| CDA | Canadian Dental Association; Certified Dental Assistant; chenodeoxycholic acid; ciliary dyskinesia a... |
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| DP | data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; de... |
| ALSD | Alzheimer-like senile dementia |
| ASD | aldosterone secretion defect; Alzheimer senile dementia; antisiphon device; arthritis syphilitica de... |
| SBD | senile brain disease |
| pit caries | A carious lesion, usually small, beginning in a pit on the labial, buccal, lingual, or occlusal surface of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compound caries | Caries involving more than one surface of a tooth, two or more carious lesions joined to form one cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary caries | Initial lesions produced by direct extension from an external surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal caries | Caries occurring in the proximal surface, either distal or mesial, of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary caries | Caries of enamel beginning at the dento-enamel junction due to a rapid lateral spread of decay from the original decay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| smooth surface caries | Caries initiated on the smooth surfaces of teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nursing bottle caries | Rampant caries of the primary dentition associated with the habitual use, after age 1, of a baby bottle as an aid for sleeping. Synonym: baby bottle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| def caries index | An index of past caries experience based upon the number of decayed, extracted, and filled deciduous (indicated by lower case letters) or permanent (indicated by capital letters) teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| df caries index | An index of past caries experience based upon the number of decayed and filled deciduous (indicated by lower case letters) or permanent (indicated by capital letters) teeth. Synonym: df, DF. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal caries | Loss of structure on the tooth surface that is directed away from the median plane of the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dmfs caries index | An index of past caries experience based upon the number of decayed, missing, and filled surfaces of deciduous (indicated by lower case letters) or permanent (indicated by capital letters) teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incipient caries | Beginning caries or decay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdental caries | Caries between the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occlusal caries | Caries starting from the occlusal surface of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fissure caries | Caries beginning in a fissure on the occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |