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    Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, treat, restore, and...
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    A dental drill or dental handpiece is a hand-held, mechanical instrument used to perform a variety of common dental procedures, including removing decay...
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    Dentistry (redirect from Dental surgery)
    accreditation of dental schools can enhance the quality and professionalism of dental education. Medicine portal Dental aerosol Dental instrument Dental public...
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    obstructing vision and becoming entangled in dental instruments during the procedure. There are several types of dental dam frames which have an array of purposes...
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    Dental floss is a cord of thin filaments, typically made of nylon or silk, used in interdental cleaning to remove food and dental plaque from between...
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    A dental aerosol is an aerosol that is produced from dental instrument, dental handpieces, three-way syringes, and other high-speed instruments. These...
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    The dental key is an instrument that was used in dentistry to extract diseased teeth. Before the era of antibiotics, dental extraction was often the method...
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    diagnosis of dental phobia are met. Dental phobia can include fear of dental procedures, dental environment or setting, fear of dental instruments or fear...
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    Tooth decay (redirect from Dental cavity)
    treatment. A dental handpiece ("drill") is used to remove large portions of decayed material from a tooth. A spoon, a dental instrument used to carefully...
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    A face-bow is a dental instrument used in the field of prosthodontics. Its purpose is to transfer functional and aesthetic components from patient's mouth...
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    Periodontal probe (category Dental equipment)
    In dentistry, a periodontal probe is a dental instrument which is usually long, thin, and blunted at the end. Its main function is to evaluate the depth...
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  • Dental plaque is a biofilm of microorganisms (mostly bacteria, but also fungi) that grows on surfaces within the mouth. It is a sticky colorless deposit...
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  • is a double-ended dental assessment instrument with mirror image working-ends. The 11/12 dental explorer should be considered a dental hygienists most important...
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    Elevators (also known as luxators) are instruments used in dental extractions. They may be used to loosen teeth prior to forceps extraction, to remove...
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    toothbrush. Calculus buildup can be removed with ultrasonic tools or dental hand instruments (such as a periodontal scaler). The word comes from Latin calculus...
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    more than 10,000. The dental assistant's role is often thought to be to support the dental operator by typically passing instruments during clinical procedures...
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    Periodontal scalers are dental instruments used in the prophylactic and periodontal care of teeth (most often human teeth), including scaling and root...
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    Veterinary dentistry involves the application of dental care to animals, encompassing not only the prevention of diseases and maladies of the mouth, but...
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  • coolant water jet from a dental instrument. Electrical – electric pulp testers. Mechanical–tactile – dental probe during dental examination, periodontal...
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    air blast, and tactile stimuli, such as tapping the tooth with a dental instrument. However, no difference was seen between nano-hydroxyapatite and other...
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    Flagg created the first adjustable dental chair in the late 18th century, adapting a wooden chair by adding an instrument tray on one side, as well as a movable...
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    dental implant (also known as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a prosthesis that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental...
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    endo- 'inside' and odont- 'tooth') is the dental specialty concerned with the study and treatment of the dental pulp. Endodontics encompasses the study...
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    Gag (medicine) (redirect from Dental gag)
    In the context of surgery or dental surgery, a gag is a device used to hold the patient's mouth open when working in the oral cavity, or to force the mouth...
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  • computerizing instruments and techniques in the dental office software assisting with clinical decision making. Patient records management dental software...
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    dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental...
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  • decay (dental caries) from teeth using only hand instruments (dental hatchet and spoon-excavator) and placing a filling. It does not use rotary dental instruments...
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    National Museum of Dentistry (category Dental museums)
    collection include George Washington's dentures, Queen Victoria's dental instruments, and the world's only tooth jukebox. The museum has also been honored...
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  • tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces Barbed broach, a dental instrument Chris Broach (born 1976), American musician in the band Braid Elise...
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  • Dudley Research Corp Impactor Dental Instrument In Wooden Case & Parts "United States Patent - Chiropractic Adjusting Instrument". United States Patent and...
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