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54 articles on dental health from our team.
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Dental Health
Dental Clinical Terms : Accession
Addition of a test specimen, previously collected by a health care provider, to a laboratory specimen collection; recording of essential specimen…
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Dental Health
Dental Clinical Terms : Acute Periradicular or Acute Apical Abscess
An inflammatory reaction to pulpal infection and necrosis characterized by rapid onset, spontaneous pain, tenderness of the tooth to pressure, pus formation…
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Dental Health
Overbite
Overbite is the extent of vertical (superior-inferior) overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors, measured relative to…
· 1 min read
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Dental Health
Dentist Tools : Mouth Mirror
A mouth mirror or dentist's mirror is an instrument used in dentistry. The head of the mirror is usually round, and the most common sizes used are No. 4 (⌀…
· 1 min read
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Dental Health
Dental Burr
A dental burr or bur is a type of cutter used in a handpiece. The burrs are usually made of tungsten carbide or diamond. The three parts of a burr are the…
· 1 min read
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Dental Health
Health Effects of Tongue Scraping
Breath While there is tentative benefit from the use of a tongue cleaner it is insufficient to draw clear conclusions with respect to bad breath. A 2006…
· 1 min read
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Fluoride
Fluoride was first added to toothpastes in the 1890s. Tanagra, containing calcium fluoride as the active ingredient, was sold by Karl F. Toellner Company, of…
· 1 min read
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Dental Health
Developmental Disturbances of Teeth
The absence of third molars is very common, occurring in 20–23% of the population, followed in prevalence by the second premolar and lateral incisor.…
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Dental Health
Tooth Eruption
Tooth eruption occurs when the teeth enter the mouth and become visible. Although researchers agree that tooth eruption is a complex process, there is little…
· 1 min read
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Dental Health
Hard Tissue Formation : Cementum
Cementum formation is called cementogenesis and occurs late in the development of teeth. Cementoblasts are the cells responsible for cementogenesis. Two…
· 1 min read
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Dental Health
Human Tooth Development : Advanced Bell Stage
The adjacent layer of cells in the dental papilla suddenly increases in size and differentiates into odontoblasts, which are the cells that form dentin.…
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Dental Health
Human Tooth Development : Bell Stage
The bell stage is known for the histodifferentiation and morphodifferentiation that takes place. The dental organ is bell-shaped during this stage, and the…
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