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Commonly used dental terms
The following is a list of dental terms:
amalgam
a mixture of mercury and silver used as a tooth filling
bridge
a manmade replacement for one or more teeth
caries
small holes in the teeth caused by tooth decay
filling
material used to fill a hole in a tooth
impacted tooth
a tooth that is not able to come out of the gums completely because there is no space for it in the mouth
plaque
a colorless, odorless sticky film of bacteria on the teeth which causes tooth decay
radiograph
a picture taken using radiation; an xray
root canal therapy
a procedure that removes the nerve of a badly decayed tooth and replaces it with a filling
veneer
plastic or porcelain covering for a tooth to make it look better
wisdom tooth
the third molar, which appears when a person is around 17 to 25 years old
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