ADA anesthesia policy and guidelines are available online ( Please refer to these sources for complete and current information. Delivery of an anesthesia inducing agent by a dentist or other health care practitioner is regulated by state dental boards. Typically composed of mercury, silver, tin and copper along with other metallic elements added to improve physical and mechanical properties.Īnalgesia: See definition under anesthesia.Īnatomical crown: That portion of tooth normally covered by, and including, enamel.Īncillary: Subordinate or auxiliary to something or someone else supplementary.Īnesthesia: A procedure that controls the patient's level of anxiety or pain. Sometimes used to refer to amalgam.Īlveolar: Referring to the bone to which a tooth is attached.Īlveoloplasty: Surgical procedure for recontouring supporting bone, sometimes in preparation for a prosthesis.Īmalgam: An alloy used in direct dental restorations. See graft.Īlloplastic: Refers to synthetic material often used for tissue augmentation or replacement.Īlloy: Compound combining two or more elements having properties not existing in any of the single constituent elements. Intermediate material that causes two materials to adhere to each other.Īdjunctive: A secondary treatment in addition to the primary therapy.Īdult dentition: See definition of permanent dentition.Īllogenic: Belonging to the same species, but genetically different. Adhesion is one aspect of bonding.Īdhesive: Any substance that joins or creates close adherence of two or more surfaces.
Natural tooth case – the tooth used as the support for one end of a denture.Ībutment crown: Artificial crown also serving for the retention or support of a dental prosthesis.Īccession: Addition of a test specimen, previously collected by a health care provider, to a laboratory specimen collection recording of essential specimen identification data in a laboratory-maintained file in chronological order of laboratory specimen acquisition assignment to the specimen of an identification code.Īcid etching: Use of an acidic chemical substance to prepare the tooth enamel and or dentin surface to provide retention for bonding.Īdhesion: State in which two surfaces are held together by chemical or physical forces or both with or without the aid of an adhesive. Implant case – the fixture that is placed between the implant body (aka implant post) and the restorative prosthesis (e.g., single crown denture). May also be known as chronic alveolar abscess, chronic apical abscess, chronic dentoalveolar abscess, suppurative apical periodontitis, suppurative periradiucular periodontitis.Ībutment: A term with different meanings depending on the clinical scenario. May also be known as acute periapical abscess, acute alveolar abscess, dentoalveolar abscess, phoenix abscess, recrudescent abscess, secondary apical abscess.Ĭhronic periradicular or chronic periapical abscess–An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection and necrosis characterized by gradual onset, little or no discomfort and the intermittent discharge of pus through an associated sinus tract. AĪbscess: Acute or chronic localized inflammation, probably with a collection of pus, associated with tissue destruction and, frequently, swelling usually secondary to infection.Īcute periradicular or acute apical abscess–An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection and necrosis characterized by rapid onset, spontaneous pain, tenderness of the tooth to pressure, pus formation and eventual swelling of associated tissues. The ADA acknowledges that glossaries developed by other dental organizations may differ (e.g., technical content), and are considered complimentary to this glossary’s focus. These terms are often found in (1) nomenclatures and descriptors and (2) treatment plans and patient records.
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Glossary Part 1 defines clinical terms often encountered when selecting the appropriate CDT Code for patient record-keeping and claim preparation. Click a letter to jump to that section.)Ī | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z (Words and terms in bold are defined within this glossary.
New dentists and staff, however, may not be as familiar – and over time new terms come into use and old terms are revised for clarity. Many terms are familiar, especially to experienced individuals. There are many terms used daily by dentists and their staff in the course of delivering care to patients, maintaining patient records and preparing claims.
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