Category: B

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 affects nerve cells. Neurotransmitters are bioactive because they result in a change in activity. Producing an effect in living tissue or in a living organism.  

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 processes (e.g., bioabsorbable membranes or sutures). Capable of being assimilated by the body, first, because it is relatively easy to implant and second, because it degrades within the body and gradually transfers physical loads to…

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 for milling.  

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

The concurrent and synchronized anterior and posterior occlusal contact of teeth on both sides of the mouth in centric, lateral, and protrusive positions. Also known as balanced articulation.  

Having or occurring on two sides, as in bilateral hearing loss; having two layers. Arranged on opposite sides; in pollen, a grain with two vertical planes of symmetry and the equatorial axes of different length. Affects both sides of the body equally. One, and only one, line through the center will divide the flower into…