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87 relations: Acrylic resin, Adhesion, Aesthetics, Ancient Rome, Bakumatsu, Barber surgeon, Beeswax, Bite registration, Blunt trauma, Bone remodeling, Bone resorption, Brazil nut, Bridge (dentistry), British Dental Association, Calculus (dental), Chewing, Complete dentures, Dental implant, Dental impression, Dental laboratory, Dental material, Dental prosthesis, Dental trauma, Dentinogenesis imperfecta, Denture cleaner, Denture-related stomatitis, Denturist, Drug, Edentulism, Epulis fissuratum, Etruscan civilization, Fixed prosthodontics, Fricative consonant, George Washington, Gingivitis, Glossary of dentistry, Gold teeth, Goldsmith, Horn (anatomy), Human brain, Human mouth, Human physical appearance, Hydrochloric acid, Ivory, Japan, John Adams, John Churchill (publisher), Kingdom of Great Britain, Laudanum, London, ..., Lost-wax casting, Malnutrition, Mandible, Maxilla, Mercury(II) oxide, Mouth, Mucous membrane, National Portrait Gallery (United States), Occlusion (dentistry), Oral hygiene, Pagodite, Palate, Periodontal disease, Phonetics, Pierre Fauchard, Plastic, Poly(methyl methacrylate), Polymerization, Porcelain, Pregnancy, Prosthodontics, Quantification (science), Removable partial denture, Saliva, Salivary gland, Self-esteem, Sibilant, Soft palate, Speech, Sprue (manufacturing), Sulcus (morphology), Tooth, Tooth decay, Vertical dimension of occlusion, Vulcanization, Wedgwood, Western world. Expand index (37 more) »
Acrylic resin
Acrylic resins are a group of related thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic substances derived from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or other related compounds.
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Adhesion
Adhesion is the tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another (cohesion refers to the tendency of similar or identical particles/surfaces to cling to one another).
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Aesthetics
Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty.
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Ancient Rome
In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.
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Bakumatsu
refers to the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.
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Barber surgeon
The barber surgeon, one of the most common European medical practitioners of the Middle Ages, was generally charged with caring for soldiers during and after battle.
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Beeswax
Beeswax (cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis.
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Bite registration
Bite registration is taking an impression of a patient's upper and lower teeth in the bite position to assist in the making and fitting of crowns, dentures, mouthguards, etc..
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Blunt trauma
Blunt trauma, blunt injury, non-penetrating trauma or blunt force trauma is physical trauma to a body part, either by impact, injury or physical attack.
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Bone remodeling
Bone remodeling (or bone metabolism) is a lifelong process where mature bone tissue is removed from the skeleton (a process called bone resorption) and new bone tissue is formed (a process called ossification or new bone formation).
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Bone resorption
Bone reabsorption is resorption of bone tissue, that is, the process by which osteoclasts break down the tissue in bones and release the minerals, resulting in a transfer of calcium from bone tissue to the blood.
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Brazil nut
The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds.
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Bridge (dentistry)
A bridge is a fixed dental restoration (a fixed dental prosthesis) used to replace one or more missing tooth by joining an artificial tooth definitively to adjacent teeth or dental implants.
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British Dental Association
The British Dental Association (BDA) is the professional association and registered trade union organisation for dentists in the United Kingdom.
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Calculus (dental)
In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque.
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Chewing
Chewing or mastication is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth.
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Complete dentures
A complete denture (also known as a full denture, false teeth or plate) is a removable appliance used when all teeth within a jaw have been lost and need to be prosthetically replaced.
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Dental implant
A dental implant (also known as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a surgical component that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental prosthesis such as a crown, bridge, denture, facial prosthesis or to act as an orthodontic anchor.
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Dental impression
A dental impression is a negative imprint of hard (teeth) and soft tissues in the mouth from which a positive reproduction (cast or model) can be formed.
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Dental laboratory
Dental laboratories manufacture or customize a variety of products to assist in the provision of oral health care by a licensed dentist.
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Dental material
Dental materials are specially fabricated materials, designed for use in dentistry.
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Dental prosthesis
A dental prosthesis is an intraoral (inside the mouth) prosthesis used to restore (reconstruct) intraoral defects such as missing teeth, missing parts of teeth, and missing soft or hard structures of the jaw and palate.
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Dental trauma
Dental trauma refers to trauma (injury) to the teeth and/or periodontium (gums, periodontal ligament, alveolar bone), and nearby soft tissues such as the lips, tongue, etc.
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Dentinogenesis imperfecta
Dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI) is a genetic disorder of tooth development.
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Denture cleaner
A denture cleaner (also termed denture cleanser), is a cleaner used to clean dentures when they are out of the mouth.
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Denture-related stomatitis
Denture-related stomatitis (also termed denture sore mouth, denture stomatitis, chronic atrophic candidiasis, Candida-associated denture induced stomatitis, and denture-associated erythematous stomatitis) is a common condition where mild inflammation and redness of the oral mucous membrane occurs beneath a denture.
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Denturist
A denturist in the United States and Canada, clinical dental technologist in the United Kingdom or a dental prosthetist in Australia, is a member of the oral health care team and role as primary practitioner who provides an oral health examination, planning treatment, takes impressions of the surrounding oral tissues, constructs and delivers removable oral prosthesis treatment (including dentures and partial dentures) directly to the patient.
