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  • Replacement resorption (ankylosis)

    A pathologic loss of cementum, dentin and periodontal ligament with the ingrowth of bone into the resulting defect. There is a union of bone to cementum and/or dentin and loss of mobility.  

  • Internal resorption

    A pathologic process initiated in the pulp characterized by loss of dentin and possibly cementum. It may or may not perforate to the external root surface and is best managed by removal of the vital pulp followed by conventional root canal therapy.  

  • Inflammatory resorption

    A pathologic loss of cementum, dentin and bone resulting in a defect in the root and adjacent bone.  

  • Idiopathic resorption

    Loss of calcified tissues for no obvious reason.  

  • External resorption

    Resorption that initially affects the external surface of a tooth. It may be classified as inflammatory or replacement, or by location as cervical, lateral or apical. It may or may not invade the pulp.  

  • Cavernous resorption

    Bone loss of the alveolar processes of the maxilla and/or mandible due to osteoclastic activity, either physiologically or pathologically, resulting in hollow spaces within the maxilla and/or mandible.  

  • Resorption

    The progressive loss of soft or hard tissue due to physiologic or pathologic processes. The withdrawal of a chemical substance from a site in which it had initially been deposited. The process of absorbing a substance produced by the body back into the body. Process of being removed by absorption, such as pus in a…

  • Resorbed maxilla

    Extensive resorption of the alveolar process of the maxilla leads to a nearly complete loss of trabecular bone. Remaining as an alveolar process, it is then almost only a cortical plate, often forming the bottom of the sinus and the nasal cavity.  

  • Resorbable membrane

    Membrane made of absorbable natural or synthetic materials used to avoid a second surgery for its removal. After implantation in the body, membranes are degraded by enzymatic activity (collagen membranes) or by hydrolysis (polylactic acid and co‐polymers of polylactic and polyglycolic acids membranes).  

  • Resorbable blast media (RBM)

    Particles of a resorbable abrasive used to produce a specific surface topography of a dental implant.  

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