Category: R

Portion of patient treatment concerned with the diagnosis, treatment planning, and provision of prosthetic therapy.  

Branch of dentistry concerned with the replacement or reconstruction of a tooth or teeth and their supporting structures altered or lost through trauma, surgery, disease, or congenital etiology.  

Material or prosthesis used to restore or replace teeth, parts of jaws, or craniofacial structures. Broad term applied to any inlay, crown, bridge or complete denture which restores or replaces loss of teeth or oral tissues. The addition of nutrients to replace those lost in processing, as in milling of cereals. The return of something…

Distance measured between a predetermined point on the maxilla and mandible when the mandible is in physical rest position. One point is on the middle of the face or nose and the other point is on the lower face or chin.  

Area prepared on a tooth surface or restoration to support vertical or lateral occlusal forces.  

The postural position of the mandible when an individual is resting comfortably in an upright position and the associated muscles are in a state of minimal contractual activity. Also known as postural position.  

A pathologic loss of cementum, dentin and periodontal ligament with the ingrowth of bone into the resulting defect. There is a union of bone to cementum and/or dentin and loss of mobility.  

The progressive loss of soft or hard tissue due to physiologic or pathologic processes. The withdrawal of a chemical substance from a site in which it had initially been deposited. The process of absorbing a substance produced by the body back into the body. Process of being removed by absorption, such as pus in a…

Extensive resorption of the alveolar process of the maxilla leads to a nearly complete loss of trabecular bone. Remaining as an alveolar process, it is then almost only a cortical plate, often forming the bottom of the sinus and the nasal cavity.  

Membrane made of absorbable natural or synthetic materials used to avoid a second surgery for its removal. After implantation in the body, membranes are degraded by enzymatic activity (collagen membranes) or by hydrolysis (polylactic acid and co‐polymers of polylactic and polyglycolic acids membranes).