Category: R

A biting relationship in which the mandible is more distally placed than in maximum intercuspation.  

A jaw position resulting from a posterior positioning of the mandible.  

The habitual postural jaw relation when the head is in an upright position and the condyles are in neutral, unstrained positions in the glenoid fossae. An obsolete term for the relationship of the mandible to the maxilla when the patient is in an upright relaxed position and proper physiologic interocclusal distance exists between the teeth…

Incision made to increase access to alveolar bone, enhance flap mobility, facilitate lateral or coronal flap advancement, limit the inclusion of nondiseased sites in the surgical field, and/or decrease tension on retracted flaps.  

An endosseous implant that obtains support from the vertical height of alveolar or basal bone. It is frequently made from metal or ceramic and may have a cylinder shape that is tapered, threaded, perforated, solid, and/or hollow. The surface may be coated, smooth, or textured.  

A complete mandibular arch implant with a tripoidal design that consists a horizontal supragingival connecting bar with terminal left and right posterior ends that pass through the soft tissue and enter the bilateral rami of the mandible. There is also an inferior anterior plate that passes through the soft tissue and enters the bone of…

A full arch implant of tripoidal design consisting of a horizontal supragingival connecting bar with endosseous units placed into the two rami and symphyseal area.  

A flap replaced in its original position.  

Immature connective tissue fibers.  

A cyst in the maxilla or mandible that remains after the associated tooth has been removed.