Dental Vocabulary
A
Acrylate
Material to make mostly detachable and temporary dentures
Aplasia
Lack of teeth due to disturbance of growth (malformation)
B
Bridge
It is to replace one or two missing teeth where the pillars of the bridge are the neighbouring teeth. They connect with the crowns on the neighbouring teeth.
C
Carving - sculption
The removal of teeth and roots from the jaw-bone
Cement substance of tooth
Tissue covering the root of the teeth
Combined denture
Repairing treatment by the combination of fixed and removable set of false teeth
Contact point
Contacting point of two neighbouring teeth when talking about the entire row of teeth
Crown
Aesthetic and functional repairing method of decayed teeth involving little healthy tooth tissue - crown of tooth
Crown of tooth
Part of tooth found in the oral cavity
Cyst
Bursa filled with liquid, a kind of deformation in the tissues
D
Decayed teeth
very worn, decayed teeth
Deceased tooth
Due to some outer effect the pulp has deceased, these teeth will be removed or root treatment will be done.
Dental caries
Death of tooth-tissue caused by bacteria
Dental deposit / Calculus dentis
The calcified form of pellicle, strongly attached to the teeth, caused by improper dental care
Dental enamelenamelum
A hard tissue which covers the crown part of the tooth
Dental-floss
Instrument to clean the spaces between teeth
Dental foyer (decay)
Decease, which causes complaints in other parts of the body, because of incorrectly treated teeth or infected parodontium
Denture
The replacement of missing teeth with some dental-work
E
Eye-tooth - Canine
Dens caninus
F
Filling a cavity
After removing the deceased tissues of the teeth the replacement of missing tissues by some plastic filling
Fine-mechanical Fixative-elements
Elements assuring the functional and aesthetic connection of detachable and fixed parts of combined dentures (Ceka, Ot-cap)
Front-tooth
Dens frontalis
G
Gingiva and bone-bag
Disease of gingiva or parodontium caused by some inflammation, the consequence of which is the atrophy of the
tissues in the gingiva or in the matrix causing the loosening of the teeth
Gums-gingiva
Part of the parodontium, mucous membrane of mouth around the tooth
I
Impacted tooth
A tooth hampered in breaking through to the surface
Implant
An artificial tooth-root to replace one or more missing teeth, built into the jaw-bone through an operation
Impression taking
Accurate taking an impression of prepared teeth with different materials to provide the dental technician. The impression is a negative copy.
Impacted tooth
Teeth that have not broken through within the jaw-bone or palate. They can only be seen by X-ray
Incomplete root-filling
Not prepared in accordance with the professional criteria
Inflammation
The protective reaction of the organism against harmful effects
Inlay
After the removal of the damaged tissue of the tooth. This is a solid filling to replace the missing tissues. It can be ceramics or plastic.
Interdental papilla
Part of gingiva of a triangle shape between two neighbouring tooth-crowns
Inter-dental toothbrush
Instrument suitable for cleaning spaces between teeth and the neck
M
Mandible
Lower jaw, site of lower teeth
Mandible joint
Connection of upper and lower jaw-bones, which makes the moving of the jaw possible
Mastication surface
Surface where the upper and lower row of teeth meet
Metal frame of bridges or crowns
The base of the traditional crowns is made up by a so called metal frame, which can be an alloy
of noble or non-noble metal. This is covered by ceramics
Mouth-wash
Solution to treat and prevent inflammation in the oral cavity
O
OP - exposure
A panorama X-ray exposure, where all the teeth of the patient can be seen - taken altogether with roots, dentures,
misses, root-filled teeth, arcylate, and the jaw-bones with the lower part of the facial cavity
Osteoplasty
In case of insufficient bony substance the replacement of bone tissue with a substitute material or the patient's own bone
P
Palate-palatum
The upper edge of the oral cavity
Parodonthophatia
Summarizes the diseases of parodontium
Parodontium
Assures the fixation of teeth
Porcelain
Material similar to the characteristics of dental enamel, good for making dentures
Preparation of teeth
Working on available teeth by the dentist, suitable for the different dentures
Prosthesis set of false teeth
When most teeth are missing, this is one kind of method for replacement - It is necessarily removable
Provisional denture
This is used until the permanent denture is created
Pulling of tooth/extraction
The removing of the tooth out of the jaw-bone
Pulp
Place of veins and nerves nourishing the inner tooth
R
Root-filling
The hermetic filling of the place of the pulp with some root-filling material
Root-pin building-up
Artificial dental-tissue replacement stuck into the radix canal of the tooth
Root-radix
Part of the tooth in the jaw-bone, which fixes the tooth
Root tip-resection
The removal of the tip of the root of the tooth by an operation in order to preserve the tooth
Root-treatment
The elimination of the pulp, the preparation of the radix canal to root-filling
S
Sinus-lifting
During an implantation it might occur there is not enough bone-height in the upper jaw-bone to place the implant. By lifting the base of the facial cavity, a suitable bone-height may be created
Sonicus toothbrush
The further developed version of an electric toothbrush, which cleans the teeth by using ultrasound
T
Tooth-jewel
A tiny precious stone stuck on a front tooth, or a figurative leaf made out of noble metal
Tooth matrix / dentin
Tissue making up most of the tooth, surrounding the pulp
Tooth paste
Material suitable for cleaning the teeth. The sodium-fluoride content should be greater than 1500 ppm.
Tooth whitening
The removing of discolouration or reaching a lighter colour than that of the present one
U
Upper jaw-bone (maxilla)
The site of upper teeth
V
Veneer-ceramics
A thin layer of ceramics mostly made for fore-teeth for aesthetic purposes.
Vitality examination
The examination of the operation of tooth-nerves in order to decide if root treatment is necessary or not
W
Wandering of teeth in the jaw-bones
The fixation of the teeth in the jaw-bones makes it possible for teeth to move when other teeth are missing, for example:
After a tooth is missing. Because of the movement of neighbouring teeth, the empty space may narrow after a while
Wisdom-tooth
Dens serotinus
Z
Zirconium-dioxide
According to up-to-date research, this is a material similar to the characteristics of dental tissues and suitable for creating dentures