Category: C

The occurrence of multiple dental implant failures in one or a minute group of patients derived from a large pool of subjects.  

A model of data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools, and the physical storage spans multiple servers (and often locations). The physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company. Cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available, accessible, and secure. They also ensure that the…

Process by which specialized cloud products and services and their deployment and maintenance are outsourced to and provided by one or more cloud service providers.  

The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted online to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.  

Surgical component inserted into the head of the implant or the occlusal surface of an implant. It is intended to obturate the access opening of the implant so as to prevent debris from flowing into or plugging the access.  

Force generated by muscles of mastication.  

The interdental clearance provided by the maxillary and mandibular incisor teeth during speaking jaw motion while pronouncing fricatives and sibilants. The space between the teeth during casual repetition of the sound “s.” This is considered the closest relationship of the occlusal surfaces and incisal edges of the mandibular teeth to the maxillary teeth during function…

Indirect impression. Impression technique that uses an impression coping with positioning features, around which a rigid elastic impression material is injected. After removal of the impression, the coping is unthreaded from the mouth, connected to a laboratory analog and repositioned into the impression prior to pouring.  

Repositioning of bone fragments through manipulation only, that is, without surgical intervention.  

An internal (Type II) imbalance of the temporomandibular joint in which the condyle is blocked from sliding under the anteriorly and medially displaced articular disk.