Category: D

Techniques that decrease transmission of organisms larger than 5 microns that are generated when an infected patient coughs, sneezes, or spits.  

An ion that contains both positive and negative charges.  

A clinical state in which intracranial fluid dynamic mechanisms that normally compensate for increases in intracranial volumes are compromised, resulting in repeated disproportionate increases in intracranial pressure in response to a variety of noxious and non-noxious stimuli.  

A term used to quantitate the electrical polarity or dipole moment of a molecule.  

Any instrument used in the practice of dentistry including a variety of hand or machine-driven cutting instruments for soft and calcified tissues, forceps, elevators, clamps, reamers, wire pliers, pluggers, carvers, explorers, and other instruments unique to the dental specialties (i.e., oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, and restorative dentistry).  

A program in which patients are taught the methods of oral hygiene and the importance of plaque control through proper toothbrushing, flossing, and appropriate nutrition.  

Artificial insemination of a woman with sperm from an anonymous donor. This procedure is generally done in cases in which the husband is sterile.  

Innervation of an organ with both sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers.  

Parenteral administration of a long-acting medication or hormone. A method of administering medication through an injection into the muscles, designed to gradually and consistently deliver the active components of the drug into the circulatory system. The rate at which the drug is released is intentionally decelerated by incorporating substances like oil or wax, enabling it…

A polymicrobial infection of the bones and soft tissues of the lower extremities of patients with diabetes mellitus, typically those patients who have vascular insufficiency or neuropathic foot disease. Eradication of the infection may require prolonged courses of antibiotics, surgical debridement or amputation, or reconstruction or bypass of occluded arteries.