The percentage of failures in a study or clinical trial, of a procedure or a device (e. g. implant), which

Fibrin Assisted Soft Tissue Promotion

Progressive weakening of a structure by accumulating embrittlement and crack formation/propagation.

A structural failure caused by multiple loading episodes when all loads lie below the structure´s ultimate strength.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and

FDA approved requests are for items that are new or substantially different and need to demonstrate “safety and efficacy”.

FDA clearance requests are for medical devices that prove they are “substantially equivalent” to the predicate devices already on the

Freeze-dried bone allograft Bone harvested from donor cadavers, washed, immersed in ethanol, frozen in nitrogen, freeze-dried and ground to similar

Finite element analysis

free from infection

Cell found within the connective tissue that is responsible for the synthesis of collagen fibers and the ground substance of

Layer of fibrous connective tissue between the implant and surrounding bone.

A numerical method for solving problems of engineering and mathematical physics. Software technique used to study stresses and strains on

Screw used for the stabilization of a block graft, bone substitue or a barrier membrane.

Dental A restoration that is not removable by the patient. The restoration may be partial arch (FPD: Fixed partial denture),

Dental Prosthesis fixed to an implant or implants, only removable by the dentists.

Dental Root-form implant

Dental Surgical technique where no soft tissue flaps are raised or a circular piece of tissue is removed for implant

State of retention of an implant at the time of insertion that results from slight compression of the osteotomy walls

Dental see: Occlusal loading