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Dental Insurance Glossary
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- Benefit Reduction Amount
- The amount subtracted from allowed benefits under certain cost-savings programs administered by CareFirst.
- Benign
- The mild character of an illness or the non-malignant character of a neoplasm.
- Bicuspid
- A premolar tooth; a tooth with two cusps.
- Bilateral
- Occurring on, or pertaining to, right and left sides.
- Biopsy
- Process of removing tissue for histologic evaluation.
- Bitewing Radiograph
- Interproximal view radiograph of the coronal portion of the tooth.
- Bonding
- Process by which two or more components are made integral by mechanical and/or chemical adhesion at their interface.
- Bridge
- See Fixed Partial Denture and/or Removable Partial Denture.
- Bruxism
- The parafunctional grinding of the teeth.
- Buccal
- Pertaining to or around the cheek (as in the buccal surface of a posterior tooth).
- By Report
- A narrative description used to report a service that does not have a procedure code or is specified in a code as "by report;" may be requested by a third-party payer to provide additional information for claims processing.