A thin strip (8–12 μm) of polyester film used to mark or confirm the point(s) of contact on natural teeth,...

A record base constructed using a shellac‐based wafer that has been adapted to the cast with heat.  

An artificial full‐veneer crown swaged from metal plate. An artificial crown that is adapted like a shell or cap over...

Cortical bony surface of the mandible extending from the alveolar ridge to the external oblique line in the vestibular region....

Stress caused by a load (two forces applied toward one another but not in the same straight line) that tends...

Terminal portions of principal fibers that insert into the cementum of a tooth. These collagenous fibers pass from the periosteum...

The color selected for a coronal or gingival portion of a dental prosthesis (crown, bridge, or implant restoration).  

Solid freeform fabrication.  

Generally, the sixth part of anything. In dentistry, it is a one‐sixth subdivision of the dental arches. The anterior sextants...

The dimensional increase that occurs concurrent with the hardening of various materials, such as plaster of Paris, dental stone, die...