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Mesial - ✔✔Closest to midline
Distal - ✔✔Farthest from midline
Lingual - ✔✔Tongue side of teeth
Labial - ✔✔Facing the lips
Facial/Buccal - ✔✔Facing the cheek
Occlusal - ✔✔Chewing surface of the tooth (posterior teeth)
Incisal - ✔✔Used for cutting (anterior teeth)
General Dentist - ✔✔Treats and manages overall oral healthcare
Orthodontist - ✔✔Aligns and straightens teeth
Endodontist - ✔✔Root Canal Therapy(RTC)
Periodontist - ✔✔Gum disease or Periodontal disease
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, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon - ✔✔Treats diseases, injuries related to jaw, head, neck,
face, jaws and mouth by surgeries
Prosthodontist - ✔✔Prosthetics including dentures, and partials
Pedodontist - ✔✔Treats and manages over oral healthcare for children
Frontal plane - ✔✔anterior and posterior portions
Midsagittal plane - ✔✔left and right portions
Horizontal plane - ✔✔upper and lower portions
Mandible - ✔✔lower jaw that holds teeth (aka the mandibular arch)
Maxilla - ✔✔upper jaw that holds teeth (aka the maxillary arch)
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) - ✔✔the joint on each side of the head that allows
movement of the mandible
Mental Foramen - ✔✔1 of 2 holes located on the front surface of the mandible...they are
between the 1st and 2nd premolars...they permit passage of the mental nerve and blood
vessels
Ramus - ✔✔part of the mandible that turns towards the skull vertically to allow
rotation of the TMJ in a vertical direction
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Mesial - ✔✔Closest to midline
Distal - ✔✔Farthest from midline
Lingual - ✔✔Tongue side of teeth
Labial - ✔✔Facing the lips
Facial/Buccal - ✔✔Facing the cheek
Occlusal - ✔✔Chewing surface of the tooth (posterior teeth)
Incisal - ✔✔Used for cutting (anterior teeth)
General Dentist - ✔✔Treats and manages overall oral healthcare
Orthodontist - ✔✔Aligns and straightens teeth
Endodontist - ✔✔Root Canal Therapy(RTC)
Periodontist - ✔✔Gum disease or Periodontal disease
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, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon - ✔✔Treats diseases, injuries related to jaw, head, neck,
face, jaws and mouth by surgeries
Prosthodontist - ✔✔Prosthetics including dentures, and partials
Pedodontist - ✔✔Treats and manages over oral healthcare for children
Frontal plane - ✔✔anterior and posterior portions
Midsagittal plane - ✔✔left and right portions
Horizontal plane - ✔✔upper and lower portions
Mandible - ✔✔lower jaw that holds teeth (aka the mandibular arch)
Maxilla - ✔✔upper jaw that holds teeth (aka the maxillary arch)
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) - ✔✔the joint on each side of the head that allows
movement of the mandible
Mental Foramen - ✔✔1 of 2 holes located on the front surface of the mandible...they are
between the 1st and 2nd premolars...they permit passage of the mental nerve and blood
vessels
Ramus - ✔✔part of the mandible that turns towards the skull vertically to allow
rotation of the TMJ in a vertical direction
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