Dental Chinese: Periodontal Health & Occlusion

Phrases you'll use during this part of a dental appointment, with their meanings.

牙结石牙yá结jié石shí

Tartar

每天用牙线每měi天tiān用yòng牙yá线xiàn

Use floss every day

您的牙龈发炎了您nín的de牙yá龈yín发fā炎yán了le

Your gums are inflamed

您的牙龈出血很多您nín的de牙yá龈yín出chū血xuè很hěn多duō

Your gums bleed a lot

牙套牙yá套tào

Braces

不齐不bù齐qí

Crooked

正畸医生正zhèng畸jī医yī生shēng

The orthodontist

牙套能把牙齿排整齐牙yá套tào能néng把bǎ牙yá齿chǐ排pái整zhěng齐qí

Braces straighten the teeth

您的牙齿不齐您nín的de牙yá齿chǐ不bù齐qí

Your teeth are crooked

整齐整zhěng齐qí

Straight

您需要戴牙套您nín需xū要yào戴dài牙yá套tào

You need braces

夜磨牙垫夜yè磨mó牙yá垫diàn

The night guard

紧咬紧jǐn咬yǎo

To clench

您需要一个夜磨牙垫您nín需xū要yào一yí个gè夜yè磨mó牙yá垫diàn

You need a night guard

您晚上磨牙吗？您nín晚wǎn上shang磨mó牙yá吗ma？

Do you grind your teeth at night?

磨磨mó

To grind

您下颌疼是因为您经常咬紧牙关您nín下xià颌hé疼téng是shì因yīn为wèi您nín经jīng常cháng咬yǎo紧jǐn牙yá关guān

Your jaw hurts because you clench

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