New Dental Terminology You Need to Know
Dentistry is always adapting and changing. Now that I have lots of experience under my belt it is fun to say, “when I first started working _____________was a thing.” I find it fascinating when seasoned hygienists tell me that they once didn’t wear gloves for procedures or that they had to wear dresses to work/ school. It makes me grateful for the progress that we have made. Therefore I made a short list of some of the terminology updates that we have recently seen. Just as we have changed plaque to biofilm, and pyorrhea to periodontitis we will adapt to this terminology as well. What changes have you seen over the years?
1 https://aap.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/JPER.16-06422 https://aap.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/JPER.17-0733