| D003741 |
Dental Deposits |
Accumulations of microflora that lead to pathological plaque and calculus which cause PERIODONTAL DISEASES. It can be considered a type of BIOFILMS. It is subtly distinguished from the protective DENTAL PELLICLE. |
Materia Alba,Dental Deposit,Deposit, Dental,Deposits, Dental |
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| D003777 |
Dental Prophylaxis |
Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction. |
Prophylaxis, Dental |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D012534 |
Dental Scaling |
Removal of dental plaque and dental calculus from the surface of a tooth, from the surface of a tooth apical to the gingival margin accumulated in periodontal pockets, or from the surface coronal to the gingival margin. |
Root Scaling,Scaling, Dental,Scaling, Root,Scaling, Subgingival,Scaling, Supragingival,Root Scalings,Scalings, Root,Subgingival Scaling,Supragingival Scaling |
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| D013357 |
Subgingival Curettage |
Removal of degenerated and necrotic epithelium and underlying connective tissue of a periodontal pocket in an effort to convert a chronic ulcerated wound to an acute surgical wound, thereby insuring wound healing and attachment or epithelial adhesion, and shrinkage of the marginal gingiva. The term is sometimes used in connection with smoothing of a root surface or ROOT PLANING. (Jablonski; Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982) |
Gingival Curettage,Periodontal Epithelial Debridement,Curettage, Gingival,Curettage, Subgingival,Curettages, Gingival,Curettages, Subgingival,Debridement, Periodontal Epithelial,Debridements, Periodontal Epithelial,Epithelial Debridement, Periodontal,Epithelial Debridements, Periodontal,Gingival Curettages,Periodontal Epithelial Debridements,Subgingival Curettages |
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| D014092 |
Tooth Root |
The part of a tooth from the neck to the apex, embedded in the alveolar process and covered with cementum. A root may be single or divided into several branches, usually identified by their relative position, e.g., lingual root or buccal root. Single-rooted teeth include mandibular first and second premolars and the maxillary second premolar teeth. The maxillary first premolar has two roots in most cases. Maxillary molars have three roots. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p690) |
Root, Tooth,Roots, Tooth,Tooth Roots |
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