Category: C

A congenital anomaly depicted by the absence of the condyle.  

A learned response to a stimulus. Conditioned response. An automatic reaction by a person to a stimulus, or an expected reaction to a stimulus which comes from past experience. Reflex developed by training with a specific repeated stimulus, as in Pavlov’s experiment, in which a dog salivates at the sound of a bell after a…

The process of using force to ensure continuity of the matrix phase and removal of excess mercury when compacting dental amalgam. A psychological process, often present in dreams, in which two or more concepts are fused so that a single symbol represents the multiple components. The process of anabolism involves the fusion of individual building…

A predominantly inorganic mass in a cavity or in the tissue of an organism. A mass of hard material which forms in the body, e.g. a gallstone or deposits on bone in arthritis. A stony mass formed within such an organ as the kidney, especially by the coating of an internal organ (or a foreign…

When the roots of adjacent teeth are joined via cementum deposits. The union of separate parts; coalescence, especially the attachment of a tooth to an adjacent one by deposition of cementum to the roots.  

A computer program, or network of computers, that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system.  

Numeric set of instructions generated from CAM software that governs the machine movements of a milling apparatus or 3D printer in order to fabricate an object.  

Computed tomography imaging augmented by implant placement planning to fabricate a surgical template for osteotomy localization during surgery.  

Computer system for intraoperative navigation, which provides the surgeon with current positions of the instruments and operation site on a three‐dimensional reconstructed image of the patient that is displayed on a monitor in the operating room. The system aims to transfer preoperative planning on radiographs or computed tomography scans on the patient, in real‐time, and…

The use of computer software to control machine tools and related machinery in the manufacturing of work pieces. Its primary purpose is to create a faster production process and components and tooling with more precise dimensions and material consistency. In some cases, it uses only the required amount of raw material (thus minimizing waste), while…