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Dental drill — A high speed dental handpiece. A dental drill (or dentist s drill) is a small, high speed drill used in dentistry to remove decayed tooth material prior to the insertion of a dental filling. Dental drills are used in the treatment of dental… … Wikipedia
Dental instruments — Mouth mirror, a commonly used dental instrument Dental instruments are the tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, restore and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures.… … Wikipedia
Dental caries — This article is about dental caries in humans. To read about dental caries in other animals, please see dental caries (non human). Dental caries Classification and external resources Destruction of a tooth by cervical decay from dental caries.… … Wikipedia
dental engine — The motive power of a dental handpiece that causes it to rotate. * * * dental en·gine en jən n a dentist s drilling machine for rotating drills, burs, or other instruments at high speed * * * a machine operated by electricity, water, or… … Medical dictionary
handpiece — A powered dental instrument held in the hand, used to hold rotary cutting, grinding, or polishing implements while they are being revolved. * * * hand·piece hand .pēs n the part of a mechanized device designed to be held or manipulated by hand… … Medical dictionary
Dental bur — A dental bur is a type of drill bit used in a handpiece (commonly called a dental drill). The burs are usually made of tungsten carbide or diamond. The three parts to a bur are the head, the neck, and the shank.Summit, James B., J. William… … Wikipedia
handpiece — noun The part of a dental drill that is held by the dentist … Wiktionary
handpiece — n. hand held dental instrument used to hold rotary implements … English contemporary dictionary
United States Navy Dental Corps — The Dental Corps of the United States Navy consists of naval officers who have a Doctorate in either Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine (D.D.S. or D.M.D.) and who practice dentistry caring for sailors and marines. In overseas locations they also… … Wikipedia
disk — 1. A round, flat plate; any approximately flat circular structure. 2. SYN: lamella (2). 3. In dentistry, a circular piece of thin paper or other material, coated with an abrasive substance, used for cutting and polishing tee … Medical dictionary
