Category: G

Pertaining to bacteria that counterstain pale red with Gram stain. These bacteria have a lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) layer exterior to a thin peptidoglycan layer in the cell walls. Losing the stain or decolorized by alcohol in Gram’s method of staining, a primary characteristic of bacteria having a cell wall composed of a thin layer of peptidoglycan…

A substance, natural or synthetic, used to enhance or repair a tissue defect or deficiency.  

The restoration of implanted living tissue to its original integrity. Bone graft healing has two different routes: either it fails to incorporate and gradually disappears, or it becomes incorporated as a mechanically functioning part of the host bone. Osteoblasts or osteoprogenitor cells may be transferred to the recipient site. Via resorption of bone graft, various…

The vascularization and integration at the cellular level of a graft with its recipient site. It involves the formation of a graft‐woven bone complex that remodels into lamellar bone and further adapts based on loading.  

Any tissue or organ transferred to a patient. Any tissue or organ from a donor or a second site in the recipient used for implantation or transplantation into the recipient at the required site. A piece of viable (living) tissue positioned in contact with injured tissues to afford a scaffold for repairing a defect or…

A device rarely used in contemporary dental practice that determines an accurate, verifiable, and reproducible centric relation position and the proper occlusal vertical dimension.  

A mathematical progression of numeric expressions thought to have ideal esthetic value. It describes the ideal dimensions and visual relationships of the human dentition, as well as human facial dimensions. Dr Eddy Levin, of London, England, found that by applying the Golden Proportion to the eight maxillary anterior teeth (1st bicuspid to 1st bicuspid), ideal…

Attachment element comprising part of a prosthetic component. This term specifically refers to the alloy used in fabrication of the element. Called also cylinder‐to‐transmucosal element.  

The science of relating tooth position, anatomy, and function to the exact movements of the temporomandibular joints bilaterally, in an attempt to define ideal masticatory function and stability. Also known as neuromuscular dentistry.  

An instrument used to measure maximal bite force and masticatory efficiency. Also known as an occlusometer.