Lesson 12. Diseases of the Teeth. Grammar: Modal Verbs and their Equivalents. Participles
Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation of the following words.
pulpitis, primarily, oral hygiene, the whole body, adult, cause, course, character, lesion, carbohydrate, stimuli, severe, gangrene
Exercise 2. Active vocabulary. Learn the following words.
poor oral hygiene - плохая гигиена полости рта
general state of health - общее состояние здоровья
a common disease - распространенное заболевание
to suffer from - страдать (от), болеть чем-либо
consumption (syn. intake) - потребление
lesion - поражение, повреждение
to occur - иметь место, происходить
to cause - вызывать, являться причиной
severe pain - сильная боль
to spread - распространяться
to result in - приводить к, вызывать
to result from - быть результатом
due to (because of) - вследствие, из-за
to arrest a disease - купировать заболевание
Exercise 3. Translate the following word combinations into Russian before reading the text.
due to poor oral hygiene
diseases may run an acute course
to control dental caries
early treatment of carious lesions
if caries remains untreated
microorganisms can gain entrance into the pulp
mortification and removal of the pulp tissue
Exercise 4. Read and translate the following text into Rusian.
DENTAL CARIES AND PULPITIS Part 1
INTRODUCTION
Diseases of the teeth develop primarily due to poor oral hygiene but the general state of health is also of some importance. Depending on the state of the whole body diseases of the teeth may run a more acute course and may quickly involve a number of teeth.
Dental caries (tooth decay) and pulpitis are probably the most common of all diseases of the highly developed countries. All groups of population can suffer from tooth decay.