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Bridge: dental bridges consist of a custom-made false tooth supported on either side by one or two porcelain crowns, or composite bonding material. The dental bridge is used to aesthetically eliminate the gap left by a missing tooth, giving the patient a decade or more of comfortable wear.
(www.smiledr.com/html/cosmetic-dentistry.html#bridges)
Caries: the demineralization of a tooth, as caused by bacteria.
(www.db.od.mah.se/car/data/cariesser.html)
Ceramic Restorations: dental ceramics have three essential features or requirements: 1. ease of fabrication of complex shapes, 2. sufficient mechanical and corrosion resistance, 3. appropriate aesthetic appeal. In the last few decades there has been tremendous advances in the mechanical properties and methods of fabrication of these materials. Whilst porcelain based materials are still a major component of the market there have been moves to replace metal cored systems with all ceramic systems. Tooth replacement prostheses made from gold wire, ox bone or wood have been found throughout history. More recent restoratives had a renaissance about two hundred years ago when air fired porcelains and cast gold restorations were made to restore and replace teeth. It seems that in ancient times the main requirement was to replace teeth lost as a result of gum disease, whereas in recent times it is to restore teeth damaged by decay. Restorations today are largely required as a result of trauma, decay, gum disease and aesthetics.
(www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1682#_Introduction)
Diamond Crown: a dental composite resin developed by DRM Research Laboratories Inc, in Branford CT, USA. It is a polyglass light-curing material composed of a phenolic- epoxyne matrix (PEX), glass-ceramicsilica filled, with a semi-crystalline microstructure (Figg.1,2) and excellent physical and mecha-nical properties (Tab. I). This material is totally bio-compatible because does not contain anycytotoxic metallic ion constituents, any evaporable methacrylic acid constituents or any chemi-stry that yelds mucous membrane irritation, fibroblast changes, epithelial changes, microabces-ses formation, lysis or haemolytic behaviour. The Diamond System is composed of 16 opaceousdentin, 16 dentin ,16 enamel Vita shades and 6 incisalshades with opacity unit values ranging between 5 OU(incisal transparent) and 100 OU (metal opaque).
(www.chaptrade.com/conserva.htm)
Holistic Dental Association: also known as the HDA. This association assumed a primary obligation to provide information and guidance to those persons seeking to participate in their own health care and to help in the continuing education of practitioners who have a desire to expand their knowledge and awareness. Started in 1978, concerned, dedicated dentists came together to share their common interest in treatment modalities that were not included in dental school curriculum. Some of these modalities were very new and others were very old; the one thing that they shared in common was they offered additional options for treatment. These dentists wished to establish an organization that would provide a forum for the development and sharing of health promoting therapies. A shift from the early emphasis of the dentist on modalities to a consideration of the attitudes and feelings of the patient and the dentist has occurred. But the primary goal to teach and to learn has not changed since the founding members first met.
(www.holisticdental.org)
Malocclusion: a bite where the teeth are not aligned properly.
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001058.htm)
Occlusion: the alignment and spacing of your upper and lower teeth when you bite down.
(www.bracesinfo.com/glossary.html)
Rebalancing: a process of correcting the balance of the bite; as a result of abnormal tooth contact the muscles, spine, pelvis and feet can become distorted. An integration of many different specialties is required to understand the functional anatomy and how different parts of the body relate to one another. Without this knowledge, practitioners cannot begin to look for the underlying causes of structural pain. When a patient's bite if off, the chewing muscles are in a state of tension. All it takes is an episode of additional stress or physical activity to upset the balance. With patients who have multiple structural imbalances, once the spasm starts it is more difficult to self-correct and their pain lingers. Spastic muscles place tension on the skull sutures. A jammed suture can cause pain from compression of the vital structures (blood vessels, lymphatics and nerves and connective tissue). In addition, nerves traversing through or in close proximity to the muscle get stimulated. Balancing the cranial bones and placement of a dental "shim" or "shims" is often required to rebalance the system and resolve the pain.
(www.icnr.com/cs/cs_30.html)
Teeth to Body Chart: a chart that shows the relationship between teeth and other areas of the body. For example Teeth 2 and 3 (which are the 2 of the upper right molars) effect the maxillary sinus, the jaw, the front of the knee, vertebrae T11, T12, L1, Pancrease, stomach, Parathyroid, thyroid, and mammary gland.
(www.drwolfe.com/energy_medicine/tooth_chart/teeth_chart.html)
Tooth Abscess: a complication of tooth decay. It may also result from trauma to the tooth, such as when a tooth is broken or chipped. Openings in the tooth enamel allow bacteria to infect the center of the tooth (the pulp). Infection may spread out from the root of the tooth and to the bones supporting the tooth. Infection results in a collection of pus (dead tissue, live and dead bacteria, white blood cells) and swelling of the tissues within the tooth. This causes a painful toothache. If the root of the tooth dies, the toothache may stop, but the infection remains active and continues to spread and destroy tissue.
(www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001060.htm)
Tooth Extraction: the removal of a tooth from its socket in the bone. If a tooth has been damaged by decay or a fracture, your dentist will try to repair it and restore it with a filling, crown or other treatment. Sometimes, though, the damage is too extensive for the tooth to be repaired. This is the most common reason for extracting a tooth.
(www.colgate.com)
Tooth/Muscle Chart: a chart from Dental Kinesiologist George A. Eversaul. This chart shows the link between muscles and Teeth. It charts each tooth and its corresponding muscle.
(www.whale.to/m/images/dental.jpg)
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