List of oral health and dental topics

# Overview
Good oral health is the absence of disease, disorder, and injury from the mouth, especially from the teeth and gums.  Dental pertains to the teeth, including dentistry.  Topics related to the human mouth or teeth include:

# A
Abfraction    
Abrasion    
Academy of General Dentistry    
Accelerated Orthodontic Treatment    
Acinic cell carcinoma    
Acrodont    
Adalbert J. Volck    
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor    
Adhesive Dentistry    
Aetna    
Agar    
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans    
Aim toothpaste    
Akers' clasp    
Alberta Dental Association and College    
Alfred Fones    
Alfred P. Southwick    
Alginic acid    
Alice Timander    
Allan G. Brodie    
Alveolar bony defects    
Alveolar osteitis    
Alveolar process of maxilla    
Alveolar ridge    
Amalgam    
Ameloblast    
Ameloblastic fibroma    
Ameloblastin    
Ameloblastoma    
Amelogenesis    
Amelogenesis imperfecta    
Amelogenin    
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry    
American Association of Endodontists    
American Association of Orthodontists    
American Dental Association    
American Dental Education Association    
American Dental Hygienists' Association   
American Society of Dental Surgeons    
American Student Dental Association    
Amosan    
Anbesol    
Angular cheilitis    
Anodontia    
Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn    
Antoni Cieszynski    
Apert syndrome    
Apex locator    
Aphthous ulcer    
Applied kinesiology    
Aquafresh    
Archwire    
Arizona Dental Association    
Arm & Hammer    
Armin Abron    
Articaine    
Articulator    
Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery    
Associazione Italiana Odontoiatri    
Astring-O-Sol    
Attrition    
Australian Dental Association    
Automatic toothpaste dispenser  

# B
Badri Teymourtash    
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery    
Barbed broach    
Barry Cockcroft    
Bartholomew Ruspini    
Baylor College of Dentistry    
Ben Harper    
Ben Humble    
Ben L. Salomon    
Benign lymphoepithelial lesion    
Bernard J. Cigrand    
Bernard Nadler    
Bessie Delany    
Bill Allen    
Bill Emmerson    
Bill Osmanski    
Billy Cannon    
Bioactive glass    
Biobloc    
Biodontics    
Black hairy tongue    
BlanX    
Bleeding on probing    
Botryoid odontogenic cyst    
Brachydont    
Brachygnathism    
Breath spray    
Bridge    
Bristol-Myers Squibb    
British Dental Association    
British Dental Health Foundation    
British Dental Students' Association    
British Orthodontic Society    
British Society of Oral Implantology    
Bruxism    
Buccal mucosa    
Buccal space  

# C
C. T. Mathew    
CAD/CAM Dentistry    
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor    
Calcifying odontogenic cyst    
Calcium hydroxide    
Calculus    
California Dental Association    
Canadian Academy of Endodontics    
Canadian Association of Orthodontists    
Canadian College of Dental Health    
Canadian Dental Association    
Canalicular adenoma    
Canine tooth    
Cantilever mechanics    
Carbon dioxide laser    
Caries vaccine    
Carnassial    
Case School of Dental Medicine    
Cattle age determination    
Cemento-osseous dysplasia    
Cementoblast    
Cementoblastoma    
Cementoenamel junction    
Cementogenesis    
Cementum    
Central giant cell granuloma    
Central odontogenic fibroma    
Central ossifying fibroma    
Central Regional Dental Testing Service    
Centric relation    
Centro Escolar University    
CEREC    
Cervical loop    
Chapin A. Harris    
Chapped lips    
Charles G. Maurice    
Charles Goodall Lee    
Charles H. Strub    
Charles Murray Turpin    
Charles Spence Bate    
Charles Stent    
Charlie Norwood    
Cheilitis    
Chen Hsing-yu    
Chewable toothbrush    
Chewiness    
Chief Dental Officer    
Chlorhexidine    
Christian Medical and Dental Associations    
Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia    
Christian Medical and Dental Society    
Church and Dwight    
Cingulum    
Cleft lip and palate   
Colgate-Palmolive    
Colgate    
Commonly used terms of relationship and comparison in dentistry    
Concrescence    
Condensing osteitis    
Configuration factor    
Congenital epulis    
Consultant Orthodontists Group    
Consumers for Dental Choice    
Cosmetic dentistry    
Crest    
Crispiness    
Crossbite    
Crouzon syndrome    
Crown-to-root ratio    
Crown    
Crown    
Crown lengthening    
Crunchiness    
Curve of spee    
Cusp    
Cusp of Carabelli  

