gingival margin — gum margin margo gingivalis … Medical dictionary
free gingival margin — free gum margin margo gingivalis … Medical dictionary
periodontitis — /per ee oh don tuy tis/, n. Dentistry. inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support… … Universalium
margo gingivalis — [TA] gingival margin: the crest of the free gingiva that surrounds the teeth in a collarlike fashion, separated from the adjacent periodontium protectoris by the free gingival groove; it forms the wall of the gingival sulcus. Called also free… … Medical dictionary
tooth — toothlike, adj. /toohth/, n., pl. teeth, v., toothed /toohtht, toohdhd/, toothing /tooh thing, dhing/. n. 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and… … Universalium
subgingival — /sub jin juy veuhl, sub jin jeuh /, adj. being or occurring under the gums; esp., being or occurring in the crevice between the gum margin and the neck or root of a tooth. [SUB + GINGIVAL] * * * … Universalium
festoon — /fɛsˈtun / (say fes toohn) noun 1. a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points. 2. a decorative representation of this, as in architectural work or on pottery. 3. the curvature of the gum margin… …
subgingival — |səb+ adjective Etymology: sub + gingival : situated or occurring beneath the gums and especially between the gums and the basal part of the crowns of the teeth subgingival deposits of tartar * * * /sub jin juy veuhl, sub jin jeuh /, adj. being… … Useful english dictionary
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… … Universalium
Crown (dentistry) — Intervention ICD 9 CM 23.41 MeSH … Wikipedia