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- A-B Plane
- A-Pogonion Line
- A-Point
- Abberant
- Aberrant frenum
- Abfraction
- Ablation
- Abrasion
- Abrasive strips (Finishing strip, lightening strip, coated abrasive strip)
- Abscess
- Absolute Anchorage (Skeletal Anchorage)
- Absorption
- Access Cavity
- ACCO Appliance
- Acellular afibrillar cementum
- Acellular extrinsic fiber cementum
- Achondroplasia
- Acid Etching
- Acid Microabrasion
- Ackerman Proffit Venn Diagram
- Acoustic Streaming
- Acoustic turbulence
- Acquired coatings
- Acquired pellicle
- Acromegaly
- Acrylic
- Acrylic Cap
- Actinobolin
- Actinomycosis
- Activation
- Activator
- Active eruption
- Active member
- Active member
- Active Retainer
- Active Stabilization
- Active Tie Back
- Active Vertical Corrector
- Acusection
- Acute caries
- Acute gingival infections
- Acute inflammatory enlargement
- Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis/ANUG
- Acute pericoronitis
- Acute periradicular abscess/ acute apical abscess
- Adams Clasp/ Modified Arrowhead Clasp
- Adams pliers
- Adaptability/ Adaptive Capacity/ Adaptive Potential
- Adaptation
- Additive osseous surgery
- Adenoid
- Adenoid face
- Adenoid Facies
- Adenoidectomy
- Adhesion
- Adhesive System] Bonding Agent]
- Adjunctive Esthetic Surgery
- Adjunctive Orthodontic Treatment
- Adjustment, Occlusal / Equilibration, Occlusal
- Adolescent Growth Spurt
- Adult Chewing Pattern
- Adult Interdisciplinary Orthodontic Treatment
- Adult Occlusal Equilibrium
- Adult Swallowing Pattern
- Advanced Arch
- Advanced Lesion
- Advanced phase of periodontal breakdown
- Advancement of Maxilla /Maxillary Advancement
- Advancement of Mandible /Mandibular Advancement
- Aerosol production
- Aesthetic
- Aesthetic zone
- AFH] Anterior Facial Height]
- After Five Curette
- Afunctional atrophy
- Agenesis
- Aggressive periodontitis
- Aging
- Ah Line
- Air Abrasion
- Air Flow Resistance
- Air-powder polishing
- Ala
- Ala
- Ala
- Ala
- Alar Cinch
- Alginate
- Alignment
- Alloderm
- Allodynia
- Allogenic bone graft / Allogenic bone-grafting materials
- Allogenic Graft
- Allograft
- Alloplast
- Alloplastic Graft
- Alloy
- Alma-Ata Declaration
- Alpha Position
- Altered passive eruption
- Alumina stone
- Alveolar Bone
- Alveolar Bone Graft
- Alveolar Crest
- Alveolar Mucosa
- Alveolar Process
- Alveolo-gingival Fibers
- Alveolus
- Amalgam flash
- Amalgam Knife
- Amalgam plugger
- Amalgam restoration
- Amelogenesis Imperfecta
- Amylase
- Amylase
- Anachoresis
- Analgesia
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Anatomically complete template
- ANB Angle
- Anchorage
- Anchorage (Cortical)
- Anchorage (Reinforced)
- Anchorage (Stationary)
- Anchorage Loss
- Anchorage Preparation
- Anchorage Value
- Andresen Appliance
- Andrews Six Keys of Occlusion
- Anencephaly
- Angle Classification
- Angle of Convexity
- Angle of Facial Convexity
- Angle Paradigm
- Ankylosis
- Annealing
- Anodontia
- Anomalad
- Anorganic bovine bone-derived mineral /ABBM
- ANS / Anterior Nasal Spine
- ANS- PNS (palatal plane)
- Antagonist
- Antegonial Notch
- Anterior Bite Plane
- Anterior Box Elastic
- Anterior component of occlusal force
- Anterior Cranial Base
- Anterior Cranial Fossa
- Anterior Crossbite
- Anterior Crossbite /Causing Forward Displacement of the Lower Central Incisor
- Anterior Deprogramming Device
- Anterior Diagonal Elastic
- Anterior Disc Displacement with Reduction
- Anterior Disc Displacement without Reduction (Closed Lock)
- Anterior Divergent Profile
- Anterior Guidance
- Anterior Maxillary segmental(subapical)Osteotomy
- Anterior Occlusal Radiograph
- Anterior Open Bite
- Anterior Repositioning Appliance
- Anterior Repositioning Splint
- Anterior Rotation of Mandible
- Anterior Teeth
- Anterior/Posterior Crossbite
- Anthropometry
- Apert Syndrome
- Apical Area
- Apical Base
- Apoptosis
- Apparent Rotation of Mandible
- Appliance
- Appliance prescription
- Appliance Therapy and Behavioral Management
- Apposition of Bone
- Ar -Articulare
- Arch
- Arch Bar
- Arch contouring plier(Arch contouring)( De la Rossa Plier)
- Arch Coordination
- Arch turret
- Arch with Stop (Stopped Arch)
- Archwire Bends
- Archwire Cross-section
- Archwire Cross-Section
- Archwire Lock /Gurin Lock
- Archwire Size
- Archwire Stop
- Arcon articulator
- Arkansas Spring
- ART/ Atraumatic Restorative Treatment
- Arthrodial Joint
- Arthrography of TMJ Single Contrast & Double Contrast
- Arthroscopy of TMJ
- Arthrosis
- Articular Disc/Articular Disk
- Artificial Undercut
- Asymmetric Elastic
- Asymmetric Expansion
- Asymmetric Headgear
- At home bleaching
- Atherton’s Patch
- Attached gingiva
- Attractive Smile
- Attrition
- Auricolo-Orbital Plane
- Autologous graft
- Autorotation of Mandible/ Mandibular Autorotation
- Autotransplantation of Teeth
- Auxiliary Arch
- Auxiliary Torquing Spring
