Category: D

  • Dental hygiene teacher

    Dental health teacher.  

  • Dental fissures

    Imperfections of the tooth enamel.  

  • Dental examination

    A dental checkup. Consists of visual examination, X-rays, and prophylaxes. An exploration and analysis of the mouth, teeth, and gums by a dentist. A dental examination may be performed as a routine yearly checkup or to assess a complaint. Before the examination, the person answers questions regarding general health, current medications, prior dental treatments, special…

  • Dental diseases

    Oral diseases.  

  • Densimetric method

    A technique for assessing the proportion of lean and fat tissue in the body by weighing the person first in air, and then again when submerged in water, to determine overall body density in relation to water.  

  • Dens

    A tooth, or something shaped like a tooth. Upward bony protrusion (odontoid process) of the second cervical vertebra (axis) towards the first (atlas); this articulation forms the joint about which the head rotates, as when saying no. A toothlike projection from the second cervical vertebra (C2), upon which the head rotates.  

  • Denatured alcohol

    Ethyl alcohol that has been made unfit for human consumption by the addition of methyl alcohol and benzene. Ethyl alcohol such as methylated spirit, rubbing alcohol or surgical spirit with an additive, usually methyl alcohol, to make it unpleasant to drink. Alcohol rendered unfit for use as a beverage or medicine by the addition of…

  • Demythologization

    The transfer of faith from one orientation based on teachings outside of oneself to an orientation developed within oneself.  

  • Demurrer

    In law, allegation by one party that the other party’s allegations may be true, but even so, are not of such legal consequences as to justify proceeding with the case.  

  • Demonstration program

    In education, an experiment that attempts to demonstrate the viability of a health concept or idea, demonstration method.