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2. Microdontia - Wikipedia

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   Males tend to have larger teeth than females, [1] and tooth size also varies by race. [1] Abnormal tooth size is defined by some as when the dimensions are more than 2 standard deviations from the average. [1] Microdontia is when the teeth are abnormally small, and macrodontia is when the teeth are abnormally large.

3. Dental braces - Wikipedia

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   A Roman tomb was found with a number of teeth bound with gold wire documented as a ligature wire, a small elastic wire that is used to affix the arch wire to the bracket. Even Cleopatra wore a pair. Roman philosopher and physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus first recorded the treatment of teeth by finger pressure.

4. Dental restoration - Wikipedia

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   They can be used in direct restorations to fill in the cavities created by dental caries and trauma, minor buildup for restoring tooth wear (non-carious tooth surface loss) and filling in small gaps between teeth (labial veneer). Dental composites are also used as indirect restoration to make crowns and inlays in the laboratory.

5. Fixed prosthodontics - Wikipedia

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   A bridge is used to span, or bridge, an edentulous area (space where teeth are missing), usually by connecting to fixed restorations on adjacent teeth. The teeth used to support the bridge are called abutments. A bridge may also refer to a single-piece multiple-unit fixed partial denture (numerous single-unit crowns either cast or fused together).

6. Brooks: The tooth, and nothing but the tooth: S.D. Gov. Noem ...

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   Noem went on to explain that she "knocked out all my front teeth" years ago in a bike accident when her children were small. Years later, she was looking for a dentist to tweak the earlier work.

7. Dental implant - Wikipedia

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   Dental implant, 3D illustration. A dental implant (also known as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a prosthesis that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental prosthesis such as a crown, bridge, denture, or facial prosthesis or to act as an orthodontic anchor.