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Glossary

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  • A dental benefit program that pays an increasing share of the treatment cost, provided that the covered individual utilizes the benefits of the program during each incentive period (usually a year) and receives the treatment prescribed. For example, a 70%-30% copayment program in the first(...)
  • Pertaining to the biting edges of the incisor and cuspid teeth.
  • One of the angles formed by the junction of the incisal and the mesial or distal surfaces of an anterior tooth called the mesioincisal and distoincisal angle respectfully.
  • The procedure of incising a fluctuant mucosal lesion to allow for the release of fluid from the lesion.
  • A tooth for cutting or gnawing located in the front of the mouth in both jaws.
  • A non-network dental plan that reimburses the member or dentist at a certain percentage of charges for services rendered, often after a deductible has been satisfied. Indemnity plans typically place no restrictions on which dentist a member may visit. Indemnity plans are also referred to as(...)
  • Those individuals whose income falls below the poverty line as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
  • Procedure in which the nearly exposed pulp is covered with a protective dressing to protect the pulp from additional injury and to promote healing and repair via formation of secondary dentin.
  • A restoration fabricated outside the mouth.
  • A legal entity organized and governed by individual participating dentists for the primary purpose of collectively entering into contracts to provide dental services to enrolled populations.
  • a technique of administration in which a gaseous or volatile agent is introduced into the lungs and whose primary effect is due to absorption through the gas/blood interface.
  • An intracoronal dental restoration, made outside the oral cavity to conform to the prepared cavity, which restores some of the occlusal surface of a tooth, but does not restore any cusp tips. It is retained by luting cement. (American College of Prosthodontics; The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms)
  • Person covered by the program. See beneficiary.
  • The party in an insurance contract that promises to pay a benefit if a specified loss occurs. Usually an insurance company
  • The intentional removal, radicular repair and replacement of a tooth into its alveolus.
  • A provisional prosthesis designed for use over a limited period of time, after which it is to be replaced by a more definitive restoration.
  • Diagnostic codes designed for the classification of morbidity and mortality information for statistical purposes for the indexing of hospital records by disease and operations and for data storage and retrieval.
  • Between the adjoining surfaces of adjacent teeth in the same arch.
  • Referring to "within" the crown of a tooth.
  • Inside the mouth.