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Dental braces — (also known as orthodontic braces, or simply braces) are devices used in the orthodontic industry that help align and straighten teeth and help to position them with regard to a person’s bite, while also working to improve dental health. They are … Wikipedia
Dental restoration — Intervention ICD 9 CM 23.2 23.4 A dental restoration or dental filling is a dental restorative ma … Wikipedia
Dental surgery — Intervention A dental officer and his assistant remove the wisdom tooth of a crew member of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) … Wikipedia
Dental spa — A Dental Spa is a dental facility supervised by a licensed dentist in which dental services are provided alongside spa treatments.[1][2] In 2003, Lynn Watanabe, DDS of the Dental Spa in Pacific Palisades, California and the Day Spa Association… … Wikipedia
Dental instruments — Mouth mirror, a commonly used dental instrument Dental instruments are the tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, restore and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures.… … Wikipedia
dental articulator — a mechanical device that represents the temporomandibular joint and jaws and simulates jaw movements, and to which maxillary and mandibular dental casts may be attached. It is used for the mounting of dental casts for diagnosis, treatment… … Medical dictionary
dental inlay casting wax — a mixture of waxes used to make a pattern for an inlay (wax pattern), containing various waxes, usually including paraffin, carnauba wax, and beeswax; synthetic waxes are sometimes used to replace the carnauba wax. Called also inlay casting w.… … Medical dictionary
wax — 1. A thick, tenacious substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building the cells of their honeycomb. SYN: beeswax, cera. 2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable … Medical dictionary
wax expansion — a type of thermal expansion consisting of an increase in the dimensions of a wax pattern for a dental restoration to compensate for shrinkage of the gold during the casting process … Medical dictionary
wax pattern — a reproduction of missing tooth structure or a dental appliance made from casting wax, from which the outline of the mold is made for the casting of a restoration or an appliance … Medical dictionary
