One of the terminal branches of the mandibular nerve, a division of the trigeminal nerve. It enters the mandibular canal...

Runs with the inferior alveolar nerve and enters the mandibular foramen at the medial aspect of the ramus. It continues...

Capable of causing infection; caused by or capable of being transmitted by infection; infective. A disease that is caused by...

Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, which may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury due...

Hardened; made hard.  

To toughen or harden; make hard.  

The act of inducing or causing to occur as referenced in the induction of bone formation. The act or process...

The effect achieved by one or more indirect retainers of a partial removable denture prosthesis that reduces the tendency for...

The component of a partial removable dental prosthesis that assists the direct retainer(s) in preventing displacement of the distal extension...

A fracture at a point distant from the primary site of injury due to secondary forces. A fracture distant from...