Dehiscence

Incomplete coverage or cleft like absence of bone at a localized area around a tooth or a dental implant, extending for a variable distance from the crest.


Premature opening of a primary soft tissue closure.


Mode of opening (of a fruit capsule or anther).


The natural bursting or splitting open of capsules, fruits, and anthers for the discharge of their contents.


The method of bursting or splitting open.


In botany, the opening of an anther, fruit, or other structure, permitting the escape of reproductive bodies contained within.


The act of opening wide.


Splitting open of an organ, part, or surgical wound.


Bursting open or splitting of tissue along a natural or sutured line.


The splitting open of a partially healed surgical wound, usually because of infection. Dehiscence can be superficial, it can involve only a few layers of tissue, or it can be complete and involve the entire surgical wound. Dehiscence usually requires additional surgery and lengthens the hospital stay.


The breaking open of a wound that is partly healed, usually after surgery.


A bursting open, as of a graafian follicle or a wound, especially a surgical abdominal wound.


The untimely rupture or division along natural or surgical suture lines, known as dehiscence, is a complication that arises as a result of inadequate wound healing following surgery.


Dehiscence refers to the separation or splitting open of a partially healed wound. This term is primarily used to describe the reopening of a surgical incision that was previously closed with sutures or clips.


 


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