Dental Assisting mod 120

  1. Removal of tissue from living patient for diagnostic examination.
    Biopsy
  2. To draw back or to draw within.
    Aspirate
  3. Superficial infection caused by a yeastlike fungus.
    Candidiasis
  4. To have movement.
    Mobility
  5. Pertaining to selected teeth visible through the dam.
    Isolated
  6. Technical term for brusing.
    Ecchymosis
  7. To spread (disease) from one part of the body to another.
    Metastasize
  8. Part of clamp that is shaped in four prongs to help stabilized the clamp on the tooth.
    Jaws
  9. Wearing away of tissue.
    Erosion
  10. 1.Dental dam material located between the holes of the punched dam 2. Tissue that divides the nasal cavity into two nasal fossae.
    Septum
  11. Swelling or mass of blood collected in one area or organ.
    Hematoma
  12. To reverse the position, order, or condition to turn inside out or up side down.
    Invert
  13. A granular tumor or growth.
    Granuloma
  14. Close cell or pouch with a definite wall.
    Cyst
  15. Rounded part of clamp that extends through the dental dam.
    Bow
  16. Balanced or even on both sides
    Symmetric
  17. With in the oral cavity.
    Intraoral
  18. Inflammation of cellular or connective tissue.
    Cellulitis
  19. Malignant tumor in connective tissue such as muscle or bone.
    Sarcoma
  20. Formation of white spots or patches on the oral mucosa.
    Leukoplakia
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Dental Assisting mod 120
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unit 2
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