Category: E
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Equilibration
The action or process of creating a state of balance or equilibrium. The modification of masticatory forces or occlusal surfaces of teeth to produce simultaneous occlusal contacts between upper and lower teeth, and to equalize the stress of occlusal forces of the supporting tissues of the teeth.
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Equilibrate
To bring or to place in balance or equilibrium.
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Equalization of pressure
The act of evenly distributing a load.
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Epulis fissuratum
Overgrowth of intraoral tissue as the result of chronic irritation such as that caused by the overextended flange of a denture.
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Epulis
A nonspecific word for any inflammatory cellular proliferation or a tumor‐like growth or lump of the gingiva. A type of tumor of the gums or jaw. An old term for a swelling of the gum. Such a swelling is usually either a reparative ‘granuloma or consists of a mass of fibrous tissue developed around ill-fitting…
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E‐PTFE (abbrev.)
Expanded polytetra-fluoroethylene.
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Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)
Herpes DNA virus that causes Burkitt’s lymphoma in which the human peripheral blood leukocytes are transformed into lymphoblast‐like cells with an indefinite life span. Herpesvirus that is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with various types of human cancers. A large, ubiquitous, and normally benign, herpeslike virus with both DNA and…
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Epoxy resin die
A reproduction or model produced with/in epoxy resin.
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Epoxy resin
A strong, yet flexible, chemically resistant, dimensionally constant resin of epoxy polymers; frequently used as a denture base material in dentistry.
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Eposteal implant
Device that receives its primary bone support by means of resting upon bone.