Bar overdenture
Dental Removable partial or complete denture, supported by dental implants or implants and tissue. Dental implants are connected together with
Dental Removable partial or complete denture, supported by dental implants or implants and tissue. Dental implants are connected together with
Device helping to confine a grafted area. It can prevent movement of a graft and/or controls the growth of undesirable
The engagement of an implant at the two sides of a bone, being fixed in two cortical areas.
syn.: Absorbable Property of a material that degrades and dissolves in vivo. Its breakdown products are incorporated into normal physiologic
Absorbable alloplastic material composed of metal oxides: SiO2, Na2O and P2O5. It has the ability to form a chemical bond with
Capacity of a material to fulfil its function with an appropriate response for a specific application from the receiving host. Quality
The quality of a biomaterial that satisfies those functional specifications for which it was designed.
The bonding of living tissue to the surface of a biomaterial or implant, which is independent of any mechanical interlocking
Dental The combined apicocoronal height of connective tissue and epithelial attachment. It exists around teeth as well as around dental
A material intended to interface with the biological System to evaluate, treat, augment or replace tissue, organ or function of the
Scientific field that deals with the mechanical properties of any biomechanical device, device-tissue interface or the properties of tissues themselves.
Workable, non-resorbable glass ceramic out of the SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-Na2O-K2O-F-system by 3di GmbH. Crystal phase (ca. 60 %) with mainly phlogopit-crystals, embedded
Acro.: BCS biphasic calcium sulfate dihydrate (CSD) The medical use of Calcium Sulfate has the longest history in the augmentation
also: BCP Chemistry: Mixture of two phases, hydroxyapatite, HA, and β-tricalcium phosphate. It is a ceramic. Preparation involves the sintering causing the
Dental Black space visible, if the papilla (soft tissue in between two teeth) is missing or does not totally fill
Dental A laminar endosseous implant designed to be placed within the bone in a surgically prepared thin groove, especially in
Graft consisting of an autogenous block of bone, taken from a different site and usually fixed with screws.
Bone conduction is the conduction of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull. Bone conduction transmission
There are different definitions, non of them with exact reliable data for clinical use: 1, Histological: The “density” is calculated
There are different classifications of bone density (quality) in oral implantology. Lekholm U, Zarb GA: Patient selection and preparation. In:
Surgical widening of bone to augment its volume. In oral implantology also: Ridge expansion (or splitting) to widen the residual
A surgical procedure performed to establish additional bone volume, using autogenous bone.
Soft spongy tissue found in the center of bone that contains fat and/or hematopoietic tissues.
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