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Rubber dam
Rubber dam Soft latex sheet used to establish isolation of one or more teeth from contamination by oral fluids and to keep materials from falling to the back of the throat.
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Isolation
A defense mechanism operating unconsciously central to obsessive-compulsive phenomena in which the affect is detached from an idea and rendered unconscious, leaving the conscious idea colorless and emotionally neutral.
Oral
Of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located.
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Retained root
Partial root structure remaining in jaw after extraction or fracture of a
natural tooth.
Root
Tooth structure that connects the tooth to the jaw.
Root canal
Common term for root canal therapy, also the interior space of the tooth root.
Root canal therapy
Process of removing pulp of a tooth and filling it with an inert material.
Root resection
Removal of a portion of diseased root structure, retaining the remaining natural tooth.
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