# D
D. A. Pandu Memorial R. V. Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore    
D.D.S. M.D.    
Dan Crane    
Darlie    
David J. Acer    
Deciduous    
Deciduous teeth    
Delta Dental    
Dens evaginatus    
Dens invaginatus    
Dental-enamel junction    
Dental Admission Test    
Dental alveolus    
Dental amalgam controversy    
Dental anatomy    
Dental anesthesia    
Dental arches    
Dental assistant    
Dental auxiliary    
Dental braces    
Dental bur    
Dental canaliculi    
Dental caries    
Dental college    
Dental composite    
Dental Council of India    
Dental cyst    
Dental dam    
Dental disease    
Dental drill    
Dental emergency    
Dental engine    
Dental floss    
Dental fluorosis    
Dental follicle    
Dental hygienist    
Dental implant    
Dental informatics    
Dental instruments    
Dental key    
Dental Laboratories Association    
Dental laboratory    
Dental lamina    
Dental laser    
Dental midline    
Dental notation    
Dental papilla    
Dental pathology    
Dental pellicle    
Dental phobia    
Dental plaque    
Dental porcelain    
Dental Practitioners' Association    
Dental public health    
Dental radiography    
Dental restoration    
Dental restorative materials    
Dental sealant    
Dental spa    
Dental surgery    
Dental syringe    
Dental technician    
Dental Technologists Association    
Dental therapist    
DenTek Oral Care   
Dentifrice    
Dentigerous Cyst    
Dentin    
Dentin dysplasia    
Dentine bonding agents    
Dentine hypersensitivity    
Dentinogenesis    
Dentinogenesis imperfecta    
Dentistry    
Dentistry Magazine    
Dentistry throughout the world    
Dentition    
Dentrix    
Dentures    
Denturist    
Desquamative gingivitis    
Diane Legault    
Diastema    
Dilaceration    
Doc Holliday    
Don McLeroy    
Donald Leake    
Dr. Alban    
Dr. Radley Tate    
Dr. Tariq Faraj  

# E
E. Lloyd Du Brul    
Eagle syndrome    
Early childhood caries    
Eastman Kodak    
Ed Lafitte    
Edentulism    
Edward Angle    
Edward Hudson    
Edward Maynard    
Egg tooth    
Electric toothbrush    
Elmex    
Elsie Gerlach    
Embrasure    
Emilia Rippel    
Enamel cord    
Enamel knot    
Enamel lamellae    
Enamel niche    
Enamel organ    
Enamel pearl    
Enamel rod    
Enamel spindles    
Enamel tufts    
Enamelin    
Endodontic therapy    
Endodontics    
Epulis fissuratum    
Er:YAG laser    
Erosion    
Eruption cyst    
Erythroplakia    
Euthymol    
Ewald Fabian    
Explorer    
External resorption    
Extraction  

# F
F. labii inferioris    
Faculty of Dental Surgery    
Faculty of General Dental Practice    
False tooth    
Fatima Jinnah Dental College    
FDI World Dental Federation    
FDI World Dental Federation notation    
FDSRCS England    
Felix Crawford    
Fiberotomy    
Filiform papilla    
Fissured tongue    
Fixed prosthodontics    
Florida Dental Association    
Fluoride therapy    
Focal infection    
Foliate papillae    
Forensic dentistry    
Frank Abbott    
Frank Crowther    
Frederick B. Moorehead    
Frederick Bogue Noyes    
Frederick J. Conboy    
Free gingival margin    
Frenulum linguae    
Frey's syndrome    
Fungiform papilla  

