Dental care clinic

Dental aid is usually rendered at dental care clinics. As a rule, a dental care clinic is well-planned and com­fortable. It has all modern conveniences. There are many dental surgeries, a laboratory, an X-ray room and other rooms there. Many specialists work here. They perform all kinds of dental work: the treatment of diseases of the dental pulp, extractions and laboratory tests, correcting the bite, the treatment of gum diseases, the design and fit of bridgework and dentures to replace missing teeth, all kinds of restorative work. Before the treatment of a disease it is necessary to make a diagnosis, determine its aetiology and patho­genesis.

A number of different procedures are used to make a diagnosis: history taking, physical examination, which includes visual examination, palpation, laboratory studies, instrumental studies, as X-ray examination and others.

Dental treatment is at times a very painful procedure. If a cavity is discovered at an early stage, the tooth can be treated without any pain. Only when it is neglected, the patient has some unpleasant sensations. Dentists try to do something about this. They involve new methods of dental treatment and new anesthetics. It allows people to stop their fear of dentists.

A modern dental surgery is a large and light hall. One can see some uni­versal equipment here to fulfill the needs of the dentist. First of all, there are dental chairs, which are quite modern and easy-to-use. The patients can sit or lie in the arm-chair. There are also small chairs for the dentists, which are movable and comfortable. There is an instrument table or an instrument holder near every dental chair. It can be easily moved to be at the dentist's dispos­al. There is usually a tray with a set of instruments on it, such as: an explorer, a mixing pad, dental tweezers, a dental mirror and some others.

There are also instrument cupboards with lots of instruments in them. Hygiene is very important in the work of a dentist, that's why all the instruments are careful­ly cleaned and disinfected.

Exercise 7. Answer the questions:

1. Where is dental aid usually rendered?

2. What is there at a dental care clinic?

3. What work do dentists perform?

4. What is necessary to do before the treatment of a disease?

5. What procedures are used to make a diagnosis?

6. How is a modern dental surgery equipped?

7. What can there be on a dental tray?

8. What is done to practice proper hygiene at a dental care clinic?

Exercise 8. Match the terms with their definitions:

1. dental care clinic 2. dental surgery 3. extraction 4. denture 5. anesthetic

a. a medication that produces loss of appreciation of pain b. the act of a tooth removal c. a health care institution where dental aid is rendered d. a specially equipped room for dental procedures e. a partial or a complete set of artificial teeth for the upper or lower jaw

Exercise 9. Find corresponding equivalents in the text:

Надавати стоматологічну допомогу; стоматологічний пінцет та зонд; кабінет стоматолога; видалення зуба; лікування захворювань зубної пульпи; виправлення прикусу; лікування захворювань ясен; зубні мости та протези; заміщати відсутні зуби; поставити діагноз; встановити етіологію захворювання; візуальний огляд; болюча процедура; виявити на ранній стадії; набір інструментів.

Exercise 10. Find the words in the text that mean approximately the same as these:

tool		dental prosthesis
reveal		ignore
carry out		compulsory
forceps		specify
removal		pay no attention

Exercise 11. Match the words from column A with those from column b to form collocations as they appeared in the text. Translate these collocations into Ukrainian:

Column A	Column B
dental surgery – кабінет стоматолога	teeth
mixing	work
correcting	aetiology
X-ray	surgery
missing	the needs
painful	of dentists
fulfill	dental work
restorative	pad
fear	procedure
determine	examination
perform	the bite

Exercise 12. Correct the misspelled terms:

dysinfect	chaer	fullfil
mirrow	fiar	sergery
vizual	neglekt	necesary
trey	unplesant	exploror
tritment	twezers	sensasions

Exercise 13. Complete the sentences using the information from the text:

1. Dentists perform …

2. … it is necessary to make a diagnosis.

3. … is at times a very painful procedure.

4. If a cavity is discovered at an early stage, the tooth can be treated … .

5. Using new methods of dental treatment and new anesthetics allows people … .

6. … can be easily moved to be at the dentist's dispos­al.

7. … is very important in the work of a dentist.

8. All the dental instruments must be careful­ly … .

Exercise 14. Insert articles where necessary. Translate the sentences.

1. ... dental care clinics are well-planned and comfort­able.

2. A dental care clinic has ... dental surgeries, ... laboratory, ... X-room and others.

3. ... treatment of diseases of ... dental pulp is very important.

4. Before the treat­ment one must make ... diagnosis.

5. ... number of different pro­cedures are necessary for making ... diagnosis of caries.

6. If a cavity is treated at ... early stage it can be painless.

7. Unpleasant sensations are connected with ... neglected tooth disorder.

8. Preventing tooth decay is ... very difficult problem.

Exercise 15. Make questions to the underlined words:

1. A dental care clinic has all modern conveniences.

2. Dental specialists perform all kinds of dental work.

3. Before the treatment of a disease it is necessary to make a diagnosis.

4. A number of different procedures are used to make a diagnosis.

5. If a cavity is discovered at an early stage, the tooth can be treated without any pain.

6. Dentists involve new methods of dental treatment and new anesthetics.

7. The patients can sit or lie in the arm-chair.

8. There is usually a tray with a set of instruments on the instrument holder.

Exercise 16. Use the verbs in brackets in the proper forms. Translate the sentences:

1. Dentists (to recommend) you go for a check-up at least twice a year.

2. The dentist (to check) that your teeth are in good condition. 

3. An X-ray (to take) to see the damage to your teeth more clearly.

4. Extraction (to recommend) if the roots of the tooth are rotten.

5. If you (to fall over) and knock out one of your front teeth, the dentist (to fit) a false tooth.

6. Teeth should (to brush) twice a day.

7. His tooth (to extract) because it couldn’t be restored.

8. She (to go) to the dental care clinic yesterday because she had a bad toothache.

Exercise 17. Read the dental jokes:

1. A woman and her husband interrupted their vocation to go to a dentist. “I want a tooth pulled, and I don’t want any Novocaine because I am in a big hurry,” the woman said. “Just extract the tooth as quickly as possible, and we will be on our way.” The dentist was quite impressed. “You are certainly a courageous woman,” he said. “Which tooth is it?” The woman turned to her husband and said, “Show him your tooth, dear.”

2. “Open wider.” requested the dentist, as he began his examination of the patient’s teeth. “Good God!” he said startled. “You’ve got the biggest cavity I have ever seen - the biggest cavity I have ever seen.” “OK Doc!” replied the patient, “I’m scared enough without you saying something like that twice.” “I didn’t!” said the dentist. “That was the echo.”