dental terms

This group of pages has been designed to explain the meaning of many dental terms used within this site, and indeed during your treatment. If there are any words missing from this glossary or that are still not clear to you, please contact us, and we shall endeavour to update the site and/or contact you with the full meanings.

Alveolus - An opening in your jaw-bone in which a tooth is attached.
Amalgam - The controversial material (made up of Silver and Mercury) used for plugging holes in teeth (aka fillings).
Anesthetic - A drug used to put a patient (or part of a patient) "to sleep", whilst performing surgery so that the patient does not feel any pain or discomfort during the procedures.
Aspiration - The use of a miniature vacuum system (called an Aspirator) to remove saliva from the mouth whilst performing dental surgery.

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