Category: C

A restoration, frequently made of cast metal or a ceramic material, that covers all five surfaces of a tooth: mesial, distal, occlusal, facial, lingual.  

A device placed under the periosteum on the residual ridge to provide abutments for supporting a removable or fixed dental prosthesis in a fully edentulous arch. Usage of such implants should be described by means of the relationship to their bases of support, the alveolar bone. As such, at placement, the implant is described as…

Two different colors that form a neutral color when mixed together in correct proportions; complementary colored light creates white light upon mixture in an additive process, and mixtures are determined by the laws of additive color. If complementary, colorants mixed together form gray or black, and mixtures are determined by the laws of subtractive colorant…

A group of serum proteins involved in the control of inflammation, the activation of phagocytes, and the lytic attack on cell membranes. The system can be activated by interaction with antigen‐antibody complexes or by bacterial substances. A term originally used to refer to the heat-labile factor in serum that causes immune cytolysis, the lysis of…

A symptom, malady, ailment, disorder, or disease reported by a patient. An expression of dissatisfaction about something or someone. In family law, a written document filed in court to begin a civil lawsuit, naming the person involved, the allegations or charges, and the relief or type of decision sought; sometimes called petition or libel. In…

The curve created by the alignment of the occlusal and incisal surfaces of artificial teeth that compensates for the condylar path when the mandible moves from centric to eccentric positions and provides for a balanced occlusion. The compensating curve corresponds to the curve of Spee in a natural dentition.  

Refers to the interchangeability of prosthetic components of one implant system to another. Able to fertilise each other. Able to function together without being rejected. In transfusions and grafting, capable of being used without immunological reaction. In the context of the interaction between a host and pathogen, the potential for disease to develop is dependent…

Concentrically arranged dense bone solidly filled with inorganic salts and organic ground substance with the presence of small spaces called lacunae filled with osteocytes (bone cells). Hard portion of bone that forms the diaphysis and epipysis. A type of bone tissue which forms the hard outer layer of a bone. The hard, dense bone made…