alveolitis
inflammation of the alveolar bone
alveoplasty
Surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge
bone file
surgical instrument used to smooth the alveolar ridge after trimming with rongeurs
chisel
Surgical instrument used remove gross (large) amounts of bone
curette
round tipped bladed instrument with a longer extended neck used for cleaning debris out of the alveolus
elevator
instrument used to raise the tooth or tissue prior to extracting
excisional biopsy
the removal of the entire lesion of affect tissue with some underlying normal tissue
exfoliative biopsy
scraping the tissue with a glass slide or tongue depressor to collect tissue cells for microscopic study
forceps
plier like instruments used to remove the teeth
Hard tissue impaction
Oral condition in which a tooth is partially to fully covered by bone and gingival tissue