supragingival tartar

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• Calculus (dental) — Heavy staining and calculus deposits exhibited on the lingual surface of the mandibular anterior teeth, along the gumline. In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. It is caused by the continual accumulation of… …   Wikipedia

• Calculus — A stone, as in the urinary tract. Also, the calcium salt deposits on the teeth. The word calculus in Latin means a pebble. Pebbles were once used for counting, from which came the mathematical field of calculus. A urinary calculus is a pebble in… …   Medical dictionary

• Tartrectomía — La tartrectomía (anglicismo de tartar removal ) literalmente consiste en la eliminación del cálculo dental o masa mineralizada adherida a los dientes para lograr una limpieza dental, con ultrasonidos e instrumentos odontológicos especiales. El… …   Wikipedia Español

• dental calculus — a hard, stonelike concretion, varying in color from creamy yellow to black, that forms on the teeth or dental prostheses through calcification of dental plaque. According to location, there are two general types: supragingival c. and subgingival… …   Medical dictionary