- •Unit 1
- •1. Read the text, translate it into Russian. At the dental polyclinic
- •Vocabulary Extension
- •2. Study the following.
- •1. Rooms
- •3. Chairs
- •4. Dental and Medical Specialists
- •3. Match the terms with their definitions.
- •4. Find word-partnerships and translate them into Russian.
- •8. Complete the sentences using the clues:
- •9. Answer the questions to the text.
- •10. Study the following.
- •11. Read and translate the text. Pick out and analyze the ing-forms. Make an abstract of the article using the following phrases:
- •1. Read and translate the text. The dentist
- •3. Pronounce the proper names.
- •8. Fill in the prepositions if necessary.
- •10. Choose the correct form (the ing-form or Participle II).
- •The historic background of dentistry
- •1. Derive the meaning of the following international words.
- •2. Study the following.
- •3. Pick out all the ing-forms and Participles II from the text. State their
- •4. Translate into English using the words from the text. Pay attention to the use of the subordinate clauses.
- •5. Supply the prepositions if necessary.
- •6. Imagine that you are going to make up an aptitude test for a prospective dentist. What items would you include to estimate a person's aptitude. Give your reasons.
- •7. Answer the questions to the text.
- •2. Study the following.
- •1. Derive the meaning of the international words.
- •3. Choose the sentence which describes the gist of the 1st and 2nd paragraphs best of all. Give your reasons.
- •Instruments
- •9. Speak about:
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents of combinations.
- •3. Match the words with their definitions.
- •4. Say what specialist do you have to see if you have one of the following defects or diseases:
- •5. Speak about a patient's complaints and sufferings according to the following plan:
- •7. Describe stomatological sciences matching a word in the 1st column with a
- •10. Translate the sentences into Russian. Find the infinitive as an adverbial modifier of purpose.
- •11. Replace the ing-form by the infinitive constructions.
- •1. Match the word-combinations in the 1st column with the phrases in the 2nd to describe the duties of the staff of a dental polyclinic.
- •2. Match the words and word-combinations in the three columns to say where these actions are performed.
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •6. Read and translate the text. Divide it into paragraphs. Suggest a title for each paragraph. Give your reasons for it.
- •8. Choose the -ing-form or the infinitive.
- •1. Study the following.
- •2. Use the word-combinations given below to speak about:
- •3. Read and translate the text.
- •8. Speak on:
- •9. Describe the dental services using the words given below.
- •10. Speak about:
- •11. Fill in the missing words in the required form:
- •Caries and its treatment
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents of the English words.
- •3. Study the following words.
- •4. Match the words with their definitions.
- •5. Match the opposites.
- •6. Fill in the prepositions.
- •The process of root canal treatment
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Match the words with their definitions.
- •3. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. Fill in the prepositions.
- •Find the infinitive constructions in the text, state their functions.
- •Make up a list of verbs and word-combinations denoting the actions carried out by a dentist performing root canal treatment. Say what the aim of each action is.
- •7. Choose the word which suits best.
- •8. Choose the correct tense-form (active or passive).
- •9. Answer the questions to the text:
- •What are the main procedures of root canal treatment? What instruments do these actions involve?
- •Make an abstract of the text about root canal treatment using phrases:
DENTAL THERAPY
Unit 1
1. Read the text, translate it into Russian. At the dental polyclinic
Our district dental polyclinic is a multi-storeyed building. When we come to the polyclinic, we go to the registry first. A registering clerk on duty asks our names, addresses, ages and occupation. He fills in or finds out our patients' cards and tells us to which doctor we must go. He makes an appointment with the doctors for a certain hour. Many specialists work at the dental polyclinic including therapeutists, surgeons, orthodontists, orthopedists, pedodontists and laboratory technicians. On the ground floor of the polyclinic we can find some examinational rooms, X-ray rooms, the surgical department and administrative rooms.
On the first floor there is a therapeutic department. Here we can see treatment rooms of therapeutists and orthodontists, where they receive their patients. During the treatment procedures the dentists examine oral cavities, drill and fill the cavities They treat diseases of the gums and oral mucosa. Therapeutists use high speed dental instruments, different burs of different sizes and materials (tungsten, carbide or diamond) and handpieces (excavators, spatulas, fogless mirrors, stopfers) for drilling, cleaning and filling the teeth. They use special pieces of wire to remove the pulp (to clean the tooth canal and to fill it) and different materials: abrasive, plastic and metal fillings, adhesive, retentive and composite resins, alcohol, iodine, ether and so on.
At the surgical department dental surgeons work. They must perform small surgical operations, open gum and tooth abscesses, give anaesthesia and extract teeth. For their work they need scalpels, syringes with the needles, tooth forceps, iodine, ammonium chloride, etc.
On the second floor there is an orthopaedic department. Here orthopaedists work. Their task is to make restorations or prostheses. For this purpose they make impressions of the teeth with the plastic paste or plaster cast. They use special spoon and tray for this procedure. They fit the suitable colour of the teeth, make different preparations for making porcelain or metaloceramic crowns, jacket crowns, veneer crowns, bridges and prostheses, partial or full dentures.
On the third floor there is a technical laboratory. Many technicians work there. They use special instruments: scalpels, spatulas, handpieces, cutting instruments, burs, stones for polishing and finishing work. They make false teeth using modern plastic and metal materials, porcelain, ceramics and others. They fire them in special furnaces and polish and cut them.