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May have one or two usable ends with two straight cutting edges. This scaler is used for the anterior teeth.
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Straight Scaler
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Has a curved blade with two cutting edges. its especially useful for scaling the posterior teeth.
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Sickle Scaler
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Has two cutting ends that are used. It has a short blade and an extended tip. This scaler is used on the labial and lingual surfaces os the posterior teeth.
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Jaquette Scaler
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Used to chisel or cut heavy calculus from the anterior mandubular teeth. Its a straight instrument with a flat blade on one end which has a charpened edge thats sloped at a 45 degree angle.
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Chisel Scaler
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Lookds like a garden hoe. This scaler is used on the posterior teeth to remove heavy superagingival and subgingival calculus.
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Hoe Scaler
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The Cutting edges are used to smooth certain tooth sufaces or remoce calculus.
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File
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Has multiple angles to allow it to reach specific tooth surfaces. its tips are rounded to precent damage to the the gingiva when scaling near or below the gingival margin.
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Curette
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Uses mechanical, vibrating tips in a back and forth motion. Uses water to cool the tip.
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Sonic, Ultrasonic or piezoelectric Scalers.
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Tip for sonic scaler that is used for all surfaces to remove medium and heavy deposits.
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Universal Tip
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Tip for sonic scaler that is used to remove light and medium deposits.
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Sickle Tip
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Tip for sonic scaler that is used to break up heavy deposits on the lingual surfaces of the mandibular incisors.
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Perio Tip
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Six-Sided instrument thats used with the high-speed handpiece. With speed so fast that the patient can not feel the vibration.
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Rotary Scaler
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Profhylaxis Dentistry is.
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Cleaning and Polishing of the teeth.
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Used to prepare teeth for restoration, to polish, and other procedures.
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Handpieces
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Rotate at over 800k rpm, are powered by air pressure, cool the tip and tooth with water mist, and use hard metal alloy tips.
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Modern handpieces.
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Name the 7 types of tips for handpieces.
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Round, Cross-Cut Taper Fissure, Pear, Round-End Fissure, Inverted Cone, Flat-End Fissure, Plain Taper Fissure
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The "roof of the mouth"
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The Palate
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This area makes up the superior (upper) portion of the oral cavity as well as the inferior (lower) portion of the nasal cavity.
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The Palate
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The bony portion of the roof of the mouth
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Hard Palate
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Located in the anterior (front) portion of the mouth.
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Hard Palate
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Superior
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Upper
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Inferior
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Lower
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Anterior
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Front
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Epithelial
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Tissue
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Proliferating
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Growing
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Regenerate
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Form Again
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Maxillary
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Upper Jaw
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Posterior
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Behind
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Larynx
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Voice Box
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Aspirate
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Inhale
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Saliva
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Spit
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Mandible
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Lower jaw
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Serious
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Water Nature
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Buccal
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Cheek
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Masticate
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Chew
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Dorsal
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Top
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Ventral
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Bottom
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Vascular
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Containing blood vessels
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Gingica
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Gum Tissue
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Lingual
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tongue-side
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Anestesia
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Numbing Agent
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Cementum
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Dense root tissue
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percussion
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Striking or hitting force
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lateral
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sideways
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coronal part of tooth
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top
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apical thrid of the root
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towards the tip
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axial forces
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running lengthwise
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apex
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end of the root
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interproximally
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between adjacent teeth
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periodontal disease
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general term for the many disorders of the tissues and gums
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incisal edge
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cutting or tearing edge
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Matrix
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Material in which somthing is inclosed
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dentin
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the inner portion of the tooth
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periodontium
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tissue surrounding and supporting the teeth
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coronal
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crown
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odontoblast
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dentin-forming cells
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desiccation
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drying
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Stationary
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Doesn't Move
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Quadrants
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Quarters
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Occlusion
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Specific pattern formed as the jaw opens and lcoses, and the teeth touch together
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TMJ
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Temporomandibular Joint
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Tempormandibular Joint is....
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where the maxilla and mandible meet
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Articular Eminence
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the raised section or the temporal bone that guides the mandible
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gleniod fossa
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an oval depression of the temporal base that houses the condyloid process
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condyloid process
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the head of the mandible that fits into the glenoid fossa
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Caries
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Cavity
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Mesial Surfaces
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Crown surfaces facing the midline (back of teeth)
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Distal Surfaces
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Crown surfaces facing away from the midline (front of teeth)
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Labial Surfaces
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Crown surfaces facing towards the lips. (Front teeth only)
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Buccal Surfaces
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Crown surfaces facing towards the cheeks.
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Lingual Surfaces
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Crown surfaces facing towards the tongue.
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Vestibular Surfaces
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Crown surfaces facing away from tongue. (general term including buccal and labial surfaces)
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Occlusal Surfaces
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Biting surface on posterior teeth.
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Incisal Surfaces
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Biting surface on anterior teeth.
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Primary Dentition
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Baby Teeth (20)
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Exfoliation
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Shedding
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Cuspid
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Canine
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Mixed Dentine
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Both Primary (baby) and Permanant/secondary (adult) dentine (teeth)
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Deglutition
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Swallowing
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Premolar
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Bicuspid
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Mesial
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Near the midline
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Distal
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Farther from the midline
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Pit
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Small Deep Ooint on the occlusal or buccal surface
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Fissures
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Linear fault along a developmental grooce
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Mamelon
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Raised portion of enamal located on the incisal edge of each newly erupted incisor.
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Cusp
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Raised, pointed, or rounded elevation of enamel. Found on occlusal surface of cuspids, premolars (bicuspids), and molars
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