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gutta-percha point — see under cone … Medical dictionary
Cone — A type of specialized light sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provide sharp central vision and color vision. By contrast, the rods are the retinal photoreceptors that provide side vision and the ability to see objects… … Medical dictionary
single cone method — in root canal therapy, a method of filling the canal with a single well fitting gutta percha cone or silver point in conjunction with a sealer cement or paste … Medical dictionary
silver cone method — silver point method in root canal therapy, a method of filling the canal in which a prefitted silver point is sealed into the canal apex and irregularities in the canal that are not sealed with the point are obliterated by gutta percha through… … Medical dictionary
lateral condensation method — a method of root canal therapy in which the main portion of the canal is filled with a primary gutta percha cone or silver point and sealer cement or paste and the remaining space is packed with auxiliary gutta percha cones. Spreader sites and… … Medical dictionary
point — 1. SYN: punctum. 2. A sharp end or apex. 3. A slight projection. 4. A stage or condition reached, as the boiling p. 5. To become ready to open, said of an abscess or boil the wall of which is becoming thin and about to rupture. 6. In mathematics … Medical dictionary
plugger — A dental instrument used for condensing gold (foil), amalgam, or any plastic material in a cavity; operated by hand or by mechanical means. SYN: packer (2), plugging instrument. automatic p. a mechanically or electrically activated … Medical dictionary
root canal therapy — the aspect of endodontics concerned with the treatment of diseases of the dental pulp, consisting of partial (pulpotomy) or complete (pulpectomy) extirpation of the diseased pulp, cleaning and sterilization of the empty root canal, enlarging and… … Medical dictionary
Ericales — ▪ plant order Introduction rhododendron order of flowering plants, containing 25 families, 346 genera, and more than 11,000 species. The relationships of the order are unclear. It belongs to neither of the two major asterid groups… … Universalium
Philippines — /fil euh peenz , fil euh peenz /, n. (used with a pl. v.) an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898 1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 76,103,564; 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq.… … Universalium
