- •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:
10. Translate the sentences into Russian. Find the infinitive as an adverbial modifier of purpose.
1. After your tooth extraction your dentist will provide you with a set of instructions to follow so as to minimize any post operative problems. 2. In most cases, a person's teeth should be whitened first and then afterwards their dental work replaced to match the new shade of their teeth. 3. As a general rule, so to help reduce gum irritation, a person should wipe away the excess whitening gel. 4. To examine your teeth thoroughly your dentist will need a number of handpieces.
5. Laboratory dental technicians use plastic paste or plaster cast to make impressions of the teeth. 6. Bleaching can be used to get rid of various tooth stains. 7. His teeth didn't turn out to be the colour he expected them to be after bleaching, so he went to his dentist again to try another method of bleaching. 8. He tried to search for a new remedy to kill the pain during the dental operations. 9. To pass an aptitude test a person must possess definite qualities and skills.
11. Replace the ing-form by the infinitive constructions.
1. The long term goal of root canal treatment is creating an end result where it is unlikely that a bacterial infection can become associated with a tooth which no longer has a healthy nerve. 2. Relating to this long term goal, root canal treatment is also used as a means of clearing up tooth infections and also as a way of treating unhealthy tooth nerves. 3. Since of the fundamental goals of root canal therapy is cleaning bacteria out of a tooth, the placement of a rubber dam allows the dentist to keep your teeth dry and not to get contaminated with bacteria. 4. The goal for you dentist is cleaning the entire length of the tooth's root canal. 5. Until your dentist has had a chance of completing the rebuilding of your tooth it should be considered to be fragile. 6. To place a post, a dentist will first use a drill for removing some of the gutta percha filling material. 7. Failure of doing so can lead to the development of bacterial resistance to the antibiotic. 8. Sometimes the tooth's nerves are so curved that the dentist can't get the tooth's socket expanded enough for removing it. 9. In this case one the dentist's tricks is cutting the tooth into sections and then removing each section on its own.
REVISION
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.
the head of the clinic
the head of the department is a person
who
a nurse is a person who an assistant doctor a registering clerk
a laboratory assistant
corrects malocclusions corrects congenital anatomical anomalies treats caries
treats dental diseases in children treats traumas, fractures of the facial area
makes false teeth and other
restorations using different
materials
drills teeth
fills teeth
extracts teeth
gives anaesthesia
performs operations
fills in the patient's card
makes corrections of malocclusions
makes different artificial dentures
teaches students
helps the dentist in his work
mixes materials
prepares instruments
makes preparations
polishes fired porcelain dentures
treats diseases of the gums and soft
tissues of the oral cavity
studies structure and diseases of
teeth and their treatment
makes impressions for dentures
fits restorations
matches the colour
makes prostheses and restorations
uses porcelain, metaloceramics
metals and alloys for making
prostheses
treats diseases of the gums and paradontic membranes
a therapeutist a surgeon an orthodontist an orthopaedist a pedodontist a dental technician a stomatologist a parodontologist