture from the body or tissues.
Dehydrated
The loss of moisture from the body which may occur antemortem or postmortem.
Dehydration
Having the component parts closely compacted together, relatively opaque.
Dense
The thickness of the applied cosmetic.
Density
Oblique insertion of the teeth.
Dental Progathism (Buck Teeth)
Ligature around the superior and inferior teeth employed to hold the mandible in a fixed position.
Dental Tie
Artificial teeth.
Denture
Chemicals having the capability of displacing an unpleasant odor or of altering an unpleasant odor so that it is converted to a more pleasant one.
Deodorants (Masking Agents, Perfuming Agents)
To lower inferiorly or to reduce projection.
Depress
A hollow or concave region; the lowering of a part.
Depression
A muscle of facial expression which depresses the angle of the mouth.
Depressor Anguli Oris (Triangularis Muscle)
A muscle of facial expression which draws the lower lip inferiorly and slightly lateral.
Depressor Labii Inferioris (Quadratus Muscle)
A state or degree of being deep.
Depth
A deep skin found under the epidermis.
Derma (Dermis, Skin, Corium, True Skin)
The separation of the epidermis from the dermis as a result of putrefaction.
Desquamation (Skin Slip)
Rendered throughly dry; exhausted of moisture.
Desiccation
A variation from the common or established.
Deviation
A frontal-view geometric head shape which is widest across the cheekbones, narrowing in width in both the forehead and the jaws.
Diamond
A double bellied muscle which draws the hyoid bone superiorly.
Digastricus Muscle
Anatomical term describing fingers and ties; the thumb is #1 for each hand and the large toe is #1 for each foot.
Digits
A substance thinned or reduced in concentration; a cosmetic lessened in brillance.
Dilution
Measurements as to length, width or projection in solids and measurements of color as to hue, value, and intensity in pigments.
Dimension
Act of diminishing or decreasing.
Diminution
Shallow depressions located on the cheek or chin in a rounded or vertical form; natural facial markings.
Dimples
Disjoining of bones.
Disarticulate
Any abnormal color in or upon the human body.
Discoloration
Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system.
Disease
An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects/surfaces to destroy disease causing microbial agents, but usually not bacterial spores.
Disinfectant
The destruction and/or inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or on the body.
Disinfection
Unchecked putrefaction eventually results in complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones.
Disintegration
Separation of white light by a prism into its different colored rays.
Dispersion
The act of cutting apart.
Dissection