A soft latex sheet used to isolate one or more teeth from contamination by oral fluids and to keep materials from falling to the back of the throat.

The removal of a portion of diseased root structure, but retaining the remaining natural tooth.

The treatment for disease of the dental pulp in which the pulp is removed and replaced by filling material.

A dental procedure to save a tooth by removing the diseased or injured tissue in its root.

The tooth structure that connects the tooth to the jaw.

The partial root structure remaining in the jaw after extraction or fracture of a natural tooth.

The replacement of a portion of a damaged tooth.

The acrylic restoration of a denture base to compensate for bone loss. Direct in conjunction with a dental laboratory.

The insertion and temporary fixation of partially or completely avulsed teeth resulting from traumatic injury.

Older term for periodontal (gum) disease.