Category: T

Exudate fluid that passes through a tissue surface or membrane; usually associated with inflammation. Fluid discharged through a membrane or vessel wall. In contrast to an exudate, a transudate has a low content of protein or cellular debris. A fluid which passes through the pores of a membrane. It contains less protein or solid material…

In distraction osteogenesis, the sectioned and moving segment of alveolar bone that has been surgically prepared for alveolar distraction osteogenesis.  

Removal of tissue from one person’s body and placing it in another person’s body or the removal of tissue from a donor site in one’s own body and placing it in another location. A procedure which involves taking an organ such as the heart or kidney, or tissue such as skin, and grafting it into…

A dental implant that penetrates both cortical plates and passes through the full thickness of the alveolar bone. A dental implant composed of a metal plate with retentive pins to hold it against the inferior border of the mandible that supports transosteal pins that penetrate through the full thickness of the mandible and pass into…

Transition of an object through the internal and external cortical plates of bone into and beyond the oral cavity mucosa.  

Transosteal implant. A dental implant that completely penetrates through the edentulous ridge buccolingually. A dental implant that completely penetrates through the parasymphyseal region of the mandible, from the inferior border through the alveolar crest..    

The pressure exerted through the soft tissue on a submerged dental implant, usually by a removable denture.  

Any piece that connects an implant to the oral cavity through the soft tissue.  

Passing through or across the oral mucosa.  

Having the appearance between complete opacity and complete transparency; partially opaque.