- Auxiliary Tube
- Axial wall
- Axiopulpal line angle
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- B-Point
- Ba-N Plane
- Ba-Pt-Gn Angle
- Ba-Pt-Gn Angle
- Ba) Basion)
- Backward caries
- Backward Rotation of Mandible
- Bacterial Plaque
- Band
- Band & Loop Appliance
- Band and Bar Space Maintainer
- Band Biter
- Band Burnisher
- Band Contouring Plier
- Band contouring plier(Band forming- Johnson contouring plier- Band crimping plier)
- Band Removing Plier
- Band Seater
- Band- Orthodontic
- Banding
- Bartholin duct
- Base
- Base Arch
- Basilar Kyphosis
- Basophil
- Bass Appliance
- Begg Appliance
- Begg Bracket
- Behavior change approach
- Benign
- Bevelling
- Bialveolar Protrusion
- Bialveolar Retrusion
- Bibevel Hatchet
- Bicortical Screw
- Bidimensional Appliance
- Bidimensional Technique
- Bifid Uvula
- Bilateral
- Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy (BSSO)
- Bimaxillary Prognathism
- Bimaxillary Surgery
- Bimler Appliance
- Bimler Appliance] Bite Former]
- Bin angle chisel
- Biocortical Screw
- Biofeedback
- Bionator Appliance
- Bite Block
- Bite blocks
- Bite Force
- Bite jumping appliance
- Bite Opening
- Bite Plane
- Bite Raising
- Bite-Block Effect
- Black spoon
- Black triangle / Black hole
- Blade
- Blade adaptation
- Blade implants
- Bleeding Points Index
- Block graft
- Bo -Bolton
- Bolton Analysis /Bolton Discrepancy/ Tooth Size Discrepancy
- Bolton Plane
- Bolton-Brush Growth Study
- Bonding
- Bone Apposition
- Bone augmentation
- Bone chip harvesting technique
- Bone Graft
- Bone grafts
- Bone loss
- Bone Modeling
- Bone morphogenetic proteins / BMPs
- Bone Plate
- Bone Remodeling
- Bone Resorption
- Bone ultrasound mapping
- Bone-substitute graft materials
- Bone-to-implant interface
- Bony architecture
- Bony defects
- Bony ledges
- Bony lesions
- Bosselated
- Boys, Peak Height Velocity
- Braces
- Brachycephalic
- Brachyfacial (Brachyprosopic)
- Bracket
- Bracket Positioning Instrument
- Bracket Prescription
- Bracket Removing Plier
- Brånemark method
- Brass Separator
- Breath Malodor
- Brill technique
- Bristle brushes
- Brodie Syndrome
- BRONJ
- Brushite
- Bruxism
- Bruxism splint
- Buccal Crossbite
- Buccal Frenum
- Buccal Overjet
- Buccal Shield
- Buccal space
- Buccal Stabilizing Segment
- Buccal-Palatal Crossbite
- Buccally
- Buccinator Muscle
- Buccolingual Tipping
- Buccolingually
- Buccoversion
- Bulbous bone contours
- Bulk fracture
- Bullae
- Bundle bone
- Bundles
- Bur design
- Burlington Cephalometric Analysis
- Burlington Growth Study
- Burnishing
- Bypass Arch
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- C] Cervical Point]
- CAL/Clinical attachment level
- Calcium sulfate /Plaster of Paris
- Calculus
- Caldwell-Luc procedure
- Calf bone / Boplant
- Caliculus Angularis
- CAMBRA
- Camper’s Base Plane
- Cancellous bone
- Cancer
- Canine
- Cantilever Mechanics
- Cantilever Spring
- Capsular Adhesion
- Caries control procedure
- Caries excavation
- Caries risk assessment
- Caries scan
- Cariogenic biofilm
- Cartilage
- Cartilaginous Bone
- Cartilaginous Joint
- Caruncle
- Carver
- Carving
- Castroviejo microsurgical scalpel
- Castroviejo microsurgical scalpel
- Castroviejo needleholder
- Cavernous lesions
- Cavosurface
- Cell therapy
- Cellular cementum
- Cellular mixed stratified cementum
- Cemental tear
- Cementicles
- Cementoid
- Cementum
- Center of Mass
- Center of Resistance/ CRes/CR
- Central apnea
- Central buttressing bone formation
- Central sleep apnea
- Centric Interferences
- Centric Occlusion /CO
- Cephalic Index
- Cephalometric Landmark
- Cephalometric Lines
- Cephalometric Tracing
- Ceramic inlay
- Ceramic Onlay
- Cervical Anchorage
- Cervical enamel projections / CEPs
- Cervical root resorption
- Cervicospinal Flexion-Extension Injury/Whiplash Injury
- Cetylpyridinium chloride / CPC
- Cg] Crista Galli]
- Chédiak Higashi syndrome
- Cheek biting
- Cheek Bone
- Cheek,/ aphthous lesions/ recurrent
- Chemically modifies tetracyclines / CMTs
- Chief Complaint
- Chin Cap
- Chin Cup
- Chisel scalers
- Chlo-Site
- Chlorhexidine / CHX
- Chlorine dioxide / ClO2
- Chronic caries
- Chronic Pain Disorder
- Chronic Periapical Abscess/Suppurative Periradicular abscess
- Cl I occlusofacial
- Cl I occlusolingual
- Class I amalgam restoration
- Class I composite restoration
- Class I malocclusion/ Neutocclusion
- Class I Mechanics
- Class I Mechnics
- Class II amalgam restoration
- Class II composite restoration
- Class II malocclusion/ Distocclusion/ Postnormal Occlusion
- Class II Mechanics
- Class III amalgam restoration
- Class III composite restoration
- Class III malocclusion/ Prenormal Occlusion/ Mesiocclusion
- Class III Mechanics
- Class V amalgam restoration
- Class V composite restoration
- Class V direct gold restoration
- Classification of Malocclusion
- Cleft lip / Palate
