Dental Assisting – Orthodontics Latest Update Graded A+

Dental Assisting – Orthodontics Latest Update Graded A+ arch wire contoured metal wire that provides force when teeth are guided in movement for orthodontics auxilary attachment located on a bracket or band to hold arch wire or elastic band stainless steel ring attached to molars to hold the arch wire and auxiliaries braces fixed orthodontic appliances bracket small device bonded to teeth to hold the arch wire in place cephalometric radiograph extra-oral radiograph of bones and tissues of the head cross-bite condition that occurs when a tooth is not properly aligned with its opposing tooth crowding condition that occurs when teeth are not properly aligned in the arch dentofacial structures that include teeth, jaws, and surrounding facial bones distoclusion a class II (2) malocclusion in which the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first molar occludes mesial to the mesiobuccal groove of the mandibular first molar ectopic abnormal direction of tooth eruption