Month: January 2020

The curve created by the alignment of the occlusal and incisal surfaces of artificial teeth that compensates for the condylar ...

Refers to the interchangeability of prosthetic components of one implant system to another. Able to fertilise each other. Able to ...

Concentrically arranged dense bone solidly filled with inorganic salts and organic ground substance with the presence of small spaces called ...

A device placed between the lips that helps increase the separation between them. Such a device is often used when ...

A meeting point or junction between two anatomic structures, such as the corners of the mouth. The place of joining ...

A complex bone fracture characterized by breaks in several places in the same area, crushed and/or splintered. A fracture where ...

The reduction of food into small parts, comminution.  

Biocompatible metal commonly used for dental implants. It is an alloy of approximately 99 wt.% titanium and small amounts (from ...

Element designed to fit over a component such as the transmucosal abutment. Intended to cover the component to protect the ...

The clinical changes observed when an edentulous maxillary arch is opposed by a mandible with retained anterior teeth that may ...