Category: B
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Bleeding on probing
A clinical examination parameter of the natural tooth or implant gingiva or soft tissue sulcus that is used to evaluate the health of that tissue. Lack of bleeding on probing may indicate health but bleeding may or may not indicate diseased tissue. A probing force of 0.25 N is generally accepted as the appropriate probing…
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Bleeding
Condition involving the loss of blood internally (when blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body); externally through a natural opening (such as the oral cavity); or externally through a break in the skin. The escape from the body of blood as from an injured blood vessel (veins, arteries, or capillaries). It may be external…
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Blasted implant surface
Treatment of a surface by grit blasting to increase its surface area by subtraction.
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Blanching
To make or become white or pale, usually in reference to periimplant or periodontal soft tissues (e.g., during prosthetic try‐in/insertion). A unit operation in food processing in which raw food materials are immersed in hot water or exposed to live steam, hot gases or microwave energy. Heat treatment given mostly to fruits and vegetables to…
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Blade implant
Design‐specific type of implant categorized as an endosteal implant. Blade implants can vary in width and length and are intended to be placed within bone as a one‐piece implant. Both the implant that is the endosteal portion and the transmucosal component that serves as an abutment intraorally are included. A flat, blade‐shaped endosseous implant which…
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Blade endosteal dental implant
A dental implant placed in bone. It has a wedgeshaped body that is narrow in a buccal‐lingual direction with openings or vents in its body through which tissue may grow. An abutment portion transverses the mucogingival tissues that offer support or retention of a dental prosthesis. It may or may not be osseointegrated.
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Blade
Expanded part of leaf or petal. The expanded, terminal portion of a flat organ such as a leaf, petal, or sepal, in contrast to the narrowed basal portion. Flat instrument with one or more sharp edges used for cutting. The most dangerous item in your kitchen, excluding a toaster with a bagel stuck in it,…
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Black triangle (syn)
Black space. Condition when a void is present in the interproximal space apical to the contact point. Missing papilla between teeth when the interproximal bone has been reduced in height. The coronal‐apical distance between the bone crest level and the contact point of adjacent teeth will determine if a papilla can be consistently maintained. A…
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Biting force
Force generated by contraction of elevator muscles of mandible acting against the maxilla.
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Biteplane (biteplate)
A tooth‐and‐tissueborne appliance usually constructed of plastic and wire and worn in the palate; used as a diagnostic or therapeutic adjunct. A dental device used to correct or diagnose malocclusion. It is worn in the palate, usually on a temporary basis. A plane formed by the biting surfaces of the teeth. In dentistry, a plate…