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A condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in…

Chemical reaction that occurs when saliva comes into contact with the metals in dental fillings. This reaction can send electric currents through the…

Dwarfism occurring in association with defective development of skin, hair, and teeth, polydactyly, and defect of the cardiac septum. (Dorland, 27th …

Mechanical removal of a small amount of tooth structure (not more than a few tenths of a millimeter in depth) to eliminate superficial enamel discolo…

A dental specialty concerned with the maintenance of the dental pulp in a state of health and the treatment of the pulp cavity (pulp chamber and pulp…

Skills, techniques, standards, and principles used to improve the art and symmetry of the teeth and face to improve the appearance as well as the fun…

Extraoral devices for applying force to the dentition in order to avoid some of the problems in anchorage control met with in intermaxillary traction…

A syndrome characterized by slowly progressive unilateral atrophy of facial subcutaneous fat, muscle tissue, skin, cartilage, and bone. The condition…

Diseases of the facial nerve or nuclei. Pontine disorders may affect the facial nuclei or nerve fascicle. The nerve may be involved intracranially, a…

Traumatic injuries to the facial nerve. This may result in FACIAL PARALYSIS, decreased lacrimation and salivation, and loss of taste sensation in the…

Neuralgic syndromes which feature chronic or recurrent FACIAL PAIN as the primary manifestation of disease. Disorders of the trigeminal and facial ne…

Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways f…

Generalized or localized diffuse fibrous overgrowth of the gingival tissue, usually transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait, but some cases are id…

Practice of adding fluoride to water, and other food or beverages, for the purpose of preventing DENTAL CARIES.

The topical application of fluorides, usually in pastes, gels, varnishes, TOOTHPASTES or MOUTHWASHES, to reduce the incidence of DENTAL CARIES. Flu…

A chronic endemic form of ENAMEL HYPOMINERALIZATION caused by drinking water with a high fluorine content during the time of tooth formation, and cha…

Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, and palate, presenting soft, painle…

Conditions in which a bifurcation or trifurcation of the molar tooth root becomes denuded as a result of periodontal disease. It may be followed by t…

Two teeth united during development by the union of their tooth germs; the teeth may be joined by the enamel of their crowns, by their root dentin, o…

A surgical procedure done largely for cosmetic reasons to correct receding chins, chin misalignment, or chin excess.

Diseases involving the GINGIVA.

The flowing of blood from the marginal gingival area, particularly the sulcus, seen in such conditions as GINGIVITIS, marginal PERIODONTITIS, injury,…

Non-inflammatory enlargement of the gingivae produced by factors other than local irritation. It is characteristically due to an increase in the numb…

Abnormal enlargement or overgrowth of the gingivae brought about by enlargement of existing cells.

Excessive growth of the gingiva either by an increase in the size of the constituent cells (GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY) or by an increase in their number (…

Exposure of the root surface when the edge of the gum (GINGIVA) moves apically away from the crown of the tooth. This is common with advancing age, v…

Techniques used to expose dental surface below the gingival margin in order to obtain better dental impression during periodental and peri-implant ap…

Painful sensations in the tongue, including a sensation of burning.

Inflammation of the tongue.

An idiopathic disorder of the tongue characterized by the loss of filiform papillae leaving reddened areas of circinate macules bound by a white band…