Dental Assisting - Orthodontics Exam
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contoured metal wire that
provides force when teeth
arch wire
are guided in movement for
orthodontics
attachment located on a bracket or band to
auxilary
hold arch wire or elastic
stainless steel ring attached
to molars to hold the arch
band
wire and auxiliaries
fixed orthodontic
appliances
braces
small device bonded to
teeth to hold the arch wire
bracket
in place
extra-oral radiograph of
cephalometric bones and tissues of the
radiograph head
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condition that occurs when
a tooth is not properly
cross-bite
aligned with its opposing
tooth
condition that occurs when
teeth are not properly
crowding
aligned in the arch
structures that include
teeth, jaws, and surrounding
dentofacial
facial bones
a class II (2) malocclusion in
which the mesiobuccal cusp
of the maxillary first molar
distoclusion
occludes mesial to the
mesiobuccal groove of the
mandibular first molar
abnormal direction of tooth
eruption
ectopic
pressure applied to the jaw causing a
fetal molding
distortion
external orthodontic
appliance used to control
headgear
growth and tooth
movement