| preextraction record | In dentistry, any record made for the purpose of study or treatment planning. See: diagnostic cast. Synonym: preextraction record. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| preoperative record | In dentistry, any record made for the purpose of study or treatment planning. See: diagnostic cast. Synonym: preextraction record. (05 Mar 2000) |
| problem-oriented record | A system of record keeping in which a list of the patient's problems is made and all history, physical findings, laboratory data, etc. Pertinent to each problem are placed under that heading; especially useful for out-patient records of patients with multiple problems who are followed for long periods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| profile record | A registration or record of the profile of a patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protrusive interocclusal record | A record of a protruded eccentric jaw position. Synonym: checkbite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protrusive record | A registration of a forward position of the mandible with reference to the maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospital record | The medical record generated during a period of hospitalization, usually including written accounts of consultants' opinions, physician observations, as well as nurses' observations and treatments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interocclusal record | A record of the positional relationship of the teeth or jaws to each other, recorded by placing a plastic material which hardens (such as plaster of Paris, wax, etc.) between the occlusal surfaces of the rims or teeth; the hardened material serves as the record; it may be registered in centric or eccentric positions, as (05 Mar 2000) |
| occluding centric relation record | A registration of centric relation made at the established occlusal vertical dimension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| terminal jaw relation record | A record of the relationship of the mandible to the maxillae made at the vertical relation of occlusion and at the centric position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| three-dimensional record | A maxillomandibular record made at the occluding relation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jaw relation record | A registration of any positional relationship of the mandible in reference to the maxillae. These records may be any of the many vertical, horizontal, or orientation relations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| face-bow record | <dentistry> A registration utilizing a face-bow of the position of the hinge axis and/or the condyles; the face-bow record is used to orient the maxillary cast to the opening and closing axis of the articulator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional chew-in record | A record of the natural chewing movements of the mandible made on an occlusion rim by teeth or scribing studs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute chemical pneumonitis | <chest medicine> Inflammation of the lungs which occurs secondary to exposure to a chemical, organic dust, fungus or mould. Chronic exposure can lead to chronic lung changes evident on chest X-ray. Symptoms include cough, fever, shortness of breath and wheezing. See: bird-handler's disease. (27 Sep 1997) |