Glossary

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  • Interarch distance

    The vertical distance between maxillary and mandibular teeth at any given degree of jaw opening.  

  • Interalveolar septum

    Alveolar and trabecular bony partition between adjacent tooth sockets.  

  • Interalveolar crest

    The most coronal portion of the interdental bony septum.  

  • Interalveolar

    The area between the alveoli. Situated between the dental alveoli of adjacent teeth. Air cells of the lungs; [bet] tooth sockets. Within the spaces or tiny compartments amidst alveoli or cells.  

  • Integrins

    Integrins belong to the family of cellular adhesion molecules (CAM) and act as specialized receptors that mediate the interactions between basal epithelial cells and the extracellular matrix. A family of transmembrane glycoproteins consisting of noncovalent heterodimers. They interact with a wide variety of ligands including extracellular matrix glycoproteins, complement, and other cells, while their intracellular…

  • Osseointegration

    A direct contact, on the light microscopic level, between living bone tissue and an implant. The direct contact between living bone and a functionally loaded dental implant surface without interposed soft tissue at the light microscope level. The clinical manifestation of osseointegration is absence of mobility. The anchoring of prosthetic material into bone.  

  • Biointegration

    A bonding of living bone to the surface of an implant which is independent of any mechanical interlocking mechanism.  

  • Integration

    The action or process of integrating. The useful organization and incorporation of both new and old data, experience, and emotional capacities into the personality. Also refers to the organization and amalgamation of functions at various levels of psychosexual development. The organization of parts, psychological and biological functions, to make a functional whole. Ability to use…

  • Intaglio

    In dentistry, the interior surface of a denture.  

  • Insulin‐like growth factor (IGF)

    Polypeptides structurally similar to insulin. The IGF family consists of two ligands (IGF‐I and IGF‐II), two cell surface receptors (IGF‐1R and IGF‐2R) and several IGF binding proteins. They control growth, differentiation, and the maintenance of differentiated function in numerous tissues. In oral tissues, IGFs are involved in tooth growth and development, in the biology of…