| dental enamel proteins | <dentistry> The proteins that are part of the dental enamel matrix. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| dental engineering | <dentistry> Application of engineering principles to dentistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental facilities | Use for material on dental facilities in general or for which there is no specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental fibres | <dentistry> The processes of the pulpal cells, the odontoblasts, which extend in radial fashion through the dentin to the dentoenamel junction and are contained within the dentinal tubules. The intertubular fine collagenous fibre's that with the dentinal ground substance infiltrated with calcium salts constitutes the dentinal matrix. Synonym: Tomes' fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental fissure | <dentistry> Deep grooves or clefts in the surface of teeth equivalent to class 1 cavities in black's classification of dental caries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental fistula | <dentistry> A sinus tract originating in a peripheral abscess and opening into the oral cavity on the gingiva. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental follicle | <dentistry> The dental sac with its enclosed odontogenic organ and developing tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental forceps | <dentistry> Forceps used to luxate teeth and remove them from the alveolus. Synonym: extracting forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental formula | <dentistry> A statement in tabular form of the number of each kind of teeth in the jaw; the dental formula for man is, for the deciduous teeth: for the permanent teeth: (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental furnace | <dentistry> A furnace used to eliminate the wax pattern from the investment mold prior to casting in metal, a furnace used to fuse and glaze dental porcelains. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental geriatrics | <dentistry> Treatment of dental problems peculiar to advanced age. Synonym: gerodontics, gerodontology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental germ | The collective tissues from which an entire tooth is formed, including the dental sac, enamel organ, and dental papilla. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental granuloma | Chronic nonsuppurative inflammation of periapical tissue resulting from irritation following pulp disease or endodontic treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental groove | A transitory depression in the gingival surface of the embryonic jaw along the line of ingrowth of the dental lamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental health services | Services designed to promote, maintain, or restore dental health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| technology, dental | The field of dentistry involved in procedures for designing and constructing dental appliances. It includes also the application of any technology to the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| economics, dental | Economic aspects of the dental profession and dental care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, dental | Use for articles concerning dental education in general. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, dental, continuing | Educational programs designed to inform dentists of recent advances in their fields. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education, dental, graduate | Educational programs for dental graduates entering a specialty. They include formal specialty training as well as academic work in the clinical and basic dental sciences, and may lead to board certification or an advanced dental degree. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tissue conditioning (dental) | The use of a treatment material (tissue conditioner) to re-establish tone and health to irritated oral soft tissue, usually applied to the edentulous alveolar ridge. (12 Dec 1998) |
| esthetics, dental | Skills, techniques, standards, and principles used to improve the art and symmetry of the teeth and face to improve the appearance as well as the function of the teeth, mouth, and face. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ethics, dental | The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the dentist himself, his patients, and his fellow practitioners, as well as his actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families. (12 Dec 1998) |
| journalism, dental | Content, management, editing, policies, and printing of dental periodicals such as journals, newsletters, tabloids, and bulletins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| external dental epithelium | External enamel epithelium, the cuboidal cells of the outer layer of the odontogenic organ of a developing tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| faculty, dental | The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a dental school. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fees, dental | Amounts charged to the patient as payer for dental services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| laboratories, dental | Facilities in which the dentist or his auxiliaries perform services related to treatment not done directly in the patient's mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Flower's dental index | Relation of the dental length (distance from the mesial surface of the first premolar to the distal surface of the third molar) to the basinasal (basion to nasion) length: (dental length ×100)/basinasal length, a system of numbers for indicating comparative size of the teeth. Synonym: Flower's dental index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focal infection, dental | Secondary or systemic infections due to dissemination throughout the body of microorganisms whose primary focus of infection lies in the periodontal tissues. (12 Dec 1998) |