Category: C

Located in or at a center. Oriented around or directed toward a center.  

The recorded path of motion on the horizontal plate of the central bearing tracing device.  

The precise location of contact for a central bearing device.  

A device that applies a single point force that is applied as centrally as possible at the center of support between the maxillary and mandibular jaws. It distributes the closing forces evenly throughout the supporting structures when recording maxillomandibular jaw relationships. It is also used to detect errors in occlusion.  

The midline of the residual ridge in a buccolingual dimension, as viewed from the occlusal aspect.  

The tearing or splintering of the cementum from the tooth’s root surface. Superficial disruptions of a tooth root that result in the displacement of cementum fragments.  

The thin, calcified tissue of ectomesenchymal origin covering the roots of teeth in which embedded collagen fibers attach the teeth to the alveolus. Calcified tissue covering the root and neck of the tooth. A layer of thick hard material which covers the roots of teeth. Layer of specialized tissue (modified bone) in a tooth, covering…

The use of dental cement for the retention of a prosthesis to an abutment, or transmucosal portion of a one‐piece dental implant.  

The uncalcified surface layer of cementum including incorporated connective tissue fibers.