Dentistry

Dentistry

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Preferred provider organisation (PPO)

Health care; Dentistry

A plan where the patient can go to any dentist they choose, or they can choose a preferred dentist and receive discounted fees. These plans are listed on our system as preferred and non preferred.

Axon

Health care; Dentistry

The process that carries impulses away from the cell body of a nerve.

Root canal therapy (RCT)

Health care; Dentistry

Procedure used to save an abscessed tooth in which the pulp chamber is cleaned out, disinfected, and filled with a permanent filling.

Proximal

Health care; Dentistry

Nearest the point of attachment; the mesial or distal surface of the tooth.

Procedures are given a point value based upon their degree of difficulty. Each procedure is also assigned a given a dollar amount. The dollar amount is then multiplied by the point value to determine ...