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Metal artifact
Metal objects in the scan field can lead to severe streaking artifacts. This presents a loss of detail, transferring as a loss of information in the reconstruction of a 3D model.
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Metabolic syndrome
A combination of medical disorders that, when occurring together, increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. syndrome—a cluster of health problems that include insulin resistance, abnormal blood fats, and borderline or elevated blood pressure; associated with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. A cluster of health problems that include insulin resistance,…
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Mesostructure
The part of a reconstruction that couples the dental implant complex (infrastructure) to the superstructure.
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Mesioversion
The location of a tooth nearer than normal to the median line of the face along the dental arch.
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Mesial
Near or toward the centerline of the dental arch; toward the median sagittal plane of the face, following the curvature of the dental arch. In dentistry, relating to the middle of the front of the jaw, or occurring in a place near this. Relating to or located in the middle part of something. A term…
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Mesh
A general term used to describe the surface referencing of a scanned point cloud resulting in a 3D object typically composed of triangular faces. A mesh object has no true curvature. The appearance of curvature is achieved by increasing the number of faces (level of detail). A prosthetic patch or fabric used to repair or…
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Mesenchyme
Mass of tissue that develops primarily from the mesoderm (i.e., the middle layer of the trilaminar germ disk) of an embryo. Viscous in consistency, mesenchyme contains collagen bundles and fibroblasts and later differentiates into blood vessels, blood‐related organs, and connective tissues. Embryonic tissue that forms connective tissue, blood, and smooth muscles. The undifferentiated tissue of…
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Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)
Contributes to the regeneration of mesenchymal tissues (e.g., bone, cartilage, muscle, ligament, tendon, adipose, and stroma) and is essential in providing support for the growth and differentiation of primitive hemopoietic cells within the bone marrow microenvironment for the repair of bony defects. The most accessible source of mesenchymal stem cells is bone marrow, although they…
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Mesenchymal cell
Type of pluripotential cell that constitutes the mesenchyme.
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MES (abbrev)
Minimum effective strain.
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