Dental Terminology - Charline Dofka Chapter 1
1. AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
2. ALARA: as low as reasonably achievable
3. ANUG: acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
4. CDA: certified dental assistant
5. DDS/DMD: Doctor of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine
6. DHMO/DMO: Dental Health maintenance Organization
7. EFDA: extended or expanded function dental auxiliary
8. FFD: film focus distance
9. HIV: human immunodeficiency virus
10. PPE: personal protection equipment
11. RDH: registered dental hygienist
12. ZOE: zinc oxide eugenol
13. die: pattern use in prosthodontic dentistry
14. dye: coloring material, may be used to indicate plaque
15. auxiliary: helping, subsidiary
16. axillary: underarm site, may be used to take temperature
17. esthetics: pertaining to beauty
18. esthesia: loss of sensation
19. facial: pertaining to the face
20. fascial: pertaining to the fibrous membrane on muscles
21. palpation: use of hand or finger pressure to locate/examine
22. palpitation: condition of racing or increased heartbeat
23. suture: area or line where to bones unite, such as coronal
suture
24. suture: stitch or staple repairing or closing wound
1. AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
2. ALARA: as low as reasonably achievable
3. ANUG: acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
4. CDA: certified dental assistant
5. DDS/DMD: Doctor of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine
6. DHMO/DMO: Dental Health maintenance Organization
7. EFDA: extended or expanded function dental auxiliary
8. FFD: film focus distance
9. HIV: human immunodeficiency virus
10. PPE: personal protection equipment
11. RDH: registered dental hygienist
12. ZOE: zinc oxide eugenol
13. die: pattern use in prosthodontic dentistry
14. dye: coloring material, may be used to indicate plaque
15. auxiliary: helping, subsidiary
16. axillary: underarm site, may be used to take temperature
17. esthetics: pertaining to beauty
18. esthesia: loss of sensation
19. facial: pertaining to the face
20. fascial: pertaining to the fibrous membrane on muscles
21. palpation: use of hand or finger pressure to locate/examine
22. palpitation: condition of racing or increased heartbeat
23. suture: area or line where to bones unite, such as coronal
suture
24. suture: stitch or staple repairing or closing wound
