Across
- 2. Step before a lab creates the magic
- 5. Dentist in advanced training
- 6. The reason for it all
- 9. Hardest substance in the human body
- 11. First-year rite of passage
- 16. Grinding problem patients deny
- 17. Tray setup essentials
- 19. X-ray that catches what floss missed
- 20. Layer beneath enamel
- 23. How upper and lower teeth meet
- 24. Four-handed dentistry hero
- 25. That fresh, polished feeling
- 27. Braces and aligners specialty
- 29. Relating to teeth and smiles
- 31. The cavity culprit
- 33. The living center of a tooth
- 34. Gum-focused specialty
- 35. Something oral pathologists know well
Down
- 1. Clinic uniform of choice
- 3. Where precision meets courage
- 4. Critical behind-the-scenes process
- 7. The advice everyone gives but few follow
- 8. Diagnostic image of what lies beneath
- 10. Future DDS in the making
- 11. Graduates who return for reunions and CE credits
- 12. Royal treatment for a damaged tooth
- 13. Science behind fillings and crowns
- 14. The mentors behind the masks
- 15. Where students become doctors
- 18. Preventive focus of a key program
- 21. Home of the Hawkeye dentists
- 22. Heavy-duty chewing tooth
- 26. Sticky villain of recall visits
- 28. Root canal specialty for saving teeth
- 30. The high-speed soundtrack of clinic
- 32. Sharp instrument that finds trouble
- 35. Where crowns, models, and night guards are born