Glossary

Category: D

  • Debility

    Weakness, relaxation of muscular fibre. Generalized weakness, feebleness, or loss of strength and energy. Debility may be caused by a physical disease or a psychological disorder. Experiencing overall fatigue and a diminished sense of energy can stem from various factors. It may result from a physical condition like anemia, which causes a decrease in red…

  • Dartre

    Condition of dry, scaly skin.  

  • Dandruff

    Dandruff

    Scurf, dead, scaly skin among the hair. An infection of the sebaceous glands of the scalp, resulting in flaking of the skin. Pieces of dead skin from the scalp which fall out when the hair is combed. Condition in which scales of white flaky or grayish waxy material (dead skin) are shed by the scalp.…

  • D-galactosamine

    An amino sugar with unique hepatotoxic properties in animals.  

  • Probing depth

    The distance from the soft tissue (gingiva or alveolar mucosa) margin to the tip of the periodontal probe during usual periodontal diagnostic probing. The health of the attachment apparatus can affect the measurement.  

  • Drug‐influenced g

    Inflammatory response of the gingiva to plaque and drug(s).  

  • Diabetes mellitusassociated g

    Inflammatory response of the gingiva to plaque modified by poorly controlled plasma glucose levels.  

  • Desquamative g

    A nonspecific term describing erythema, and ulceration of the free and attached gingiva. It reflects diffuse inflammation of the gingiva with sloughing of the surface epithelium. It can be a manifestation of one or more vesiculoerosive lesions.  

  • Double papilla pedicle f

    The use of the papillae on the mesial and distal of a tooth as laterally positioned flaps sutured together over the tooth root.  

  • Dentoperiosteal f

    Fibers running from the cementum over the periosteum of the outer cortical plates of the alveolar process where they insert into the alveolar process or muscle in the vestibule of the floor of the mouth.