carious
111incisal cavity — a carious lesion beginning on the incisal surface of an anterior tooth …
112labial cavity — a carious lesion beginning on the labial surface of an anterior tooth …
113lingual cavity — a carious lesion beginning on the lingual surface of a tooth …
114mesial cavity — a carious lesion beginning on the mesial surface of a tooth …
115occlusal cavity — a carious lesion beginning on the occlusal surface of a posterior tooth …
116prepared cavity — a cavity that is produced in a tooth to support and retain the filling material and protect the tooth structure remaining after removal of all carious tissue. See also cavity preparation, under preparation …
117proximal cavity — a carious lesion beginning on a proximal (the mesial or distal) surface of a tooth …
118simple cavity — a carious lesion that involves only one surface of a tooth in its preparation, designated according to the surface involved as buccal, distal, incisal, labial, lingual, mesial, or occlusal …
119three-quarter crown — an artificial crown covering mainly three surfaces of anterior teeth (mesial, distal, and lingual) and four surfaces of posterior teeth (mesial, distal, lingual, and occlusal); used as a retainer for a bridge or as a single unit restoration on a… …
120periapical cyst — a periodontal cyst involving the apex of an erupted tooth, frequently a result of infection via the pulp chamber and root canal through carious involvement of the tooth. Called also radicular c …
