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Endodontist

Specialist who treats injuries, diseases and infections of the tooth pulp (nerve chamber)

Epidemiology

Study of the incidence of disease in a population

Eruption

Process of teeth protruding through the gums

Exfoliate

Process of shedding deciduous (baby) teeth

Exodontia

Practice of dental extractions

Explorer

Sharp instrument used to detect decay on the surface of teeth

Extraction

Removal of a tooth

Eyeteeth

The four upper and lower canine (cuspid) teeth

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