Category: R

Class of procedures for predicting the values of a response variable when the value of one or more explanatory variables is known. Partial or symbolic return to earlier patterns of reacting or thinking. Manifested in a wide variety of circumstances such as normal sleep, play, physical illness, and many mental disorders. Also, a defense mechanism…

A record of the occlusal relationship between the maxillary and mandibular jaws.  

Co‐registration. A preliminary procedure in navigation surgery in which the patient is synchronized against the pre-acquired imaging scan by the use of fiducial markers. The process by which qualified individual are listed on an official roster maintained by a governmental or non-governmental agency. Standards for registration may include such things as successful completion of a…

Increase in all metabolic activities in a soft or hard tissue (including modeling and remodeling activity in the skeleton) that is initiated by a provocative stimulus (e.g., fracture, crush injury). Typical RAP is induced by periosteal stimulation. A local response to a stimulus in which tissues form 2–10 times more rapidly than the normal regeneration…

Use of barrier membranes for guided bone regeneration (GBR) to provide a more predictable restoration of form. This method often permits placement of implants simultaneous to defect restoration.  

Field of medicine concerned with developing and using strategies to repair or replace damaged, diseased, or metabolically deficient organs, tissues, and cells via tissue engineering, cell transplantation, artificial organs, and bioartificial organs and tissues. A field where stem cells are induced to differentiate into a specific cell type that can be used to repair damaged…

Reproduction or reconstitution of a lost or injured part to its original state. Process in which dead or older plants are replaced by younger ones of the same species or vegetation type; Vegetative growth on a single plant after wounding or amputation of part(s). Replacement or restoration of lost parts. The process where tissue that…

The completion of mineralization and remodeling of the regenerate tissue.  

Distraction zone. The tissue that forms between gradually separated bone segments in distraction osteogenesis. To grow again, or grow something again.  

A patient in whom it is difficult to achieve prosthetic success even when the appropriate prosthesis is provided. The patient may not be able to follow directions or lacks adaptability to prosthodontic treatment.