- Cleidocranial Dysplasia
- Clenching
- Clenching
- Cleoid carver
- Click
- Clicking
- Clockwise Rotation
- Clockwise Rotation of Mandible
- Closed Bite
- Closed lock
- Closed-loop systems
- Closing Loop
- Closing-loop Arch
- CO-CR Shift
- Co] Condylion]
- Coatings of developmental origin
- Coaxial Wire
- Cobblestone
- Cochrane
- Coe-Pak
- Coil Spring Space Regainer
- Col
- Collapsed Bite
- Collateral Ligaments
- Color-coded probe
- Combined lesions
- Combined Osseous Defect
- Commissure
- Common risk factor approach
- Community periodontal index/CPI
- Community trial
- Complex amalgam restoration
- Complex apnea
- Composite warmer
- Compound loupes
- Computerized Tomography (CT)
- Conceptual model of oral health
- Concordance
- Condensation
- Conditioned enlargements
- Condylar Dislocation
- Condylar Displacement
- Condylar Fracture
- Condylar Growth
- Condylar Guidance
- Condylar Guidance Angle
- Condylar Hyperplasia
- Condylar Rotation
- Condylar Translation
- Condyle
- Condylectomy
- Condylectomy
- Condylysis
- Condylysis
- Congenital
- contact stomatitis
- Continuous archwire
- Continuous Archwire Mechanics
- Continuous Posterior Torque
- Continuous tooth eruption
- Contralateral
- Contrast resolution
- Controlled-release antimicrobial products
- Controlled-release local delivery
- Convenience form
- Conventional finger rest
- Conversion Instrument
- Convertible Tube
- Coon Ligature Tying Plier
- Corn cobs, plaque formation
- Corneal Reflex
- Coronal cementum
- Cosmetic contouring
- Costen’s syndrome
- Costochondral Graft
- Counterclockwise Rotation of Mandible
- Countersink drill
- CR-Centric Relation
- Cranial Base Angle/ Angle of Flexure
- Cranial nerves
- Craniomandibular Disorder (CMD)
- Crater-like lesion (osseous crater or interdental crater)
- Craze line
- Crefcoeur Appliance
- Crepitation
- Crestal incision
- Crestal osteotomy technique / Crestal sinus lift
- Crevicular incision
- Crevicular washings
- Critical probing depth
- Cross-arch finger rest
- Crossbite
- Crown Torque
- Crown-lengthening procedures
- Crozat Appliance
- Crust
- Curettes
- Curve of Wilson
- Cusp reduction
- Cuticle
- Cuticle/ Cuticular structures
- Cutting edge
- Cybernetic Model of Growth Regulation
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- Dacryon
- De Coster Line
- Dead tract dentinal tubule
- Deflection (Deflection of mandible on opening)
- Deflective Occlusal Interference
- Degenerative Joint Disease
- Dela Rossa Plier
- Delaire Appliance
- Demineralization
- Dens in dente
- Dental Aattractiveness
- Dental Arch
- Dental Attractiveness, goals in aiming for
- Dental health professional
- Dental Public Health
- Dentinogenesis Imperfecta
- Depression of the Mandible
- Derotation of Molar
- Determinants of health
- Development
- Developmental Guidance
- Deviation of Mandible on Opening
- DIAGNOdent device
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Cast/ Orthodontic Cast/Plaster Model
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Diagnostic Setup
- Diagnostic Splint
- Diastema
- Differentiation
- Digastric muscle
- Digital Subtraction Radiography
- Dilaceration
- Direct gold
- Direct resorption/ Frontal resorption
- Disc
- Disc derangement
- Disc Displacement
- Disc Displacement with Reduction
- Disc Interference Disorder
- Disc Locking
- Disc Perforation
- Disc Prolapse
- Disc Repositioning Surgery
- Disc-condyle Complex
- Discectomy (Meniscectomy)
- Disclusion/Disocclusion
- Discoid carver
- Discrepancy
- Disjunction of Pterygomaxillary
- Disk
- Dislocation of Condyle
- Displaced Fracture
- Distal Drift of Teeth
- Distal end cutter
- Distal Segment
- Distal Shoe Space Maintainer
- Distal terminal molar flap
- Distal wedge suture
- Disuse atrophy
- Ditch cut preparation
- Dolichocephalic
- Dolichofacial
- Dome-Shaped
- Donut (Elastic Separator)
- Double wedging
- Double-Contrast Arthrography
- Double-papilla flap
- Dovetail
- Down Fracture (of Maxilla)
- Down Grafting of Maxilla
- Down syndrome
- Downs Cephalometric Analysis
- Drift/ of Teeth
- Drug-induced gingival enlargement/ Drug-induced gingival overgrowth /DIGO
- Dual Bite
- Dual Cured Glass-Ionomer
- Dye caries detecting
- Dynamic Fatigue failure
- Dynamics
- Dysplasia
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- E Arch
- Early Closing Click
- Early Opening Click
- Early-onset periodontitis
- Ecologic plaque hypothesis
- Ectopic Eruption
- Edge angle
- Edgewise Appliance/ Standard edgewise
- Effective Force System
- Elastic Cartilage
- Elastic Open Activator
- Electronic cigarettes / e-cigarettes
- Electronic nose
- Electronic periodontal probing
- Electronic stimulatory devices
- Electrosection
- Electrosurgery
- Electrosurgery / Radiosurgery
- Elevation of the Mandible
- Elevator Muscles of Mandible
- Emergence
- Eminectomy
- Enamel prism
- Enamel rod
- Enamel spindel
- Enamel Tuft
- Enameloplasty
