Category: L

Outcome related to the loss of an implant that occurred after implant osseointegration. Compare: Early implant loss.  

Outcome related to the loss of an implant that occurred after implant osseointegration. Compare: Early implant loss.  

A sound made in the temporomandibular joint just before jaw closure as the disk slips from anterior displacement to its original position between the glenoid fossa and the head of the condyle.  

Technique of joining pieces of metal (e.g., a bar) through the use of a laser beam. The beam provides a concentrated heat source, allowing for high‐strength, narrow, and deep welds.  

The use of concentrated light beams to specifically cut, burn, remove, or destroy soft tissue.  

Creates a 3D image through a triangulation mechanism. A laser dot or line is projected onto an object from a handheld device, and a sensor (typically a chargecoupled device, CCD, or position‐sensitive device) measures the distance to the surface. Data are collected in relation to an internal coordinate system, and therefore to collect data where…

A machine that uses a laser beam or plane to scan an object in 3D.  

The clinical use of nonionizing laser sources for nonsurgical applications.  

Application of a laser beam to selectively ablate a material from a surface (e.g., dental implant).  

Acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. A technique that converts light from several frequencies into an intense, visible, small, non-divergent, monochromatic radiation beam that is capable of creating immense localized heat and power when concentrated and directed at a short distance. An instrument for producing an enormously intense and sharply directed beam…