GB/T 9937-2020Dentistry - Vocabulary (English PDF)
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
December 14, 2020
Implementation date
July 1, 2021
Scope
GB/T 9937-2020 is the English-translated version of 牙科学 名词术语.
GB/T 9937-2020 is the Chinese national vocabulary standard for dentistry. It defines the terminology of the field, running from basic and clinical dentistry to dental materials, instruments and equipment, and also the testing of such products.
Entries run alphabetically in the English source, from abutment and agar impression material to amalgamators, articulators, brackets, ceramic glaze and dental resin cement, among many others.
An informative appendix gives supplementary information that helps users understand the structure and content of the standard, and the document ends with an index.
It brings together five earlier parts of GB/T 9937. Issued on 14 December 2020 and applicable from 1 July 2021, it replaces GB/T 9937.1-2008, GB/T 9937.2-2008, GB/T 9937.3-2008, GB/T 9937.4-2005 and GB/T 9937.5-2008.
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Document preview — GB/T 9937-2020
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 11.060.10
- Classification
- C 33
- Replacing
- GB/T 9937.1-2008, GB/T 9937.2-2008, GB/T 9937.3-2008, GB/T 9937.4-2005, GB/T 9937.5-2008
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration
Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Terms and definitions
- Appendix A (informative appendix) Information helpful to understand the structure and content of this standard
- References
- Index
1 Scope
This standard defines the terminology of dentistry.
This standard applies to the field of dentistry, basic and clinical dentistry, dental materials, dental instruments and dental equipment and related to these products Of testing and other categories.
Note: The supplementary information provided in Appendix A is helpful to users of this standard.
2 Terms and definitions
2.1 Abutment
Abutment Any structure used for denture support and retention.
2.2 Abutment screw
Central screw(deprecated) centrescrew(deprecated)
The part of the implant that connects the abutment to the body of the implant.
2.3 Agar impression material
Agar hydrocoloid Thermally reversible hydrocoloid (deprecated) thermalyreversible hydrocoloid (deprecated)
The hydrocolloid impression material, mainly composed of polysaccharide agar aqueous solution, can undergo a reversible sol-gel thermal transition without degradation.
2.4 Air-fired dental ceramic
Dental ceramics sintered at ambient atmospheric pressure.
2.5 Air turbine
Airrotor The high-speed air drives the rotor, which is used as the driving unit in the dental handpiece.
2.6 Alginate impression material
Alginate hydrocoloid Alginate-based impression material (deprecated) alginate-based impression material (deprecated)
The irreversible hydrocolloid impression material composed of soluble alginate and additives, after being mixed with water, produces insoluble salt precipitation. Cured to form a gel.
2.7 Silver alloy powder amalgamaloy
Alloy powder or compressed powder particles mainly composed of silver, tin and copper, when blended with mercury, produce dental amalgam.
2.8 Amalgamator
Amalgammixer A mechanical device used to reconcile dental silver alloy powder and mercury.
2.9 Amalgam carrier
It is a dental appliance specially used to collect, transfer and accumulate dental amalgam in the plastic period and place it in the prepared cavity.
2.10 Amalgamcondenser
Amalgamplugger Hand-held appliance for compacting dental amalgam.
2.11 Implant substitutes
Implant laboratory replica Implant parts, including working models or castings that replicate the connection interface of the implant body or implant parts used in the laboratory. [ISO 16443:2014, definition 3.2.20]
2.12 Anatomical crown
Crown < Natural tooth> The part of the tooth covered by and containing enamel.
2.13 An atomic portion
< Model or mold> The part of the model or mold that represents the surface or structure of the structure.
2.14 Anatomical articulator
An occlusal frame that can simulate the lateral and forward movement of the mandible.
2.15 Anchorage
A structure or configuration used to increase the retention or support of a denture or orthodontic appliance.
2.16 Anteriorteeth
Central incisors, lateral incisors and canines of the upper and lower jaws.
2.17 Anteriortoothset
Six artificial anterior teeth matching the color, shape and size of the upper and lower teeth.
2.18 Apical
The apex (apex) belonging to or towards the root of a tooth.
2.19 Operation time application time
From the time when the dental material has a viscosity suitable for operation, to the time when the material cannot be placed and further operated, here Within a period of time, the material can achieve the best operation effect.
2.20 Water-based impression material
An impression material that cures in an aqueous medium.
2.21 Articulator
An appliance that fixes the upper and lower jaw models/cast molds in accordance with a predetermined relationship can simulate all or part of the mandibular movement.
2.22 Artificial crown
A single dental restoration or denture that covers or replaces most or all of the clinical crown.