- Enamelysin
- Endochondral Ossification
- Endodontic-periodontal lesions/ Endodontic-periodontic lesions
- Endosseous implant
- English surgeon’s knot
- Enucleation
- Envelope of Discrepancy
- Envelope of Motion
- Epidemiology
- Epithelial Attachment
- equigingival margins
- Equivalent Force System
- Erosion
- Eruption
- Eruption (Forced)
- Eruption cyst
- Eruption Theories
- Eruption Tooth Movement
- Essix Retainer
- Esthetic
- Esthetic -Facial
- Esthetic line of Rees
- Esthetic line of Ricketts
- Esthetic Line of Steiner
- Etching
- Ethmoid sinus
- Etiologic Factor
- Etiology
- Evidence based dentistry
- Evidence- Based Dentistry
- Excisional new attachment procedure / ENAP
- Expansion Screw
- External Rotation of Mandible
- Extracapsular adhesion
- Extracapsular Ankylosis
- Extraoral Anchorage
- Extraoral Traction
- Extrusion Arch
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- Face Growth Patterns
- Face Mask
- Facebow
- Facebow Adjusting Pliers
- Facet /Wear Facet
- Facial Axis
- Facial Midline
- Facial Plane
- Fatigue failure
- Fibro-osseous
- Fibrocartilage
- Fibrous Ankylosis
- Fibrous Joint
- Filiform Papilla
- Finger Spring
- Finger/Thumb Splint
- Finishing
- Finishing archwire
- Firm Dentin] Affected Zone]
- Fissure
- Fixation
- Fixation Plate
- Fixed Appliance
- Fixed Orthodontic Appliance
- Fixed Orthopedic Appliances
- Floating tooth
- Flossing
- Fluorosis
- Flutes of burs
- Force
- Force (Action & Reaction)
- Force Composition
- Force decomposition
- Force System
- Forced bite
- Fordyce granules
- Forward caries
- Forward Rotation of Mandible
- Fossa Glenoid/Glenoid Fossa/ Mandibular Fossa
- Fracture
- Fracture comminuated
- Fracture Comminuted
- Fracture Compound
- Fracture Intracapsular
- Frankel Appliance
- Frankle Appliance /Function Regulator
- Free Gingival Graft (FGG)
- Free Graft
- Frenum / Frenulum
- Friction grip
- Frictional keratosis
- Frictionless Mechanics
- Frontal sinus
- Full archwire
- Full Thickness Graft
- Full veneer
- Functional Appliance
- Functional Appliance /Dealing with Poor Compliance
- Functional Appliance /Serial Extraction Combined with
- Functional Appliance, /Compliance
- Functional Appliance, Bite Registration
- Functional Appliance, Compliance
- Functional Appliance, Day-to-Day Management
- Functional Appliance, Dealing with Poor Compliance
- Functional Appliance, First Fit
- Functional Appliance, Serial Extraction Combined with
- Functional Appliance, The Struggling Child
- Functional Appliance, Tooth Movement Pattern
- Functional Matrix Theory
- Functional Occlusal Plane
- Functional Occlusion
- Functional Side
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- G Sn_Sn Pog
- G’ – Soft tissue Glabella
- G] Gelabella]
- Gelatinase
- Genioplasty
- Ghost teeth
- Gingival crevicular fluid / GCF
- Gingival Fibers
- Gingival Loss (Related with Deep Bite)
- Gingival margin trimmer
- gingival overgrowth (GO)/ gingival enlargement
- Ginglymoid Joint
- Girls, Peak Height Velocity (Pubertal Growth Spurt)
- Glabella/G
- Gland
- Glass-Ionomer Cement
- Glass-Ionomer Cement
- Gnalred enamel
- Gnathion / Gn
- Gold foil
- Goldenhar Syndrome
- Gonion /Go
- Granular
- Greater Segment
- Greenstick Fracture
- Grooved acrylic stent
- Growth Pattern, Growth Rate, Growth Regulating Mechanism
- Gummy Smile
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- H-Angle
- Haas Appliance
- Haas Appliance
- Habit Breaking Appliance / Habit Reminder
- Hard Tissue Landmarks
- Hard wire cutter
- Harry Barrer Spring Retainer
- Harvold Cephalometric Analysis
- Harvold-Woodside Activator
- Hatchet
- Head position, Natural (NHP)
- Headgear Tube
- Health inequalities
- Herbst Appliance
- Herbst Appliance
- Herbst] Bite Jumping Appliance ]
- Herpes virus
- Herren Appliance
- Heterologous Graft
- Hickham Protraction Appliance
- Hoe
- Hollenbeck carver
- Homologous Graft
- Howes Utility Pliers
- Hyaline Cartilage
- Hybrid Functional Appliance
- Hyperkeratosis
- Hypersensitivity
- Hypocalcification
- Hypomobility/Reduced Mobility
- Hyrax Appliance
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- ICDAS] International Caries Detection and assessment System]
- Ideal Occlusion
- Ill-health
- Illness
- ILs / Inferior Labial Sulcus
- Imbrication lines of pickerill
- Immobilization
- IMPA /Incisor Mandibular Plane Angle
- Impacted tooth
- Impaction of Maxilla /Maxillary Impaction
- Impression
- Improper occlusal contact
- In office non vital bleaching
- In office vital bleaching
- Incidence
- Incipient caries
- Incisal lapping approach
- Incision Inferius
- Incisior inferius (Ii)
- Incisior superius (Is)
- Incisive papilla
- Incisor Inferius /Ii
- Incisor Superioris /Is
- Inclination / Third Order / Torque
- Increased Mobility/ Hypermobility
- Incremental placement of resin composite
- Incremental striae of Retzius
- Index
