Cosmetic Dentistry, Racine Dental Group of Racine, Wisconsin

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Removable Partial Denture: A removable partial denture (removable bridge) is a prosthetic replacement of one or more missing teeth that can be removed by the patient.

Retainer:

Orthodontic Retainer - Appliance to stabilize teeth following orthodontic treatment
Prosthodontic Retainer - A part of a fixed partial denture that attaches a pontic to the abutment tooth, implant abutment, or implant.

Retrograde Filling: A method of sealing the root canal by preparing and filling it from the root apex.

Root: The anatomic portion of the tooth that is covered by cementum and is located in the alveolus (socket) where it is attached by the periodontal apparatus; radicular portion of tooth.

Residual Root - Remaining root structure following the loss of the major portion (over 75%) of the crown,

Root Canal: The portion of the pulp cavity inside the root of a tooth; the chamber within the root of the tooth that contains the pulp.

Root Canal Therapy: The treatment of disease and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions.

Root Planing: A procedure designed to remove microbial flora, bacterial toxins, calculus, and diseased cementum or dentin on the root surfaces and in the pocket.

Scaling: Removal of plaque, calculus, and stain from teeth.

Stomatiti's: Inflammation of the membranes of the mouth.

Stress Breaker: That part of a tooth-borne and/or tissue-borne prosthesis designed to relieve the abutment teeth and their supporting tissues from harmful stresses.

Suture: Stitch used to repair incision or wound.

Temparomandibular (TMJ): The connecting hinge mechanism between the base of the skull (temporal bone) and the lower jaw (mandible).

Temparomandibular Joint Dysfunction: Abnormal functioning of temporomandibular joint; also refers to symptoms arising in other areas secondary to the dysfunction.

Transplantation of Tooth: Transfer of a tooth from one socket to another, either in the same or a different person,

Unerupted: Tooth/teeth that have not penetrated the oral cavity.

Veneer: In the construction of crowns or pontics, a layer of tooth-colored material, usually, but not limited to, composite, porcelain, ceramic or acrylic resin, attached to the surface by direct fusion, cementation, or mechanical retention; also refers to a restoration that is luted to the facial surface of a tooth.

Xerostomia: Decreased salivary secretion that produces a dry and sometimes burning sensation of the oral mucosa and/or cervical caries.

X-ray: Radiograph.

Zygomatic Bone: Quadrangular bone on either side of face that forms the cheek prominence (see malar).