Dental Terminology

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Across
  1. 6. Pertaining to the supporting and surrounding tissues of the teeth
  2. 8. The substance between enamel and the pulp chamber. The dentin acts as a protective layer and supports the crown of the tooth
  3. 10. health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996; A federal law that includes Administrative Simplification Provisions that require all health plans, including ERISA, as well as health care clearinghouses and any dentist who transmits health information in an electronic transaction, to use a standard format
  4. 14. The hard and soft tissues forming the roof of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
  5. 15. Overgrowth of bone
  6. 16. Surface or position of a tooth most distant from the median line of the arch
  7. 18. A device specially designed to be placed surgically within or on the mandibular or maxillary bone as a means of providing for dental replacement
  8. 19. removing a tooth (whole or in parts)
  9. 20. Process of removing tissue for histologic evaluation
  10. 21. An artificial replacement that restores missing tooth structure by surrounding the remaining coronal tooth structure, or is placed on a dental implant
  11. 22. The upper jaw
  12. 23. Missing tooth structure. A cavity may be due to decay, erosion or abrasion
Down
  1. 1. Single cusped tooth located between the incisors and bicuspids
  2. 2. Teeth posterior to the premolars (bicuspids) on either side of the jaw; grinding teeth, having large crowns and broad chewing surfaces
  3. 3. A premolar tooth; a tooth with two cusps
  4. 4. Benefits available to an individual covered under a dental benefit plan
  5. 5. Inflammation of gingival tissue without loss of connective tissue
  6. 7. The outer most layer of tissue in the crown area of the tooth
  7. 9. any of the four teeth, one on each side of the upper and lower jaws, situated between the lateral incisor and the first premolar
  8. 11. acute or chronic localized inflammation, probably with a collection of pus, associated with tissue destruction and, frequently, swelling; usually secondary to infection
  9. 12. the breaking of a part, especially of a bony structure; breaking of a tooth
  10. 13. Connective tissue that contains blood vessels and nerve tissue which occupies the pulp cavity of a tooth
  11. 17. The lower jaw
  12. 18. A tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
  13. 21. A specialized bone like substance covering the root of a tooth