Category: D

Digital technique where two scans, containing different data sets, are combined together into one file. An example of a dual scan is a CBCT scan combined with an intraoral scan. The resultant file contains the surface data captured by the intraoral scan and the 3D slices of the underlying hard tissue from the CBCT scan.…

Test measuring bone mineral “density” (BMD). Two low‐dose X‐ray beams with differing energy levels are aimed at the patient’s bones. By subtracting the soft tissue absorption, the BMD can be determined from the absorption of each beam by bone.  

Localized osteitis of the alveolus following tooth extraction due to infection or loss of the blood clot. Inflammation of the socket of a tooth which has just been removed. Inflammation at the site of an extracted tooth, characterized by pain, pus, and frequently infection. An unhealed wound at the site of a tooth extraction, characterized…

A manufacturing process where a material is machined without the need for liquid for cooling and lubrication. Dry processing is applied mainly with respect to zirconium oxide blanks with a low degree of presintering.  

The ability of a chemical or a drug to produce a biological effect. The extent to which a drug produces a beneficial result under ideal circumstances. Much of the drug approval process involves testing to ensure that the drug under study has adequate effectiveness or efficacy.  

Chemicals that prevent reaction of a drug agonist with its receptor. The antagonist drug competes for the available receptors. A drug that prevents receptor stimulation. An antagonist drug has an affinity for a cell receptor and, by binding to it, prevents the cell from responding to an agonist.  

Chemicals that react with a receptor and initiate a cellular reaction. This reaction is similar to that of an endogenous hormone or neurotransmitter.  

The solid scum produced from oxides, impurities, or waste materials on the surface of a metal when melted. Waste matter, refuse. Residue remaining in an opium pipe which has been smoked; contains 50 % of the morphine present in the original drug.  

The use of drills in a specific order to gradually prepare and increase the diameter of an osteotomy prior to dental implant insertion.