Dental Word List

Tooth socket

Pertaining to the formation of dental enamel

A locally invasive, highly destructive tumor of the jaw consisting of proliferating odontogenic epithelium in a fibrous stroma

Congenital absence of some or all of the teeth

Pertaining to the end of a tooth

The physiological wearing away of a substance or structure in the course of normal use

The tearing away of a structure or part

Radiographic principle states that the plane of an x-ray beam should be 90 degrees to the imaginary line that cuts the angle formed by the tooth long axis and film plane

Having a short, wide head

Abnormal shortness of the mandible resulting in a maxilla that is longer; also called a parrot mouth or overshot mouth

Pertaining to or directed toward the cheek

Mineralized deposits of calcium phosphate and carbonate, with organic matter, deposited on tooth surfaces

Decay, as of bone or teeth

Large, shearing cheek tooth; the upper fourth premolar and lower first molar in dogs, and the upper third premolar and lower first molar in cats

Also called the cervical line or cervical neck

Bonelike connective tissue covering the root of a tooth and assisting in tooth support

Spoon-shaped instrument for cleansing a diseased surface

Pointed or rounded projection, such as on the crown of a tooth

Act of swallowing

Toothache

Space or cleft, ie the space in the dental arch berween the incisors and canines and cheek teeth; also called interdigital space

Abnormal angulation or curve in the root or crown of a formed tooth

Having a narrow, long head

Incomplete or partial development; commonly seen in animals exposed to canine distemper

Branch of dentistry concerned with the etiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of conditions that affect the tooth pulp, root and periapical tissues

Benign tumor of mixed cell origin arising from periodontal squamous cell residues

Branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth

Also known as neck lesions, cervical line lesions and cat cavities

One of the short threadlike elevations covering most of the tongue surface.  In cats and cattle are heavily cornified to give rasping tongue.

Vernacular for filing or rasping a horse's molar teeth

One of the knob-like projections of the tongue scattered among other types

Area where roots join at the crown in a tooth with multiple roots

Groove between the surface of the tooth and the epithelium lining the free gum tissue

Bad breath

Being wedged in firmly

Pertaining to the lips

Vertivle fold of mucous membranes under the tongue, attaching it to the floor of the mouth

Skull with the cranium and nasal cavity about equal lengths; seen in majority of dog breeds

Situated in the middle; medial

Act of closure or state of being closed

Removal of enamel from teeth, but also applied to the remodeling of filling material or cast crowns

Abnormal, tube-like passage between the nasal and oral cavities

Branch of dentistry concerned with irregularities of teeth and bad mouth closures

Branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the tissues supporting teeth

Craving for unnatural articles of food; depraved appetite

Abnormal protrusion of one or both jaws, especially the lower jaw

Prevention of disease; preventative treatment

Specialty in dentistry concerned with the restoration of damaged or missing teeth

Excessive secretion of saliva

Copious discharge of pus

Disability in horses of dropping food from the mouth while in the process of masticating it

Removal of tartar from teeth

Inflammation of the mucosa of the mouth

Beneath the tongue

In excess of the regular number of teeth

Also called reparative dentine

Rotator force

System of identifying teeth in dental records.  Each tooth has a three-digit number which identifies the quadrant, position and whether ir is a primary or permanent tooth

One of the eight to twelve large circular types of these near the base of the tongue

Twisted mouth caused by unilateral bad closure