OET, Dentistry, Useful Vocabulary-2

 OET Dentistry - Useful Vocabulary - 2


In the OET, you could come across a Listening or Reading text relating to Dentistry. So,  it is vital that you must be familiar with vocabulary of this profession. 


Responsibilities of a Dentist


1. Educate patients on oral healthcare.

2. Examine tooth, diagnosing dental conditions using tools, such as x-rays.

3. Assess treatment options and agree treatment plans with patients agreed.

4. Carry out the agreed clinical treatments, such as  restoring teeth affected by decay and treating gum diseases.

5. Maintain patient's dental record.


Useful vocabulary - 1 


White Filling: White Fillings are available on the NHS and are generally charged as Band 2. [NHS, National Health Service, is the publicly funded healthcare system that provides medical service to residents, regardless of their ability to pay. These services include visiting doctors, receiving hospitals.

Band 2: In England and Wales, dental treatments are categorized based on their complexity and service provided. A Band 2 Dental treatment involves 73.50 pounds in England. What is included in Band 2:

* Addition to Denture, Apicectomy, Mouth Guards, Fillings, Gingival Grafts, Frenectomy, Frenoplasty, or Frenotomy, Oral Surgery, Pulpotomy,, Reclining and Rebasing Dentures, Tooth Extraction, Root Canal Treatment, Sealant Application Splinting Loose Teeth, and Tooth Transplantation]

For example, if you need a filling in one of your front teeth (incisors and canines), the filling material of choice may be a white filling.

If the filling is in one of your back teeth (such as molars and premolars) for a large filling the more clinically effective option may be an amalgam filling ( a silver-coloured material).

If you prefer to have the white filling or any other cosmetic filling options, your dentist will be able to advise you on the private costs for such treatments, and the risks and benefits associated with it.


Useful vocabulary - 2


Oral Health facts & tips: gum health


1. Brushing each day with a fluoride paste is vital. Make sure that you do this for two minutes, last thing at night before you go to bed and at least one other time during the day. 

2. Clean between your teeth once-a-day with interdental brushes or floss. Ask your dental team if you need any assistance and they will show you how to do this properly, ensuring these tight spaces your toothbrush cannot reach and clean.

3. Try your best to cut down and quit smoking. Smoking tobacco can make gum diseases worse and can also have other adverse effects. Foe example, it is a leading cause of mouth cancer. 

4. Maintain regular visits to your dental team. They can give you thorough check-up of your teeth and gums, remove harmful plaque and tartar and advise you on how to look after your oral health between appointments.

5. Get out there and exercise. A recent study has shown that people who stay fit are less likely to develop serious gum infections that lead to gum diseases.  Remember that oral health and oral well-being is all linked. 


Common Vocabulary - 3


Abscess                              Ache

Acid                                   Adult teeth

Alignment                         Amalgam

Anaesthesia                       Anaesthetic

Appointment


Baby teeth                           Bacteria

Bands                                  Bib

Bicuspid                              Bite

Braces                                 Bridge

Bristle                                 


Canine                              Caps

Caries                               Cavity

Cement                             Check-up

Chew                                Cleaning

Consultation


Decay                             Degree

Dental                            Drill

Dentist                           Dentures

Diagnosis                      Diploma


Education                   Enamel  

Examination              

False teeth                 Fear

Filling                        Floss

Fluoride                    Front teeth


Gargle                     Gingivitis

Gold                        Gums


Health                  Healthy

Hurt                     hygiene

Hygienist


Impacted                      implant

Impression                     Incision

Incisor                          Infection

Inflammation               Injection

Injury                           Inlay

Instrument                   Insurance                 


Jaw                              Lab

Lips                             Local 


Malocclusion               Medication

Medicine                     Mold

Mouth


Needle                           Nerve 

Numb                            Nurse


Office                        Open

Operate                     Oral Surgery                    

Orthodontist             Open

Orthodontist             Overbite


Painful                    Painless

Palate                      Partial

Patient                    Periodontal

Permanent              Plaque

Premolar                Prevention

Primary teeth        Protect

Pull                         Pyorrhoea


Remedy               Retainer

Rinse                   Root

Root Canal          Rubber bands


Sealant               Shot

Sink                   Smile

Sugar                 Surgery

Suture              


Teeth                  Tissue

Tooth                 Toothache

Toothbrush         Toothpick

Treatment           


Whiten            Wisdom tooth




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