# G
G. Walter Dittmar    
Gardner's syndrome    
Gargling    
Gaspard Fauteux    
Gene Derricotte    
General Dental Council    
General Practice Residency    
Geographic tongue    
Georg Carabelli    
George S. Long    
Gerald Cardinale    
Geriatric dentistry    
Gerrit Wolsink    
Giant cell fibroma    
Gigantiform cementoma    
Gingiva    
Gingival and periodontal pockets    
Gingival cyst of the adult    
Gingival cyst of the newborn    
Gingival enlargement    
Gingival fibers    
Gingival sulcus    
Gingivectomy    
Gingivitis    
Giovanni Battista Orsenigo    
Glandular odontogenic cyst    
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School    
Glass ionomer cement    
GlaxoSmithKline    
Gleem toothpaste    
Glennon Engleman    
Global Surgical    
Globulomaxillary cyst    
Glossitis    
Glot-Up    
Gnarled enamel    
Gnathology    
Gold teeth    
Goldman School of Dental Medicine    
Gomphosis    
Goran Lindblad    
Government Dental College, Bangalore    
Granular cell tumor    
Greene Vardiman Black    
Gum graft    
Gunadasa Amarasekara    
Gustatory system  

# H
Halimeter    
Halitosis    
Hammaspeikko    
Hard palate    
Harold Albrecht    
Harvard School of Dental Medicine    
Head and neck anatomy    
Healing of periapical lesions    
Henry D. Cogswell    
Henry Schein    
Henry Trendley Dean    
Henryka Bartnicka-Tajchert    
Hertwig's epithelial root sheath    
Heterodont    
Hexetidine    
Horace Wells    
Horse teeth    
Hydrodynamic theory    
Hyperdontia    
Hypocone    
Hypodontia    
Hypoglossia    
Hypsodont  

# I
I.P. Dental College    
Ian Gainsford    
Idiopathic osteosclerosis    
Implant-supported bridge    
Impression    
Incisor    
Index deviation    
Inferior alveolar nerve    
Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia    
Ingestion    
Inlays and onlays    
Inner enamel epithelium    
Integra lifesciences    
Interdental brush    
Interdental papilla    
Interdental plate    
Internal resorption    
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology    
International Association for Dental Research    
International Christian Medical and Dental Association    
Interrod enamel    
Invisalign    
Ipana    
Isaac Schour  

# J
Jack Miller    
James Garretson    
James W. Holley, III    
Jan Boubli    
Jim Granberry    
Jim Harrell, Jr.    
Jim Lonborg    
John Grubb    
John Haase    
John Smith    
Johnson & Johnson    
Jon Sudb    
Journal of Periodontology    
Journal of the American Dental Association    
Julius Franks    
Junaid Ismail Dockrat    
Junctional epithelium  

# K
Ken Cranston    
Knightbrace a.k.a. Mr. Jelly    
Kolynos    
Korff fibers  

# L
Las Vegas Institute    
Laser diode    
Laser scalpel    
Lateral periodontal cyst    
Lentulo spiral    
Leonard Horowitz    
Lester C. Hunt    
Leukoedema    
Leukoplakia    
Licentiate in Dental Surgery    
Lichen planus    
Lie bumps    
Ligature    
Linea alba    
Lingual tonsils    
Lion    
Lip    
Lip frenulum piercing    
Lip Reconstruction    
List of dental abbreviations    
List of dental organizations    
List of dental schools in Australia and New Zealand    
List of dental schools in the United States    
List of dentists    
List of toothpaste brands    
Listerine    
Louis Pendleton    
Loupe    
Low intensity pulsed ultrasound    
Lucy Hobbs Taylor    
Lumenis    
Luting agent  

