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Dental Insurance Glossary
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- Imaging, Diagnostic
- This would include, but is not limited to, CAT scans, MRIs, photographs, radiographs, etc.
- Immediate Denture
- Prosthesis constructed for placement immediately after removal of remaining natural teeth.
- Impacted Tooth
- An unerupted or partially erupted tooth that is positioned against another tooth, bone, or soft tissue so that complete eruption is unlikely.
- Implant
- Material inserted or grafted into tissue; dental implant – device specially designed to be placed surgically within or on the mandibular or maxillary bone as a means of providing for dental replacement; endosteal (endosseous); eposteal (subperiosteal); transosteal (transosseous).
- Implantation, Tooth
- Placement of an artificial or natural tooth into an alveolus.
- Incisal
- Pertaining to the biting edges of the incisor and cuspid teeth.
- Incisal Angle
- One of the angles formed by the junction of the incisal and the mesial or distal surfaces of an anterior tooth; called the mesioincisal and distoincisal angle respectfully.
- Indirect Pulp Cap
- Procedure in which the nearly exposed pulp is covered with a protective dressing to protect the pulp from additional injury and to promote healing and repair via formation of secondary dentin.
- Indirect Restoration
- A restoration fabricated outside the mouth.
- Inlay
- An indirect intracoronal restoration; a dental restoration made outside the oral cavity to correspond to the form of the prepared cavity, which is then luted into the tooth.
- Intentional Reimplantation
- The intentional removal, radicular repair and replacement of a tooth into its alveolus.
- Interim Prosthesis
- A provisional prosthesis designed for use over a limited period of time, after which it is to be replaced by a more definitive restoration.
- Interproximal
- Between the adjoining surfaces of adjacent teeth in the same arch.
- Intracoronal
- Referring to "within" the crown of a tooth.
- Intraoral
- Inside the mouth.
- Intravenous Sedation/Analgesia
- A medically controlled state of depressed consciousness while maintaining the patient’s airway, protective reflexes and the ability to respond to stimulation or verbal commands. It includes intravenous administration of sedative and/or analgesic agent(s) and appropriate monitoring.