Effect of implant material that allows interaction and bond formation with living tissues. Implant bioactivity may depend upon material composition,...

Ceramic material that stimulates or otherwise promotes biologic activity. It consists of silicophosphate chains that bond ionically to compounds such...

Stabilization involving direct physical and/or chemical attachment mechanism(s) between biological tissues and a dental implant surface at the ultrastructural level....

Having an effect on, or eliciting a response from, living tissue. A chemical that is biologically active. A neuroactive chemical...

The quality of compatibility in a living environment in spite of adverse or unwanted side effects.  

Solid polymeric material that can dissolve in body fluids without any change of the polymer or decrease in molecular mass....

Absorbable. Property of a material to degrade or dissolve in vivo. Breakdown products are incorporated into normal physiologic and biochemical...

A device to measure biting force that has a central bearing plate of adjustable height.  

A length of metal/material that has a round or square cross‐section. It is typically used to describe material disks used...

A removable dental prosthesis replacing the distal most tooth or teeth on each side of one arch of the mouth....