Category: P

Surgical wound closure by close flap adaption and complete coverage of the surgical site. This approach leads to healing by primary intention.  

Gram‐negative, nonmotile, anaerobic, rod‐shaped bacteria. Formerly called Bacteroides melaninogenicus.  

Gram‐negative, nonmotile, anaerobic, nonspore‐forming bacillus isolated from oral and other body sites. A common inhabitant of the gingival crevice, it has been associated with infections of the head, neck, and pleura.  

Formerly called Bacteroides spp. A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria that colonizes the oral cavity and genital organs. Members of the genus cause abscesses, blood-borne infections, genital infections, periodonitis, and wound infections.  

Serving to avert the occurrence of. Referring to an action taken to stop something happening, especially to stop a disease or infection from spreading to stop a disease or infection from spreading. Hindering the occurrence of something, especially disease.  

Proportion or rate of persons in a population who had a condition at any given time. Compare: Incidence. The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from incidence, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.…

Any records made for the purpose of diagnosis, recording of the patient history, or treatment planning in advance of therapy.  

Alteration of the denturebearing surface of a denture to reduce force on the underlying tissues.  

Cell death due to insufficient local blood supply from pressure. In implant dentistry, it refers to the loss of bone that occurs following the application of excessive pressure by the insertion of a dental implant.    

A material injected or spread on the intaglio surface of the denture to determine the pressure area on the supporting tissue of a dental prosthesis.