Category: P

Complete extirpation of the coronal and radicular pulp. The removal of the entire dental pulp from a tooth, usually by an endodontist as part of root canal treatment. The pulp is the Soft tissue inside the tooth that contains blood vessels and nerves. The extraction of tooth pulp. Pulpectomy is a component of the process…

Tests used to determine whether the pulp of a tooth is without vitality, inflamed, or within normal limits of health. The different tests include electrical stimulation, thermal stimulation, or the more invasive cutting into dentin with a bur to determine sensitivity. A determination of the vitality of a tooth pulp by the application of hot,…

The placement of a material or medicament to serve as a barrier to protect the pulp and promote healing of the pulpal tissues. Pulp capping is accomplished either directly or indirectly. The technique and material for covering and protecting from external conditions a vital, exposed pulp while the pulp heals and secondary or tertiary dentin…

Richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue found at the inner core of a tooth called the pulp cavity. The pulp is divided into the coronal aspect (coronal pulp) and root aspect (radicular pulp). Juicy or fleshy tissue of a fruit [imprecise, not recommended]. Soft, often moist tissue of a fruit. Soft tissue, especially when surrounded…

Mechanical testing method used to determine the relative resistance to removal of a dental implant. The test may be used immediately following implant placement to determine primary implant stability or at various times following placement and during the healing period. Determines the relative advantages (or disadvantages) of various shapes, materials, and surface textures for dental…

Force needed to displace an implant along its long axis and opposite from its direction of placement.  

A root‐form dental implant that has its origin in the region of the former second maxillary molar and its endpoint encroaches in the scaphoid fossa of the sphenoid bone. The implant follows an intrasinusal trajectory in a dorsal and mesiocranial direction, perforating the posterior sinusal wall and the pterygoid plates.  

A measurement of color stimuli by scientifically defined values, such as tri‐stimulus coordinates.  

A term referring to the relationship between physical stimuli and sensory perception of the physical stimuli. Concerning the relationship of the physical and the mental.  

A collection of symptoms and clinical signs characteristic of periodontal diseases such as inflammation, loss of the gingiva, tooth mobility, etc.