An all porcelain crown used for anterior teeth only
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What is a ceramic crown?
Available to use both anteriorly and posteriorly
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What is a porcelain bonded crown?
Contain a substructure of metal with a buccal or labial face of porcelain.
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What is a full gold crown?
Made of yellow gold or a mixture of precious and non-precious metals to give a silver appearance. Strongest crown available making it ideal for posterior teeth
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How long should impressions be immersed in a disinfectant bath of 10% sodium hypochlorite for?
10 minutes
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What is an overjet bite?
How far forward the upper incisors are from the lower incisors
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What is an overbite?
How far the upper incisors overlap the lower incisors
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What is a proclined bite?
Positioned in front of
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What is a retroclined bite?
Positioned behind
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What is a Cingulum bulge bite?
ridge found on the palatal or lingual aspects of the incisors and canine teeth, near to the gingival margins
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What is an open bite?
Anterior opening between upper and lower teeth
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What is a cross bite?
When the top teeth bite behind the lower teeth. It can occur with front teeth or back teeth
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What does a acrylic base plate do in orthodontics?
Connects all the metal components and gives the appliance stability
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What does a Labial bow do in orthodontics?
Metal wire which runs over anterior teeth to help keep appliance in place
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What does an Adam's crib do in orthodontics?
Metal loop on molars to hold appliance in place
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What does a finger spring do in orthodontics?
Active component used to move teeth
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What does a screw do in orthodontics?
Active component for widening the jaws. A key is inserted and turned by the patient or dentist once every few weeks.
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What do brackets do in orthodontics?
Bonded directly to the patient's teeth using acid etch or glass ionomer. Include a slot for each wire to sit in.
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What do bands do in orthodontics?
Normally cemented to the molar teeth using glass Ionomer cements. Molar bands have buccal tubes for placement of the arch wire
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What do arch wires do in orthodontics?
The part of your braces which actually moves the teeth. The arch wire is attached to the brackets
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What is apicectomy?
This is the surgical removal of the apex of the tooth, sealing the canal with a retrograde filling and suturing the soft tissues back in place
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What is a partially erupted tooth?
Only part of the crown is visible in the mouth
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What is a unerupted tooth?
Fully buried in bone
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What is an impacted tooth?
When the tooth cannot erupt fully as there is no place or it is trying to erupt in the wrong direction.
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How to treat bleeding after an extraction?
Pressure, Hemostatic sponge placed in socket, Sutures
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What is a frenectomy?
The removal of a frenulum, a small fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far.
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What is a Gingivectomy?
The removal of gum tissue is done by a periodontist using either scalpel or electrosurgery or laser.
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What is a biopsy?
This is the surgical removal of a small piece of soft tissue which will be examined under a microscope.
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What is periodontal flap surgery?
Flap is raised using a scalpel and periosteal elevator when someone has advanced gum disease to reduce pocket depth and remove subgingival plaque, calculus and infected cementum.
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Front
What is a ceramic crown?
Back
Available to use both anteriorly and posteriorly
Card 3
Front
What is a porcelain bonded crown?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is a full gold crown?
Back
Card 5
Front
How long should impressions be immersed in a disinfectant bath of 10% sodium hypochlorite for?
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