# M
Macrodontia    
MADS    
Malocclusion    
Malta Dental Students    
Mammelon    
Mandibular advancement splint    
Mandibular canine    
Mandibular central incisor    
Mandibular first molar    
Mandibular first premolar    
Mandibular lateral incisor    
Mandibular second molar    
Mandibular second premolar    
Mandibular third molar    
Manipal College of Dental Sciences    
Marian Spore Bush    
Markus Merk    
Martin van Butchell    
Mastication    
Maury Massler    
Maxilla    
Maxillary canine    
Maxillary central incisor    
Maxillary first molar    
Maxillary first premolar    
Maxillary lateral incisor    
Maxillary second molar    
Maxillary second premolar    
Maxillary third molar    
Maximum intercuspation    
Median alveolar cyst    
Median palatal cyst    
Meiyang Chang    
Melbourne Faculty of Dentistry    
Mentadent    
Metacone    
Metastatic tumor of jaws    
Meth mouth    
MFDS    
Michael Krop    
Micro Surgical Endodontics    
Microdontia    
Mike Simpson    
Miles Henry Davis    
Miswak    
Molar    
Morinosuke Chiwaki    
Mouth    
Mouth mirror    
Mouth prop    
Mouthguard    
Mouthwash    
Mucocele    
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma    
Mucogingival junction    
Mucous membrane pemphigoid    
Mucous retention cyst    
MUDH    
Mumps    
Mutually protected occlusion  

# N
Nasolabial cyst    
Nasopalatine cyst    
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research    
NBDE    
Nd:YAG laser    
Neonatal line    
Neonatal teeth    
Neuromuscular dentistry    
Nevus    
New York State Dental Association    
New York University College of Dentistry    
Nicotine stomatitis    
Nikolsky's sign    
Nobel Biocare    
Norman Simmons    
Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners    
Northern Indian Medical & Dental Association of Canada    
Northwestern University Dental School  

# O
Occlusal splint    
Occlusal trauma    
Occlusion    
Odontoblast    
Odontoblast process    
Odontode    
Odontogenesis    
Odontogenic keratocyst    
Odontogenic myxoma    
Odontoma    
Ohaguro    
Ohio College of Dental Surgery    
Ohio Dental Association    
Oil of cloves    
Olaflur    
Omega Pharma    
Ontario Dental Association    
Open Dental    
Orabase B    
Oral-B    
Oral and maxillofacial radiology    
Oral and maxillofacial surgery    
Oral hygiene    
Oral irrigator    
Oral microbiology    
Oral mucosa    
Oral pathology    
Oral Surgery    
Oral torus    
Oral ulcer    
Orofacial granulomatosis    
Orson Hodge    
Orthodontic Facemask & Reverse-Pull Headgear    
Orthodontic headgear    
Orthodontic mechanics    
Orthodontic National Group    
Orthodontic spacer    
Orthodontic Technicians Association    
Orthodontic technology    
Orthodontics    
Orthopantomogram    
Orthotropics    
Orville Howard Phillips    
Oscar F. Willing    
Osseointegrated implant    
Osteonecrosis of the jaw    
Osteoporotic bone marrow defect    
Our Lady of Fatima University    
Outer enamel epithelium  

# P
Painless Parker    
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council    
Palatal expander    
Palate    
Palatine uvula    
Palmer notation    
Parafunctional habit    
Parotid gland    
Patrick Spilotro    
Patterson Dental    
Paul Beresford    
Paul Dengelegi    
Paul N. Cyr    
Pedodontics    
Pemphigus    
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry    
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery    
Pepsodent    
Periapical abscess    
Periapical cyst    
Pericoronitis    
Perikyma    
Periodontal curette    
Periodontal ligament    
Periodontal probe    
Periodontal scaler    
Periodontitis    
Periodontium    
Periodontology    
Peripheral giant cell granuloma    
Peripheral odontogenic fibroma    
Peripheral ossifying fibroma    
Permanent teeth    
Peter Kunter    
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome    
Phil Samis    
Philip A. Traynor    
Philip Blaiberg    
Philtrum    
Pierre Corbeil    
Pierre Fauchard    
Pink tooth of Mummery    
Pleomorphic adenoma    
Pleurodont    
Plica fimbriata    
Polk E. Akers    
Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma    
Polynoxylin    
Polyvinyl siloxane    
Post-canine megadontia    
Post and core    
Posterior tongue    
Potassium alginate    
PracticeWorks    
Premolar    
Preparation    
Primordial cyst    
Procaine    
Procter & Gamble    
Prognathism    
Prosthodontics    
Protocone    
Pulp    
Pulp polyp    
Pyogenic granuloma  

