Category: C

A cellular non-receptor tyrosine kinase.  

Enzymes that belong to the family of the MAPK superfamily of protein kinases. These kinases mediate a plethora of cellular responses to such stressful stimuli, including apoptosis and production of inflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokines in diverse cell systems. cf: MAPK.  

Clinical sensitivity, also called tooth sensitivity or dentin hypersensitivity, is the experience of a sensation ranging from mild discomfort to shooting pain caused by the exposure of susceptible teeth to thermal (cold or hot) stimuli.  

Bone loss of the alveolar processes of the maxilla and/or mandible due to osteoclastic activity, either physiologically or pathologically, resulting in hollow spaces within the maxilla and/or mandible.  

The distance from the cementoenamel junction to the tip of the periodontal probe during usual periodontal diagnostic probing.  

A cup‐ or bowl‐shaped defect in the interalveolar bone with bone loss nearly equal on the contiguous roots. The facial and lingual palatal walls may be of unequal height. A type of intrabony defect, a crater also may be classified by the number of bony walls (i.e., one‐, two‐, or three‐walled); combination defects also exist.…

A vertical defect that includes more than one surface of a tooth, e.g., a vertical defect that includes the mesial and lingual surfaces of a tooth.  

Defined as a pathologic growth of maxillomandibular bones characterized by mild clinical symptoms. The bone thickening reflects the impaired bone rearrangement in response to mild infection of dental pulp. A variant of chronic apical periodontitis which represents a diffuse increase in trabecular bone in response to irritation. Radiographically, a concentric radiopaque area is seen around…

A lesion resulting from local contact with chemically irritating substances such as aspirin, cocaine, pyrophosphates, detergents (e.g., sodium lauryl sulfate), smokeless tobacco, betel nut, and tooth‐ whitening agents.