Chapter 43

renal Having to do with the kidney.

ringworm A type of fungal skin infection.

root canal A root canal is when the dentist removes the living inside of your tooth. It allows you to keep the hard, enamel outside of the tooth.

round In the ACC protocol, a round is the amount of time you continuously take a chelator. The minimum round is three days and the intervening two nights (approximately 64 hours).

rubber dam A rubber dam is a thin sheet of latex or nytril used to isolate your tooth undergoing amalgam removal from the rest of your mouth.