- Index of orthodontic treatment need(IOTN)
- Indirect bonding
- Indirect pulp capping
- Indirect Resorption/ Undermining Resorption
- Inferior Joint Space
- Inferior Prosthion
- Infinite Anchorage
- Inflammatory
- Inflammatory cell
- Infradentale /Id
- Inlay
- Instrument
- Inter tubular dentin
- Inter-examiner variability
- Interceptive Extractions, Crowding and Advantages with
- Intercuspal Position (ICP)
- Intercuspation
- Intercuspation
- Interdental cleaning
- Interdental gingiva/ Interproximal gingiva
- Interdental knives/ Interproximal knives
- Interdental ligation/ Interrupted figure-eight suture/ Simple loop suture
- Interdental Papilla
- Interdental septum / interdental septa
- Interdental Spacing
- Interdigitation
- Interdisciplinary model of therapy
- Intergonial Line
- Interincisal Angle
- Interlabial Gap
- Intermaxillary
- Intermaxillary Anchorage
- Intermediate cementum
- Intermediate goals
- Intermediate Restorative Material
- Intermediate Splint
- Internal basal lamina
- Internal bevel incision/ reverse bevel incision / inverse bevel incision
- Internal Derangement
- Internal mobile shock absorber
- Internal wall
- Interocclusal Clearance
- Interocclusal Record
- Interocclusal splint
- Interposition of the tongue
- Interproximal cleaning devices
- Interproximal embrasures
- Interproximal Reduction of Enamel(Stripping)
- Interpupilary Line
- Interpupillary line
- Interradicular fibers
- Interrupted sling suture/ sling ligation
- Intersegmental
- Intersegmental Mechanics
- Interstitial Growth
- Intra-examiner variability
- Intrabony /infrabony/subcrestal/ Intraalveolar pockets
- Intrabony periodontal pockets
- Intracapsular
- Intracapsular adhesion
- Intracapsular Fracture
- Intracoronal Retainer
- Intramatrix Rotation of Mandible
- Intramaxillary Anchorage
- Intramembranous Ossification
- Intramxaillary
- Intraoral Vertical ramus osteotomy/IVRO
- Intrinsic discoloration of teeth
- Intrusion
- Intrusive Arch (intrusion Arch)
- Inverted cone bur
- Invisible Braces (Lingual Braces)
- Ion Implantation
- Ipsilateral
- Irregularity index
- Isolation
- Isologous Graft
- Isometric Contraction
- Isotonic Contraction
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- L-Point
- L-point
- L1-NB/Pg-NB / Holdaway Ratio
- L1-to-AP distance
- Labial Bow
- Labial Crown Torque
- Labiolingual appliance
- Labiolingual Tipping
- Labioversion
- Labrale inferior / Li
- Labrale superior/ Ls
- Laceback / Lace
- Lacunae
- LAFH] Lower Anterior Facial Height]
- Lag Screw
- Large Upper Central Incisor (Megadont Tooth)
- Laser
- Laser induced caries detection
- Latch type hand piece
- Late Closing Click
- Late Opening Click
- Lateral Cephalometric Radiograph
- Lateral Excursion of the Mandible
- Lateral Incisor Moved into Central Incisor Position
- Lateral Pterygoid Muscle
- Lateroclusion
- Laterognathia
- Laterotrusion
- Lavage
- Law of Transmissibility
- LED( Light- emitting diode)
- Leeway Space
- Lefort I, II, III Surgical Procedure
- Left front position
- Left rear position
- Lehman Appliance / Lehman Activator
- Leong’s Premolar / Dens Evaginatus
- Leptoprosopic
- Lesser Segment
- Leveling
- Leveling Wire
- Lewis Bracket
- Li
- Life expectancy
- Ligament
- Ligamentous Position
- Ligature
- Ligature Director
- Light induced caries detection
- Light Wire Appliance
- Light Wire Pliers
- Light- curing unit
- liner
- Lingual
- Lingual Appliance
- Lingual Appliance (Invisible Appliance)
- Lingual Appliance /Invisible Appliance
- Lingual Arch
- Lingual Arch Space Maintainer
- Lingual Arch] Bar Appliance]
- Lingual Cleat
- Lingual Retainer
- Lingual Root Torque
- Lingual Sheath
- Lip Bumper
- Lip Exercises
- Lip Incompetence
- Lip Interposition
- Lip line
- Lip pits
- Lip Protrusion
- Lip Retrusion
- Lip Trap
- Lisping
- Load/ Deflection Rate
- Lobulated
- Loop
- Louisiana State University Activator / L.S.U activator
- Low Angle” Pateint”
- Lower face-throat Angle/ SnPg-CMe
- Lower Jaw
- Luxation /of a tooth
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- Macroabrasion
- Macrodontia
- Macroglossia
- Macrophage
- Macule
- Magnetic Resonance Image /MRI
- Magnets Orthodontic
- Magnification
- Magnification
- Main Archwire/ Main Arch wire
- Main Tube
- Major Salivary Glands
- Malar Bone/ Cheek Bone/ Zygomatic Bone
- Malar Midfacial augmentation
- Malar rash/ butterfly rash
- Malformation
- Malformation Syndromes
- Malignant
- Malleability
- Malocclusion
- Mandible
- Mandibular dislocation/ Mandibular Diplacement
- Mandibular Headgear
- Mandibular Midline/ Mandibular Dental Midline
- Mandibular Plane/MP/ Mandibular Line
- Mandibular prognathism
- Mandibular Retrognathism/ Retrognathic Mandible
- Mandibular Rotation
- Mandibular Setback
- Mandibular Shift/ Slide in Centric/ Forced Bite
- Mandibular Symphysis
- Mandibular Trismus
- Margin
- Marginal Ditching
- Marginal gap
- Marginal Gingiva
