Category: P

A region of mucosa that is being subjected to excessive pressure from a dental prosthesis.  

State of retention of a dental implant at the time of its insertion that results from the slight compression of the oseotomy walls by the implant body. Or joint held together by friction of the parts. Mode of attachment used (either by itself or in conjunction with a screw) by several implant manufacturers for approximating…

Surgical procedure that deepens or lengthens the vestibulum. Several techniques exist, often involving healing by secondary intention or using mucosal or dermal free grafts or splitthickness skin grafts.  

Surgical procedures designed to facilitate fabrication of a prosthesis or to improve the prognosis of prosthodontic care.  

Planned and executed definitive form of a natural tooth or implant abutment following instrumentation to receive a prosthetic restoration. The act of getting a person ready for a surgical operation. A medicine or liquid containing a drug. The making ready, especially of a medicine for use.  

An abutment that can be prepared and modified from its original manufactured design.  

A dental diagnostic procedure in which planned restorations are developed in wax on a diagnostic cast to determine optimal clinical and laboratory procedures necessary to achieve the desired esthetics and function. Called also diagnostic wax‐up, preoperative waxing.  

Any record made for the purpose of study or treatment planning.  

A positive likeness of a part or parts of the oral cavity for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment planning.  

Medication given prior to an anesthetic or operation. Drugs administered to a patient before an operation (usually one in which an anesthetic is used). Premedication usually comprises injection of a sedative, to calm the patient down, together with a drug, such as atropine, to dry up the secretions of the lungs (which might otherwise be…