A question from all dental students

[harrygt]

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What do call the type of cavity which you get throught the pores in the tooth. I remember my dentist telling me that the cavity was a result of microscopic penetration of bacteria [or sth else] throught the pores.

Also how could you say that the cavity was on the side in which a tooth is contacting another tooth. I know there are some specific terms for directions in dentistry [like occlusal, but I think this is not what I'm looking for]. SHould I say lateral, medial, or anything else?
Thanks for the help.

 

[harrygt]

No dental students to help me with this term here?🙁

 

[reapply2007]

 

[lgwdnbdgr]

Also how could you say that the cavity was on the side in which a tooth is contacting another tooth.

Interproximal is probably the term you want.

 

[NSDDS]

meth mouth...you'll see it a lot if you do an inner-city residency

 

[Streetwolf]

What do call the type of cavity which you get throught the pores in the tooth. I remember my dentist telling me that the cavity was a result of microscopic penetration of bacteria [or sth else] throught the pores.

Also how could you say that the cavity was on the side in which a tooth is contacting another tooth. I know there are some specific terms for directions in dentistry [like occlusal, but I think this is not what I'm looking for]. SHould I say lateral, medial, or anything else?
Thanks for the help.

We haven't yet learned a specific term for 'microscopic penetration of bacteria through the pores' if there even is one..... besides decay of course 😉

If you are looking for a term for position though then you want either mesial (towards the midline) or distal (away from the midline). For example, on your canine the mesial side would be the side facing the incisors and the distal side would be the side facing the premolars.

More generally you could say the proximal area of the tooth which would cover both the mesial and the distal ends. Interproximal would refer to the part of the tooth in contact/directly adjacent to the neighboring tooth. Class II carious lesions occur in the interproximal areas of posterior teeth, gingival to the contact area.

 

[KOM]

Are you referring to pit and fissure lesions? Class I