- Marginal Ridge
- Martensite
- Maryland bridge
- Masseter Muscle
- Mastication
- Masticatory Mucosa
- Masticatory Muscles
- Materia Alba
- Mathieu-Style Ligature Plier
- Matrix application
- Matrix band
- Matrix metalloproteinases
- Matrix Rotation of the Mandible
- Maturation
- Mature Swallow
- Maxian Elastic Separator
- Maxilla
- Maxilla/Upper Jaw
- Maxillary
- Maxillary Dental Midline
- Maxillary incisor-lip line relationship
- Maxillary Inferior Repositioning
- Maxillary sinus
- Maxillary Superior Repositioning
- Maxillary Tuberosity
- Maxillomandibular Fixation
- Maximum Anchorage
- Maximum Elastic Strain
- Maximum Elastic Strain
- Maximum Intercuspal Position
- McNamara Cephalometric Analysis
- Mechanical Sharpener
- Mechanics
- Mechanotherapy
- Meckel’s Cartilage
- Meckel’s Cartilage
- Medial/Internal Pterygoid Muscle
- Median Plane/Midsagittal plane
- Medication related osteonecrosis of the jaw/MRONJ
- Mediolaterally
- Mediotrusion
- Membranous Bone
- Meniscectomy
- Meniscus
- Mental Symphysis
- Mentolabial Fold/ Labiomental Sulcus
- Menton/Me
- Merrifield’s Profile Line
- Mershon Band Pusher
- Mesial
- Mesial Drift
- Mesial Migration/Approximal Drift
- Mesial step
- Mesial Tipping
- Mesiocclusion
- Mesiodens
- Mesiodens Supernumerary (Preventing Eruption)
- Mesocephalic
- Metal Bracket
- Metamerism
- Methyl Methacrylate
- Methylmetacrylate
- Micro-etching
- Microabrasion
- Microdontia
- Microfill composite
- Microfracture
- Microfracture Theory
- Microtag
- Mid Opening Click
- Mid-closing Clicking
- Mid-opening Clicking
- Midfill composite
- Midline
- Midline Deviation/ Midline Discrepancy
- Midline of the Chin
- Migrane headache
- Migration Pathologic
- Migration Physiologic
- Miller Classification
- Minimum Anchorage
- Minkin self- limiting drill
- Mixed Dentition/ Transitional Dentition
- Mixed Denttion Analysis
- Mode of Force Application/Force Regime
- Model Surgery
- Moderate Anchorage
- Molecular Biology
- Mosquito Pliers
- Mottled enamel
- Mucogingival Junction / MGJ
- Mucogingival Surgery (MGS)
- Mucoperiosteal Periodontal Graft
- Mucosa
- Mucosal Periodontal Graft
- Multidisciplinary Treatment
- Multifactorial
- Multiloop archwire
- Multiple Piece Maxillary Osteotomy
- Mylar strip
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- N’-Soft tissue Nasion
- Nance Holding Arch
- Nanoleakage
- Nanoleakage
- Nanomers
- Nasal Floor
- Nasal Obstruction
- Nasal Obstruction
- Nasolabial Line /Nasolabial Fold
- Nerve
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular
- Neurotrophism
- Neutrophil
- Newton’s Laws
- Nightguard vital bleaching
- No prep veneer
- No. 139 Pliers ( Bird -Beak Plier)
- No. 142 Pliers
- Nociception
- Nodule
- Non-milk extrinsic sugars/ NMES
- Noncarious cervical lesion
- Nonherditary enamel hypoplasia
- Nuhn and Blandin Glands
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- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
- Occlusal Contact
- Occlusal Interference/ Centric Interference
- Occlusion
- Occlusogram
- Omega Plier
- One Piece Maxillary Osteotomy
- One-Jaw Surgery
- Onlay
- Opalescence
- Open Coil Spring
- Open Contact
- Open curettage
- Open fracture
- Open Mouth Locking
- Open Spring
- Operating field
- Opiod Agonist Analgesics
- Opioid agonist/antagonist analgesics
- Optical constants
- Optical impression
- Optical Plier
- Oral Health
- Oral health education
- Oral health Impact Profile /OHIP
- Oral health needs assessment
- Oral health promotion/ Health Promotion
- Oral health-related quality of life /OHRQoL
- Oral Impacts on Daily Performance /OIDP
- Oral manifestation
- Oral Mucosa
- Orbital Hypertelorism
- Orbital Hypotelorism
- Ordered-solution hardening
- Orofacial
- Oronasal Communication
- Orthodontic Attachment
- Orthodontic Band
- Orthodontic Cement
- Orthodontic Impression trays
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial orthopedics
- Orthodontist
- Orthognathic / Mesognathic
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Orthopantomogram (Panoramic Radiograph)
- Orthopedic Appliance
- Osseointegrated Implants
- Osseous
- Osseous Resective Surgery
- Osseous surgery
- Ostectomy
- Osteoarthrosis
- Osteoclast
- Osteocyte
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Osteotomy
- Ottawa Charter
- Outline form
- Over contoured
- Overcarving
- Overlay Arch (Overlay Base Arch)
- Overlay archwire (piggy back)
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- Palate
- Palm-and -thumb grasp
- Palodent strip
- Palpation
- Pantograph
- PAOO /periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics/ Wilckodontics
- Papilla, Interdental
- Papillary gingivitis
- Papule
- PAR Index (Peer Assessment Rating)
- Parafunction
- Parallelism of Roots
- Parasagittal Plane
- Paresthesia
- Partial Glossectomy
- Partial-thickness flap
- Particulate bone graft/bone chips
