Dental Terminology

2. Product or process that fights or prevents tooth decay:
3. Abnormally sensitive.
5. A drug or nerve action which constricts or narrows the caliber of blood vessels. Epinephrine is commonly added to local anesthetic as a vasoconstrictor.
6. : The branch of dentistry concerned primarily with providing artificial replacements for missing natural teeth. Dentures, crowns, bridges.
8. Decrease of red blood cells:
10. A cancerous tumor is called a
11. Term for bad breath
12. Mechanical (frictional) wearing down of the teeth - Usually caused by improper toothbrushing.
14. That branch of dentistry concerned with the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the tissues and bones supporting the teeth.
15. Caries producing; conducive to caries.(Anticariogenic = not causing caries )
17. Normal wearing away by friction. In dentistry it refers to the wearing down of tooth surfaces by mastication (chewing) of food.
18. Space: Situated between the proximal surfaces of adjoining teeth of the same arch.
20. Inflammation of the skin.

1. Loss of bodily feelings due to receiving an anesthetic or to disease; thus you do not feel pain after you are given an anesthetic.
2. The surgical removal of the apex of the tooth root.
3. Term for high blood pressure:
4. The removal of calculus (tartar) and stains from the exposed and unexposed surfaces of the teeth by scaling and polishing. Used to prevent disease.
7. Freedom from living germs of disease and decay.
8. Product or process that fights or prevents tooth decay:
9. A substance that is used to stop, inhibit, or arrest the growth of bacteria but does not necessarily kill the bacteria.
13. The act of fainting.
16. A film of internal structures of the body produced by the action of x-rays on a specially sensitized film.
19. A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells.