Talk the talk
You might know that healthy gingiva are characterized by small numbers of leukocytes migrating towards the gingival sulcus and residing in the junctional epithelium. But do you know what a epithelial attachment is? This glossary will help you define common dental terms and put it in language that you – and your patients – can understand.
This yearlong interactive glossary program contains definitions and pronunciations for nearly 1,900 dental terms as well as 200 root words, prefixes, suffixes and acronyms. You can track your performance as you run through the study activities. Or, make learning even more fun by playing one of our interactive online games to test your skills.
Subject Matter Experts
This study aid was created with the following Subject Matter Experts:
- Darci Barr, CDA, EFDA
- Ernie De Wald, DDS
- Brenda Fell, CDA, CDPMA
- Ginny Jorgensen, CDA, EFDA, EFODA, AAS
- Carla L. Schneider, CDA, RDA
- James Watkins, DDS
- Dental Editor: Judy Dean-Fleming, DDS
Creation date: August 2011
DANB exam prep: All DANB exams
Learn the dental lingo
After a year of reviewing and practicing your online glossary of dental assisting terms, you will be better able to:
- Understand common dental terms
- Determine definitions of dental terms by their roots, prefixes and suffixes
- Define commonly used dental acronyms
- Correctly pronounce dental terms
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Check out our Glossary of Dental Assisting Terms – and see how simple learning new vocabulary can be.
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