- Particulate-reinforced polymer
- Patch
- Pathognomonic
- Pathologic Fracture
- Pathologic tooth migration/PTM
- Pear shape bur
- Pebbly
- Peer assessment rating(PAR) index
- Pellicle
- Pen grasp
- Perforated
- Peri-implant mucositis
- Perikymata
- Periodontal abscess
- Periodontal disease risk factor
- Periodontal Dressings / Periodontal Packs
- Periodontal Dressings /Periodontal Packs
- Periodontal pocket wall
- Periodontal probes
- Periodontal probing
- Periodontal regeneration
- Periodontal Risk Assessment /PRA
- Periodontal Risk Calculator /PRC
- Peritubular Dentin
- Permanent bending
- Permanent Retainer
- Philtrum
- Phosphate-bonded investment
- Photographic Subtraction Technique
- Physiologic dentin sclerosis
- Physiologic Mobility/ Normal Mobility
- Pin
- Pin and Ligature Wire Cutter / PLC
- Pin channel
- Pindex drilling machine
- Pindex system
- Pit
- Plaque
- Plaster of Paris
- Plastic behavior
- Plastic deformation
- Plasticizer
- Platinum catalyst
- Plica Fimbriata
- Poisson’s ratio
- Polishing
- Polyether impression material
- Polyglycolic acid /PGA
- Polylactic acid /PLA
- Polymerization
- Polymerization
- Polymerization shrinkage
- Polymerization stress test
- Polymethylhydrosiloxane
- Pontic
- Porcelain
- Porcelain
- Porcelain bonded to metal
- Porcelain fused to metal
- Porcelain veneer
- Porter Arch/W-Arch
- Posterior Rotation of Mandible
- Postural Rest Position
- Power bleaching
- Preadjusted Appliance
- Preangulated Bracket
- Premaxillary Segment
- Presurgical Infant Orthopedics(PSIO)
- Prevalence
- Preventive Orthodontic Treatment
- Primary Cartilage
- Primary resistance
- Primary, Extraction for Preventing Center-line Shift
- Primers
- Probiotics
- Proclination of Upper Incisors, Risk of Trauma and Missing
- Prognosis
- Prognosis
- Progressive Posterior Torque
- Prolabium
- Promutagens
- Prophylactic Odontomy
- Proportional limit
- Proprioception
- Prostaglandins(PG”s)
- Proteoglycans
- Protrusion
- Protrusion of the Mandible
- Provisional composites
- Proximal box
- Proximal Contact
- Proximal contour
- Proximal overhang
- Pseudo-plastic fluid
- Pseudoankylosis
- Pseudoplasticity
- Pterygomasseteric Sling
- Public health approaches to prevention
- Pulp
- Pulp Abscess
- Pulp Cavity
- Pulp Chamber
- Pulp dentin complex
- Pulp protection
- Pulpal floor
- Push-out test
- Pustule
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- Radiolucent
- Radiopacity
- Radiopaque
- Rail Mechanism
- Rake angle
- Rake face
- Rampant caries
- Ramus
- Range of Motion
- Rash
- Reaction Force
- Reactive dentin sclerosis
- Reactive Member /Segment
- Recession, Gingival
- Recipient Site
- Reciprocal Anchorage
- Reciprocal Click
- Reciprocal Clicking
- Reciprocal Tooth Movement
- Recrystallization
- Red lesion
- Reducing Disk
- Referred Pain
- Refractory material
- Regeneration, Guided Tissue
- Relapse
- Remineralization
- Remineralization
- Replicating material
- Repositional Flap
- Residual caries
- Resilience
- Resin bonded splint
- Resin cements
- Resin composite
- Resin-modified Glass-Ionomer Cement
- Rest
- Rest
- Rest Position
- Retention form
- Retention groove
- Retention lock
- Retention slot
- Retraction (/of a Tooth
- Retraction cord
- Retrodiscal Tissue
- Retrodiscitis
- Retrusion of the Mandible
- Reverse Cure of Spee
- Reverse curved archwire
- Reverse-Pull Headgear(Facemask)
- Ribbon Arch Appliance
- Ridge
- Right front position
- Right position
- Right rear position
- Rigid Internal Fixation (RIF)
- Risk Factor
- Risk factors
- Risk indicator
- Rochette bridge
- Roentgenogram
- Root Amputation
- Root Planing
- Root Proximity
- Root Resection
- Root Resorption
- Root Resorption Associated with Impacted Teeth Detected with CBCT
- Root surface caries
- Rostral
- Rotation of the Condyle
- Rotation of the Mandible
- Rotation Wedge
- Round Tripping
- Round Wire
- Rubber point
- Rugae
- Rule of golden proportion
- Run out
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- Safety Release Module
- Sagittal Split Osteotomy
- Saliva ejector
- Salivary
- Sargent Plier
- Sassouni Cephalometric Analysis
- Scalar
- Scar
- Scintigraphy
- Sealant
- Sealing
- Second Order Bend
- Second Order Clearance
- Secondary caries
- Secondary Caries] Recurrent Caries]
- Secondary Cartilage
- Secondary cutting edge
- Sectional archwire
- Segmental Arch Mechanics/Sectional mechanics
- Segmented Arch Techniques
- Selective decontamination
- Sense /of Force
- Sensitivity
- Sensitivity (of a Test)
- Separating disk
- Separating Elastics
- Separating springs
- Separator
- Separator Pliers
- Separator Pliers
- Serial Extraction
- Serrated Amalgam Plugger
- Set Back of The Mandible
- Set Back of The Mandible
- Set up, Bracket
- Shade selection
- Shank
- Sharpey Fibers
- Sharpness test
- Shear Stress
- Shedding
- Shield, Soft Tissue
- Shift, Mandibular
- Shift,of the Midline/ Midline Shift
