The combination of a post and a core. This is used to support a crown on an endodontically treated tooth.

The hole prepared into the treated root canal of a tooth into which the post is cemented.

Also called the back teeth. These teeth include the pre-molars and molars.

Also known as bicuspids. These are the teeth between the molars and canines. There are usually two pre-molars between the canines and molars. Children with baby teeth do not have premolars. The adult premolars will replace the baby molars when they fall out when the child is 9 to 13 years old.

Short for prepare or preparation. It is the process of the dentist cutting down the tooth to make it ready to hold a filling or a prosthetic crown. It is also used to describe the finished product of this process. Ex.: The dentist takes an impression of the final tooth prep in order to create a model that the lab …

Also know as deciduous teeth or baby teeth. The baby teeth begin to erupt in to a child’s mouth in the first year of life and usually continue until the child is 2 to 3 years old. They will be replaced with the permanent/adult teeth over the course of the child’s first 13 to 14 years of life. There are …

Similar to a pocket. It is the distance from where the gum is visible on the tooth to where the tooth and gum or bone actually connect on an implant or natural tooth as measured using a periodontal probe.

Literally preventive treatment. In dentistry it is the act of cleaning the teeth with an intact periodontal attachment in order to maintain periodontal health. If you have or have had periodontal disease then by definition you will no longer have prophylaxis as your cleaning you will have periodontal maintenance because you have lost some periodontal attachment from your previous periodontal …

Any artificial appliance used to replace a body part.

An artificial crown. They are made of metal, ceramic, porcelain, or porcelain fused to metal and are a replacement for a natural crown which has been damaged due to trauma or decay.