Category: F

Firmly placed; immovable and stable in one place, does not move.  

Element designed to resemble a simple tack. It is used to retain a membrane over augmentation material during ridge augmentation surgery.  

A mechanical device used to stabilize block grafts, membranes, and other devices by fixation to the alveolar bone.  

To conform correctly to the shape or size of something. To insert or adjust until correctly in place; to make or adjust to the correct size or shape, i.e., to adapt one structure to another, as the adaptation of any dental restoration to its site, in the mouth. Strong and physically healthy. Colloquial term for…

A pathologic or atypical passage that is the result of poor healing; an unintended or unwanted pathway between differing internal structures or one that connects an internal structure to the (external) surface of a body; usually named according to the body parts it connects. An abnormal connection between two parts inside of the body. Abnormal…

Groove, natural division, cleft, slit, or deep furrow in organs; an ulcer or cracklike sore. A crack or groove on a surface. A major groove in the surface of the brain, teeth, or other organ. A crack or groove in the skin, tissue or an organ. Any of the deep grooves of the outer covering…

Statistical test used in medical research, testing independence of rows and columns in a 2 × 2 contingency table (with two horizontal rows crossing two vertical columns, creating four places for data) based on exact sampling distribution of observed frequencies. A test used to determine the statistical significance of findings generated from small sets of…

The initial surgical procedure in dental implant placement. For eposteal dental implants, this refers to the reflection of the oral mucosa, the impression made of the surgically exposed bone and usually an interocclusal record made to fabricate the implant body followed by surgical closure. For an endosteal implant, this refers to the reflection of the…

The method of porcelain fusion; in dentistry, purposely to fabricate porcelain restorations.  

Structural simulation generated by computer programming.