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Intraosseous distractor. A distraction device placed into the edentulous ridge and/or basal bone of the maxilla or mandible used in distraction osteogenesis.  

Intrabony, intraosseous. Within the bone.  

An instrument with a flexible or rigid thin tube used for examining the interior of a canal, hollow space, or structure. A small tube containing mirrors and lights that is inserted into the body. An instrument used to examine the inside of the body, made of a thin tube which is passed into the body…

Growing from within. Developing or originating within an organism or arising from causes within an organism. Originating or beginning within the organism. Contrast with exogenous. When the stem exhibits no distinction as to bark, wood and pith, the woody fibre and vessels being in bundles and scattered in the cellular tissue, i. e., “ inside…

Tapered post made of a biocompatible alloy that is cemented into a natural tooth, extending beyond the apex into the surrounding bone, on the assumption that it would stabilize the tooth. Called also endodontic pin.  

A metal pin that is intentionally placed through the apex of a mobile tooth and into the surrounding apical bone for stabilization. A straight or threaded filling that is passed through the root canal to the alveolar bone beyond the apex of the tooth root.  

Endodontic pin, endodontic stabilizer. A pin placed into a root canal of a tooth and extending beyond its apex, into the bone.  

A smooth and/or threaded pin implant that extends through the root canal of a tooth into periapical bone and is used to stabilize a mobile tooth; sometimes called an endodontic stabilizer.  

Transfer of chemical compounds such as hormones and growth factors from secreting glands via blood to cells. Relating to the endocrine glands or the hormones they secrete. Ductless; refers to activities and hormonal secretions of ductless glands. A kind of organ which produces and secretes into the body itself, generally into the blood, chemical substances…

Formation of long bones on the basis of a cartilaginous model. Longitudinal growth takes place both in growth plates and in the articular cartilage. At the growth plates, chondral ossification takes place. Cartilage cells calcify, serving as a basis for bone formation, and bone is deposited; cartilage is then replaced by bone. The formation of…