Dental Spelling 13
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Overhang | Excess restorative material extending beyond the cavity margin. |
| Frontal | Forms the forehead, most of the orbital roof and the anterior cranial floor. |
| Parietal | Forms most of the roof and upper sides of the cranium. |
| Occipital | Forms the back and base of the cranium |
| Temporal | Forms the sides and base of cranium. |
| Sphenoid | Forms part of the anterior base of the skull and part of the walls of the orbit. |
| Ethmoid | Forms part of the orbit and the floor of the cranium. |
| Zygomatic | Forms the prominence of the cheeks and part of the orbit. |
| Lacrimal | Forms part of the orbit at the inner angle of the eye. |
| Inferior conchae | Forms part of the interior of the nose. |
| Apical curettage | Surgical removal of infectious material surrounding the apex of a root. |
| Apicoectomy | Surgical removal of the apical portion of a tooth through an opening made in the overlying bone and gingival tissues. |
| Debridement | To remove or clean out the pulpal canal |
| Gutta-percha | Plastic type of filling material used in endodontics. |
| Hemisection | Surgical separation of a multirooted tooth through the furcation area. |
| Nonvital | Not living, as in oral tissue and tooth structure. |
| Obturation | Process of filling a root canal. |
| Periradicular | Referring to the area of nerves, blood vessels and tissues that surround the root of a tooth. |
| Pulpitis | Inflammation of the pulp |
| Retrograde restoration | Small restoration placed at the apex of a root. |
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