- SI (International System of Units)
- Sialoadenitis / Sialadenitis
- Siamese Bracket
- SiC] Silicon Carbide]
- Side-winder Spring
- Single Bracket
- Single Click
- Single Space Arthrography
- Sinus
- Skirt
- Sliding Condylar Movement
- Sliding Mechanics
- Slot preparation cl II
- Slow Maxillary Expansion (SME)
- Social determinants of health
- Sodium perborate
- Soft Dentin] Infected Zone]
- Soft Palate
- Soft Tissue Menton
- Soft Tissue Pogonion /pog
- somatic
- Somatic Swallow
- Space Maintainer (SM)
- Spacing
- Spasm of Muscle
- Specificity
- Spectroscopy
- Spiral angle
- Split Thickness Graft
- Spoon excavator
- Spring-Clip separator
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma/SCC
- Stainless steel Ligatures
- Static
- Static Fatigue Failure
- Static Friction
- Statics
- Statistically Determinate
- Statistically Indeterminate
- Steiner Cephalometric Analysis
- Stenson’s duct
- Stepwise caries excavation
- Still’s Disease
- Stomatognathic system
- Stomion
- Stomion Inferius (Sti)
- Stomion Superius (Sts)
- Straight chisel
- Strip, abrasive finishing
- Subdivision, Left or Right
- Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft
- Subluxation / of TMJ
- Subluxation /of a tooth
- Submerged tooth
- Subnasal /Sn
- Subperiosteal Implant
- Subtraction Radiography
- Sulcus bleeding index
- Sunday Bite
- Superior Joint Space (Superior Joint Component)
- Superior Labial Sulcus
- Suprabony /supracrestal / supraalveolar pockets
- Supragingival irrigation
- Supragingival margin
- Surgical Exposure (of a Tooth)
- Surgical pocket therapy
- Surgical Prediction Tracing
- Surgical Wafer
- Synovial Joint
- Systemic disease
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- Tactile periodontal examination
- Talon cusp
- Target population
- Targeted population approach
- Tartar
- Tartar /Calculus control toothpastes
- Taurodontism
- Telecanthus
- Telescoping Bite
- Temporalis muscle
- Temporomandibular Articulation
- Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)
- Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)
- Tendon
- TENS/ Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
- Tension-type Headache
- Teratogen
- Teratogen
- Terminal Closing Clicking
- Tetracycline stained teeth
- The high-risk approach
- The Michigan Growth Study
- Thermocatalytic effect
- Thread Mate System
- Threshold
- Threshold Force of Tooth Movement
- Thumb/Finger Sucking and Distortion of Dental Arches
- Thumb/Finger Sucking and Distortion of Dental Arches
- Tinnitus
- Toffle mire matrix band
- Tomography
- Tongue Crib
- Tongue Interposition
- Tongue thrusting
- Tongue-Tie] Ankyloglossia]
- Tooth mobility
- Tooth Mobility/Mobility of a tooth
- Tooth preparation
- Tooth-to-Lip Relationship
- Torque
- Torquing Auxiliary
- Torsiversion
- Torticollis
- Torus
- Total Rotation of Mandible
- Towne’s Projection
- Traction
- Traction
- Traction
- Tragus
- Transcranial Radiography
- Transfer Tray
- Transfer Tray
- Transillumination
- Translucency
- Transosteal Implant
- Transpalatal Arch /TPA
- Transposition
- Traumatic Occlusion
- Treatment Philosophy
- Treatment plan
- Treatment Plan
- Treatment technique
- Treatment Time
- Tribology
- Trichion /Tr
- Triclosan
- Trigger Point
- Trigonocephalic
- Trimmer/Model Trimmer
- Trismus
- Trisomy 21
- Trituration
- True horizontal line
- True Rotation of Mandible
- True vertical line
- Tumoral
- Tweed Arch Adjusting Pliers
- Tweed Cephalometric Analysis
- Tweed Triangle
- Tweed-Merrifield EdgewiseApplaince
- Twin arch wire Appliance
- Twin-block Appliance /Double Plate
- Twinning
- Two-by-Four Appliance /Bypass arch
- Type “A” anchorage
- Type “B” Anchorage
- Type “C” Anchorage
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- V” Principle of Growth”
- Vacuum-formed Retainer
- Van der Linden Retainer
- Vectorial
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency/ Velopharyngeal Incimpoetence/ VPI
- Velum
- Veneer
- Veneer bridge
- Ventral
- Verrucous
- Vertical Growth Pattern
- Vertical lock
- Vertical Maxillary Excess/ VME
- Vesicle
- Vestibular Shield
- Vestibular Shield
- Videofluoroscopy
- Videofluoroscopy
- Visceral Swallow
- Visual Treatment Objective/VTO
- Vita shade guide
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- Walking bleaching
- Wassmund Osteotomy
- Wax Bite
- Wear facet
- Wear Occlusal
- Wedelstaedft chisel
- Wedge
- Wedge theory
- Weingart Utility Pliers
- Wet bonding
- Whiplash
- White spot lesion
- Whitening
- Wilson Loop
- Wits Appraisal
- Wits Cephalometric Analysis
- Wolff’s law of bone remodeling
- Working Bite] Bite Registration]
- Working Range/Range/Maximum Elastic Strain
- Working side / Laterotrusive side / Functioning side
- Woven Bone
- Wrap-around Retainer/ Circumferential Retainer
- Wunderer Osteotomy
- Wylie Cephalometric Analysis
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