Damon Brackets

Self-alloying brackets. The teeth can be moved faster, gentler and more comfortably.

Dazzler

Jewelry made of gold foil, 24-karat gold or crystal glass in different sizes and colors. If you can afford it, of course with a real brilliant, then it's Twinkles.

Demineralization

Decalcification of tooth enamel

Dens

The tooth

Dentin

Bone-like substance (also called dentin). Main mass of the tooth, encloses the pulp. In the area of the crown of the tooth, the dentin is covered by the enamel, in the root area by the cement. Dentin is softer than tooth enamel.

Dentition

Eruption of teeth. The first eruption (milk teeth) usually occurs from the 6th to the 30th month of life, the second eruption (permanent dentition) from the age of 6 - 12, with the exception of wisdom teeth, which can break through from about the age of 16.

Dentinal tubules

Small channels in the tooth that connect the surface of the tooth to the nerves inside

Desensitization

Relief of pain sensation in exposed tooth necks

Diagodent

Gentle caries diagnosis with laser. Through the so-called laser fluorescence technique, it is possible to detect whether there are structural changes in the enamel (and only here!) that indicate hidden caries under the tooth surface.

Distal

Seen from the middle of the jaw arch to the end

Diastema

Gap between the upper middle incisors

DMF-T value

The DMF-T value describes the individual caries infestation. It is based on the number of decayed (D), missing (M) and filled (F) teeth (T). His calculation refers to either 32 or 28 permanent teeth (in the second case, the wisdom teeth are not taken into account). A DMF-T value of 4-3-9=16 means that 4 teeth are carious, 3 teeth are missing and 9 teeth have fillings; accordingly, 12 teeth are intact.

Dysgnathia

Orthodontic term: crooked teeth, malocclusions

Dysodontia

Maldevelopment of the tooth system (precursor of the tooth)