Glossary

Category: G

  • Gemination

    Gemination

    Teeth that are structurally united and have developed from the same tooth germ. The development of two teeth or two crowns within a single root.  

  • GBR (abbrev)

    Guided bone regeneration.  

  • Gap distance (syn)

    Jumping distance. The space between the bony walls of an osteotomy or an extraction socket and a dental implant at stage one surgery. The dimension of the gap and type of implant surface influence the level of the first bone‐to‐implant contact.  

  • Gangrene

    Gangrene

    Death of a mass of tissue, generally associated with loss of vascular (nutritive) supply and followed by bacterial invasion and putrefaction. Death of masses of body tissue, followed by bacterial invasion and subsequent decay; usually, but not exclusively, associated with the loss or interruption of blood supply to a tissue area. Death of tissue caused…

  • Galvanism

    Induction of an electrical current between two materials with different electronegativities. This can produce nerve or muscle stimulations. An accelerated oxidization of a metal from an electrical interaction with a more noble metal in a corrosive electrolyte. The consequential current flow can create nerve stimulation, an electric shock‐like experience, or a disagreeable taste. A treatment…

  • Galvanic stimulation

    Excitation of muscle fibers by applying mild electrical current.  

  • Gag

    An involuntary contraction of the muscles of the soft palate or pharynx that results in retching. A surgical device for holding the mouth open. To feel like vomiting; to retch. N. object used to hold the mouth open during surgery or to prevent swallowing of the tongue during a seizure (e.g., in epilepsy). An instrument…

  • Gingival f

    A flap that does not extend apical to the mucogingival junction.  

  • Gingival f

    Collagen fibrils organized into bundles, or fibers, provide the major structural component of the connective tissue matrix of gingiva. Type I and type III collagens are most abundant in the gingiva.  

  • Gingival c

    Found within the gingiva, most commonly in the mandibular canine‐premolar region. Believed to be derived from epithelial rests of the dental lamina.