Category: D
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Dental prosthesis
A fixed or removable appliance used to replace one or more missing teeth and/or associated dental/alveolar structures. One or more false teeth. A dental appliance used to restore soft and hard oral tissue. The prosthesis may be internal or external to the oral cavity. Examples include dentures, partial dentures, orthodontic retainers, obturators, fixed bridges, and…
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Dental plaster
A slightly hydrated powder of beta calcium sulfate made from gypsum that forms a quick‐setting paste when mixed with water. Used in dentistry to make casts. The beta form of calcium sulfate is an aggregate of irregularly shaped porous fine crystals. Also known as plaster of Paris. A powder, when mixed with water, that hardens…
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Dental impression wax
A thermoplastic material used for making a dental impression.
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Dental impression
An imprint made within the oral cavity to produce a replica of the structure of interest used to make a record or to manufacture a dental restoration or prosthesis. An imprint of the teeth, the gums, and sometimes the palate. A dental impression creates a mold of a hard plaster or another substance. The reproduction…
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Dental implant system
Dental implant kit designed for the placement of the dental implant(s) and subsequent attachments of abutments that facilitate the retention of the dental prosthesis. The term can denote a specific concept, inventor(s), or patent(s).
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Dental implant loading
The process of placing often intentional axial or oblique force(s) upon a dental implant. This process is usually associated with the purposeful exposure of the dental implant at the time of surgical placement or subsequent surgical exposure. Forces may be generated from a range of causes, including habitual, deliberate, and/or unintentional.
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Dental implant attachment
The biochemical/mechanical connection between the dental implant and the hard and soft tissues to which it is attached.
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Dental implant analog
A duplication of the entire dental implant used in the dental laboratory to assist in making a temporary or definitive prosthesis; not intended for human implantation.
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Dental implant abutment
The part of a dental implant that functions to retain and/or support a removable or fixed dental prosthesis. Frequently, endosteal dental implants have a temporary or preliminary abutment before a definitive dental abutment and prosthesis is placed. Preliminary abutments are called interim (dental implant) abutments. The final abutment that supports the definitive (final) prosthesis is…
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Dental implant
A device placed beneath the soft tissue layer upon (eposteal), within (endosteal), or through (transosteal) the bone to retain or support a dental prosthesis. A device used to retain or support a dental abutment.