Category: P

The lateral positional change of the mandible as the nonworking condyle translates along the articular eminence.  

Concept of gradually increasing the amount of functional load applied to a newly integrated dental implant or implants by modifying the design and the material of the prosthesis. Based upon the assumption that the Wolff Law applies to the bone adjacent to newly osseointegrated dental implants.  

A prediction as to the progress, course, and outcome of a disease. Medical term to describe the likely outcome of an illness. The prediction of the future course of an illness. A forecast or predicted outcome of a disease; the prospects of recovery. A prediction of the outcome of a disease. An opinion of how…

A forward relationship of the mandible and/or maxilla to the skeletal base in which either of the jaws (usually the mandible) protrudes beyond a imaginary line in the sagittal plane of the skull.  

A generic term for naturally occurring steroid hormones containing a prename nucleus; secreted from the corpus luteum and placenta; a lute hormone; implicated in hormonal and pubertal gingivitis. Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione. The principal progestational hormone of the body, secreted by the corpus luteum, adrenal cortex, and placenta. Its chief function is to prepare the uterus for the…

Relatively undifferentiated cells that have the capacity for both replication and differentiation and give rise to one or more types of specialized cells.  

Instrument used to measure the relative roughness of a particular topography. In dental applications, it is used to measure the relative roughness of implant surfaces.  

Bur that removes bone around the platform of a root‐form dental implant to allow the connection of components to the implant. Different profiler diameters are used to accommodate a desired component diameter.  

A record or registration of a patient facial profile.