# Q
Quad Helix  

# R
Rabab Fetieh    
Radial composite deviation    
Radioactive dentin abrasion    
Ragas Dental College    
Raman Bedi    
Randy Starr    
Ranula    
Rdhap    
Receding gums    
Reduced enamel epithelium    
Regional odontodysplasia    
Removable partial denture    
Retainer    
Retromolar space    
Rhys Spoor    
Riggs' disease    
Robert Blake    
Roberto Calderoli    
Rod sheath    
Rodrigues Ottolengui    
Roger Bailey    
Root canal    
Root End Surgery    
Root resorption    
Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons    
Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario    
Royal College of Dentists    
Royal College of Surgeons of England  

# S
Saint Apollonia    
Salivary gland    
Samir Ghawshah    
Samuel Bemis    
Samuel Cartwright    
Scaling and root planing    
Schick Technologies    
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry    
Scope    
Secondary palate    
Segmental odontomaxillary dysplasia    
Sheila Faith    
Shovel-shaped incisors    
Sialogram    
Signal    
Simon Hullihen    
Sinodonty and Sundadonty    
Sinus-lift procedure    
Sodium alginate    
Soft palate    
SoftDent    
SOHP    
Sonicare    
Southern Regional Testing Agency    
Sozodont    
Speech organ    
Squamous odontogenic tumor    
Stafne defect    
Stan Brown    
Stanley D. Tylman    
Stanley McInnis    
Stannous fluoride    
Stellate reticulum    
Sten Forshufvud    
Steve Green    
Stippling    
Stomatol    
Stomatology    
Stratum intermedium    
Straumann    
Striae of Retzius    
Sublingual gland    
Submandibular gland    
Sulcular epithelium    
Superior alveolar artery    
Superior mouth    
Supernumerary roots    
Swedish Dental Association    
Sydney Faculty of Dentistry  

# T
Talon cusp    
Taste    
Taste bud    
Taurodontism    
Teeth cleaning    
Teething    
Teledentistry    
Temporary crown    
Temporary restoration    
Temporomandibular joint    
Temporomandibular joint disorder    
Thaddeus Weclew    
Thomas Berdmore    
Thomas Bramwell Welch    
Tim Whatley    
Tom's of Maine    
Tom Slade    
Tomes' process    
Tongue    
Tongue cleaner   
Tongue scraper    
Tongue thrust    
Tonsillolith    
Tooth    
Tooth-friendly    
Tooth abscess    
Tooth bleaching    
Tooth brushing    
Tooth development    
Tooth enamel    
Tooth eruption    
Tooth fusion    
Tooth gemination    
Tooth loss    
Tooth painting    
Tooth polishing    
Tooth squeeze    
Tooth Tunes    
Toothache    
Toothbrush    
Toothpaste    
Toothpick    
Torus mandibularis    
Torus palatinus    
Traumatic bone cyst    
Traumatic neuroma    
Trench mouth    
Treponema denticola    
Trigeminal ganglion    
Trismus    
Tuftelin    
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine    
Turner's hypoplasia    
Twin bloc    
Typodont  

# U
UCLA School of Dentistry    
Ultra Brite    
Unilever    
Unilever, Axe/Dove controversy    
Universal numbering system    
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry    
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine    
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine    
University of Tennessee College of Dentistry    
University of the East College of Dentistry    
University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry  

# V
Veneer    
Vermillion border    
Vertical dimension of occlusion    
Vestibular lamina  

# W
Walter Koskiusko Waldowski    
Warthin's tumor    
Water fluoridation    
Water fluoridation controversy    
Western Regional Examining Board    
Weston Price    
White sponge nevus    
Whitening strips    
Wilbur Wonka    
William Donald Kelley    
William Duff    
William Gibson    
William Samuel Hall    
William T.G. Morton    
Wisdom teeth    
Witch boil  

# X
Xerogel  

# Y
Yamahachi Dental  

# Z
Zane Grey    
Zinc oxide eugenol