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Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.

Debridement

Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment.

Dental Instruments

a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners

Dental Procedures

Digital radiography is a form of X-ray imaging, where digital X-ray sensors are used instead of traditional photographic film.

Digital Radiography

Requires Oral Diseases knowledge. Oral and maxillofacialdiseses refer to the diseases of the mouth (oral cavity or stoma), jaws (maxillae or gnath) and related structures such as salivary glands, temporomandibular joints, facial muscles and perioral skin (the skin around the mouth).

Oral Diseases knowledge

The medical history or (medical) case history of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information, with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing medical care to the patient.

Medical History Review

Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping one's mouth clean and free of disease and other problems (e.g. bad breath) by regular brushing and cleaning between the teeth.

Oral Hygiene Instruction

Dentistry is a branch of medicine that consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity,

Dental Experience

Orthodontia, also known as orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, is a specialty field of dentistry.

Orthodontics

Performs routine dental care, including cleaning teeth and examining patients for signs of oral diseases, and educates patients about good oral health practices. Assists dentists in more complex dental procedures. Works in dental offices under the supervision of dentists and other dental health specialists. 

Dental Hygienist

Working experience of Intraoral proceedures. Intaoral proceedures are those that are situated, occurring, or performed within the mouth

Intraoral

Working experience of Dental Calculus. In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. It is caused by precipitation of minerals from saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in plaque on the teeth. This process of precipitation kills the bacterial cells within dental plaque, but the rough and hardened surface that is formed provides an ideal surface for further plaque formation. This leads to calculus buildup, which compromises the health of the gingiva (gums).

Dental Calculus

Plaque control: the removal of dental plaque on a regular basis and the prevention of its accumulation on the teeth and adjacent gingival surfaces.

Plaque Control

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or nitrous, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula N 2O. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly metallic scent and taste.

Nitrous Oxide

In anatomy, a fissure is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in various parts of the body also generally called a sulcus, or in the brain a sulcus.

Location	Median Salary
Bronx, NY	$39.29
National	$34.49
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Location	Median Salary
Bronx, NY	$39.29
National	$34.49
Location +/-	12% Higher Search another salary

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