Words I heard at the dentist - basic dental vocabulary

Personally I don’t like going to the dentist but after visiting the dentist I realised how many specialised words there are. This might be confusing for some English learners so in this video I have attempted to explain some of the basic words you might hear when you visit the dentist. WARNING I am not a dentist so my explanation might not be 100% clear or accurate. Here is the dictionary definition of the words. Enjoy! tooth/teeth - a hard bone like structure in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing gums - the soft tissue inside the oral cavity in which teeth are fixed root - the embedded or basal portion of a tooth enamel - the hard white outer layer of teeth jaw - the lower part of the face which includes the bottom teeth toothache - a pain in or about a tooth. decay - a bacterial infection which causes demineralization and destruction of the hard tissues of the teeth cavity - a hollow space or a pit in a tooth, filling - a mass of metal or plastic used to replace a hole in a tooth extract - to remove a tooth general anesthesia - Loss of the ability to perceive pain associated with loss of consciousness, produced by anesthetic agents. local anesthesia - Regional anesthesia produced by direct infiltration of local anesthetic solution into the surgical site. Also called infiltration anesthesia . injection - a liquid injected into the body, especially for medicinal purposes