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Drug
A drug is any substance (other than food that provides nutritional support) that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a temporary physiological (and often psychological) change in the body.
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Edentulism
Edentulism or toothlessness is the condition of being toothless to at least some degree; in organisms (such as humans) that naturally have teeth (dentition), it is the result of tooth loss.
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Epulis fissuratum
Epulis fissuratum (also termed inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia, denture-induced fibrous inflammatory hyperplasia, denture injury tumor, denture epulis, denture induced granuloma, and granuloma fissuratum) is a benign hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue which develops as a reactive lesion to chronic mechanical irritation produced by the flange of a poorly fitting denture.
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Etruscan civilization
The Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a powerful and wealthy civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany, western Umbria and northern Lazio.
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Fixed prosthodontics
Fixed prosthodontics is the area of prosthodontics focused on permanently attached (fixed) dental prostheses.
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Fricative consonant
Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.
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Gingivitis
Gingivitis is a non-destructive disease that occurs around the teeth.
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Glossary of dentistry
This is a list of commonly used terms of location and direction in dentistry.
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Gold teeth
Gold teeth are a form of dental prosthesis.
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Goldsmith
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals.
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Horn (anatomy)
A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone.
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Human brain
The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system.
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Human mouth
In human anatomy, the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and produces saliva.
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Human physical appearance
Human physical appearance is the outward phenotype or look of human beings.
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Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid is a colorless inorganic chemical system with the formula.
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Ivory
Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally elephants') and teeth of animals, that can be used in art or manufacturing.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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John Adams
John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President (1789–1797) and second President of the United States (1797–1801).
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John Churchill (publisher)
John Spriggs Morss Churchill (1801–1875) was an English medical publisher.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.
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Laudanum
Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine).
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Lost-wax casting
Lost-wax casting (also called "investment casting", "precision casting", or cire perdue in French) is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture.
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.
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Mandible
The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human face.
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Maxilla
The maxilla (plural: maxillae) in animals is the upper jawbone formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.
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Mercury(II) oxide
Mercury(II) oxide, also called mercuric oxide or simply mercury oxide, has a formula of HgO.
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Mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, buccal cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds.
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Mucous membrane
A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body and covers the surface of internal organs.
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National Portrait Gallery (United States)
The National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum located between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
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Occlusion (dentistry)
Occlusion, in a dental context, means simply the contact between teeth.
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Oral hygiene
Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping one's mouth clean and free of disease and other problems (e.g. bad breath) by regular brushing and cleaning between the teeth.
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Pagodite
Pagodite is the name of a stone used by Chinese artisans for carving pagodas and similar objects.
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Palate
The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals.
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Periodontal disease
Periodontal disease, also known as gum disease, is a set of inflammatory conditions affecting the tissues surrounding the teeth.
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Phonetics
Phonetics (pronounced) is the branch of linguistics that studies the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign.
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Pierre Fauchard
Pierre Fauchard (1678 – March 22, 1761) was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry".
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Plastic
Plastic is material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and so can be molded into solid objects.
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Poly(methyl methacrylate)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic or acrylic glass as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex among several others (see below), is a transparent thermoplastic often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass.
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Polymerization
In polymer chemistry, polymerization is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks.
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Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating materials, generally including kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between.
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.
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Prosthodontics
Prosthodontics, also known as dental prosthetics or prosthetic dentistry, is the area of dentistry that focuses on dental prostheses.
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Quantification (science)
In mathematics and empirical science, quantification (or quantitation) is the act of counting and measuring that maps human sense observations and experiences into quantities.
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Removable partial denture
A removable partial denture (RPD) is a denture for a partially edentulous patient who desires to have replacement teeth for functional or aesthetic reasons and who cannot have a bridge (a fixed partial denture) for any reason, such as a lack of required teeth to serve as support for a bridge (i.e. distal abutments) or financial limitations.
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Saliva
Saliva is a watery substance formed in the mouths of animals, secreted by the salivary glands.
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Salivary gland
The salivary glands in mammals are exocrine glands that produce saliva through a system of ducts.
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Self-esteem
Self-esteem reflects an individual's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her own worth.
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Sibilant
Sibilance is an acoustic characteristic of fricative and affricate consonants of higher amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the sharp edge of the teeth, which are held close together; a consonant that uses sibilance may be called a sibilant.
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Soft palate
The soft palate (also known as the velum or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth.
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Speech
Speech is the vocalized form of communication used by humans and some animals, which is based upon the syntactic combination of items drawn from the lexicon.
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Sprue (manufacturing)
A sprue is the passage through which liquid material is introduced into a mold.
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Sulcus (morphology)
The term sulcus (pl. sulci) is a general descriptive term for a furrow or fissure.
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Tooth
A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.
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Tooth decay
Tooth decay, also known as dental caries or cavities, is a breakdown of teeth due to acids made by bacteria.
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Vertical dimension of occlusion
Vertical dimension of occlusion, or VDO, also known as occlusal vertical dimension (OVD), is a term used in dentistry to indicate the superior-inferior relationship of the maxilla and the mandible when the teeth are occluded in maximum intercuspation.
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Vulcanization
Vulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable materials by heating them with sulfur or other equivalent curatives or accelerators.
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Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, commonly known as Wedgwood, is a fine china, porcelain, and luxury accessories company founded on 1 May 1759 by English potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood.
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Western world
The Western world refers to various nations depending on the context, most often including at least part of Europe and the Americas.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentures
