Favorite Dental Word

[armorshell]

Thought I'd break up the monotony of "My Chances" and "Interviews" threads with a bit of fun shamelessly jacked from the pre-allo forum.

What's your favorite dental word?

Mine is buccal!

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[country_fry]

Flipper...

 

[OSUDDS]

handpiece

just because everyone's so anal about it.

 

[DMD2007]

Cavitron............Reminds me of Transformers.

 

[OSUDDS]

haha... yea.. or Deltron of Deltron Zero.

 

[armorshell]

haha... yea.. or Deltron of Deltron Zero.

Ooh, good taste in music

As far as words go, I also like "Gutta Percha"

 

[Lidopaine82]

i like palpate, and labial. as in i want to palpate your labial ridge.

 

[blue_moon01]

mine is "amalgam"

 

[I'mFillingFine]

Definitely a toss-up between "masticate" and "pulp cavity."

Simply no other options.

 

[armorshell]

i like palpate, and labial. as in i want to palpate your labial ridge.

I can't help but keekle everytime anyone says labial

 

[apaul]

obturate

 

[RozhonDDS]

palate expander

 

[blue_moon01]

ooh
what about
"mesial-buccal-lingual"
Saw a root canal today. it's a bloody mess, but oh-so very exciting. I just wanted to jump right in and tried my hand at it hehe

For those who have dental experiences, forgive me. This is my first day shadowing and I'm still on a high from the experience.

 

[country_fry]

ooh
what about
"mesial-buccal-lingual"
Saw a root canal today. it's a bloody mess, but oh-so very exciting. I just wanted to jump right in and tried my hand at it hehe

For those who have dental experiences, forgive me. This is my first day shadowing and I'm still on a high from the experience.

All I can say is a surgical extraction is just as interesting. If you're assisting, you're just suctioning EVERYWHERE.

 

[beannaithe]

I can't help but keekle everytime anyone says labial

wait until you get to dental anatomy and they say it allllllll the time.

 

[country_fry]

I can't help but keekle everytime anyone says labial

hahaha seriously...

 

[SirShagaLot]

pastrami

 

[HeMan]

how about frenum

 

[blue_moon01]

frenulum?

 

[armorshell]

Frenum and Frenulum are funtionally equivalent words

 

[blue_moon01]

All I can say is a surgical extraction is just as interesting. If you're assisting, you're just suctioning EVERYWHERE.

sadly I didn't get to assist, but it's still cool just watching!

 

[in her drawer]

"Suction."

 

[lemoncurry]

prophylaxis

 

[DDSY]

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ): This fancy sounding word appears everywhere

Parotid, sublingual and submaxillary glands: what the $%^% is the difference

 

[SirShagaLot]

front tooth

 

[HermeytheElf]

co-payment

 

[DMD to Be]

I like occlusal.

 

[rocknightmare]

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ): This fancy sounding word appears everywhere

Parotid, sublingual and submaxillary glands: what the $%^% is the difference

just a slight differences

 

[SirShagaLot]

back teeth

 

[DDSY]

co-payment

Now that you mentioned that my fav is: self pay. . . Just kidding

 

[blue_moon01]

Thought I'd break up the monotony of "My Chances" and "Interviews" threads with a bit of fun shamelessly jacked from the pre-allo forum.

What's your favorite dental word?

Mine is buccal!

Actually right now it's

"accepted!"

 

[I'mFillingFine]

co-payment

Parotid, sublingual and submaxillary glands: what the $%^% is the difference

These are all different salivary glands, located in slightly different areas of the skull: http://www.greenfacts.org/images/glossary/salvary-glands.jpg




And how do you comfort your mother when she's upset about the triangular spaces between her teeth???......


.......EMBRASURE!!!

 

[SuperTrooper]

Thought I'd break up the monotony of "My Chances" and "Interviews" threads with a bit of fun shamelessly jacked from the pre-allo forum.

What's your favorite dental word?

Mine is buccal!

foreskin

 

[stosh]

cash patient

 

[armorshell]

pastrami

reminds me of labial

 

[SirShagaLot]

Nitrous.....def. my fav.

 

[Fariba]

Bard Parker - I used to work with a Prosthodontist who had a thick accent, and for the LONGEST time I really thought he was calling this instrument the name of the host of "Price is Right."

How about the names of some other instruments:

Hoe, Chisel, Explorer, Excavator...

I wonder what the patients think when they hear this? hahahahahaha

 

[ddsjymaeng]

i love gold tooth

 

[I'mFillingFine]

Bard Parker - I used to work with a Prosthodontist who had a thick accent, and for the LONGEST time I really thought he was calling this instrument the name of the host of "Price is Right."

How about the names of some other instruments:

Hoe, Chisel, Explorer, Excavator...

I wonder what the patients think when they hear this? hahahahahaha

A dentist I shadowed once had a patience who owned a construction company. When he asked for the spoon excavator, the pt freaked out and said "you're using an EXCAVATOR on me?!" (thinking of his enormous machinery.) So now the dentist called the instrument after the guy's first name, much to the confusion of any assistants who knew the real name for it.

 

[dmonee6]

"Cerec" ... maybe not the coolest word by itself... but it's the coolest machine i've ever seen!

Oh and definitely "Bone file"...always gives the patient a nice feeling to hear that one.

 

[cdmOMR]

"trimming your box"...you wouldnt want your distal box to go untrimmed

**heard an instructor say this at a training course and Ill admit I snikkered

 

[KIMOANGELO]

cusp of Carabelli

 

[cdmOMR]

I think Dentistry has some of the best terminology out there. Everything sounds like its out of Lord of the Rings

 

[Dracord]

I think Dentistry has some of the best terminology out there. Everything sounds like its out of Lord of the Rings

An ancient handpiece thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frenum. When Gutta Percha discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Cavitron, Frenum must make an epic quest to the Cusps of Carabelli in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gutta Percha the Grey, Labial the elf, Obturate the Dwarf, Prophylaxis, Amalgam and his three Hobbit friends Parotid, SubMaxillary and Sublingual. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Handpiece must go. Their quest to destroy the One Handpiece is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

I think you're on to something!

I like Veneer

 

[DDSY]

I like that

 

[I'mFillingFine]

An ancient handpiece thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frenum. When Gutta Percha discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Cavitron, Frenum must make an epic quest to the Cusps of Carabelli in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gutta Percha the Grey, Labial the elf, Obturate the Dwarf, Prophylaxis, Amalgam and his three Hobbit friends Parotid, SubMaxillary and Sublingual. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Handpiece must go. Their quest to destroy the One Handpiece is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

I think you're on to something!

I like Veneer

 

[dddsmack]

Grill

Cha-ching

 

[cdmOMR]

An ancient handpiece thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frenum. When Gutta Percha discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Cavitron, Frenum must make an epic quest to the Cusps of Carabelli in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gutta Percha the Grey, Labial the elf, Obturate the Dwarf, Prophylaxis, Amalgam and his three Hobbit friends Parotid, SubMaxillary and Sublingual. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Handpiece must go. Their quest to destroy the One Handpiece is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

I think you're on to something!

I like Veneer

Told ya! I think with enough time on your hand you can produce a whole movie script

 

[HermeytheElf]

An ancient handpiece thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frenum. When Gutta Percha discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Cavitron, Frenum must make an epic quest to the Cusps of Carabelli in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gutta Percha the Grey, Labial the elf, Obturate the Dwarf, Prophylaxis, Amalgam and his three Hobbit friends Parotid, SubMaxillary and Sublingual. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Handpiece must go. Their quest to destroy the One Handpiece is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

I think you're on to something!

I like Veneer

Congratulations, you just proved once and for all that predents are bigger nerds than premeds. I think I'm going to go drink myself stupid now...

 

[mom2dr]

Congratulations, you just proved once and for all that predents are bigger nerds than premeds. I think I'm going to go drink myself stupid now...

No....we're just the most creative! Here's my favorite...uvula!