2.23 Artificial saliva
Synthetic saliva A substitute for natural saliva.
2.24 Process part artportion
< Model or mold> A part of a model or mold, usually the base part, can be trimmed arbitrarily without affecting the anatomical part of the model.
2.25 Attachment
Prostheticattachment It is a part of the denture, which provides anchorage through the fit of the male and female parts.
2.26 Bone augmentation
Oral surgery that uses implant materials to increase the bone volume of part of the mandibular or maxillary alveolar ridge or other adjacent bone structures. [ISO 16443:2014, definition 4.22.1]
2.27 Basefilingmaterial
Dental materials used as temporary fillings or covered by permanent fillings.
2.28 Bleaching
Whitening(deprecated) whitening(deprecated)
< Natural teeth> Chemical substances, sometimes combined with external energy sources, are used to remove endogenous or exogenous discoloration of natural teeth.
2.29 Block-out
< Master model/mold> Flow or shape materials such as wax and/or cement, clay and other polymers to the undercut area of the master model (mold)
Domain, and then trim the shape to ensure that only the next steps of making a fit and functional dental restoration are essential Undercut.
2.30 Bone packing
Bone augmentation in the bone cavity. [ISO 16443:2014, definition 4.22.4]
2.31 Brace
< Orthodontics> A dental instrument that can be fixed to the teeth with a wire clamp or other methods, and the teeth can be corrected by applying force.
2.32 Bracket
< Orthodontics> A small metal attachment brazed or welded to the band ring or directly bonded to the tooth, which can fix the dental arch wire to the band ring or On the teeth.
2.33 Burnisher
Hand-held or rotating tools with smooth or edged working heads used to improve the edges of metal restorations or bands.
2.34 Calcium hydroxide cement
The main component is calcium hydroxide hole lining or pulp capping material.
2.35 Cantilever extension
Cantilever bridge (deprecated)
The unsupported part of a single-ended fixed partial denture beyond the abutment to which it is attached.
2.36 Cariology
The branch of dentistry that deals with the etiology and prevention of dental caries.
2.37 Casting wax
Inlay wax (deprecated) inlaywax(deprecated)
The dental wax with controllable igniting residue and dimensional change is suitable for the production of cast dental restorations or dentures by the lost wax process.
2.38 Cavity lining material
A dental material lining the prepared cavity to protect the pulp tissue.
2.39 Cement base
A dental cement that is placed under the restoration to provide mechanical support.
2.40 Ceramicglaze
Dental ceramics, the melting point is lower than the covered ceramic structure, forming a thin transparent layer on the surface of the ceramic restoration similar to the reflectivity of natural teeth surface.
2.41 Ceramic tooth
Porcelaintooth(deprecated) porcelaintooth(deprecated) Pre-formed artificial teeth made of dental ceramics.
2.42 Neck resin
The color is darker and lightly translucent polymer-based material, and its color is similar to the color of natural tooth neck.
2.43 Chipblow
The short airflow ejected from the phone head is used to remove debris from the cavity.
2.44 Circumpulpaldentine
The dentin adjacent to the pulp contains fine collagen fibers, and the direction of the fibers is roughly perpendicular to the dentin tubules.
2.45 Clinical crown
Tooth tissue that is not covered by soft tissue or supporting hard tissue.
2.46 Combined denture combinationprosthesis
A denture composed of a removable denture and one or more fixed teeth.
2.47 Communitydentistry
Publichealthdentistry The dentistry branch of oral health related to the general health of the community.
2.48 Complete denture
Removable dentures for missing maxillary or mandibular dentition.
2.49 Complete tooth set
28 artificial teeth, 14 upper teeth and 14 lower teeth.
2.50 Dental resin cement
A dental cement composed of a polymerizable resin and an inorganic filler treated with an adhesive or coupling agent.
2.51 Connecting bar
The superstructure supported by multiple abutments, and the denture is connected to it.
2.52 Conservativedentistry GB
The branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and restoration of individual teeth.
2.53 ConservativedentistryUS
Dental treatment that destroys the oral tissue as little as possible.
2.54 Contact-indicating material
Articulatingpaper Strips, sheets of paper or other media containing pigments used to mark contact areas of teeth and/or restorations or devices.
2.55 Coping
Customized or prefabricated telescopic crowns or basal layers for covering abutments.
2.56 Impression cap impression
Copingpick-upimpression Pick-upimpression Put the (impression) cap into the abutment to make an impression, the purpose is to transfer it (them) (impression cap) to the model (mold).
2.57 Kernel corebuild-up
A restoration that provides a retention base for the crown restoration.
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