Category: B
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Bone factor
Relative response of alveolar bone to positive or negative stimulations; the ratio of osteogenesis to osteolysis.
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Bone expansion
Manipulation of a bony ridge with flat and rounded osteotomes for recontouring the cortical ridge to gain more bone width than originally present, usually to accommodate placement of a dental implant.
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Bone derivative
A substance extracted from bone, such as bone morphogenetic proteins.
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Bone curettage
Removal of soft tissue either from a bony surface by scraping with a curette in preparation for implant placement and/or alveolar ridge augmentation, or from a bony cavity following the removal of pathology.
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Bone conduction
The transmission of sound from the skull bones to the inner ear. Also known as cranial conduction, osteotympanic conduction, and tissue conduction. Sound conduction through the cranial bones. An assessment technique employed to investigate the underlying cause of hearing impairment is a method of sound transmission testing. A vibrating tuning fork is utilized in a…
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Bone cell
Bone cells include osteoblasts, which are responsible for bone formation, and osteoclasts, which are responsible for bone resorption. A nucleated cell occupying a separate lacuna of bone.
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Bone biopsy
Bone sample harvested from an area of interest for analysis.
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Bone augmentation
Placement of an autogenous graft and/or a bone replacement graft, or any procedure that corrects a hard tissue deficiency.
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Bone atrophy
A decrease in bone mass exhibited as resorption that is represented internally by a decrease in density.
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Bone‐anchored hearing aid (BAHA)
Electronic device affixed to the temporal bone in the periauricular area with skin‐penetrating implant abutments for the amplification of sound in hearing‐impaired patients.