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Any condition of the patient (i.e., medical, psychological, or social) that makes a surgical procedure inadvisable. A condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable. Any factor or sign that it is unwise to pursue a certain kind of action or treatment, e. g. giving a general anesthetic to a person with pneumonia. Any…

A shortening of a muscle that is permanent and is a consequence of fibrosis. Permanent shortening or contraction of a muscle, often producing physical distortion or deformity. Immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or wasting of tissue or muscle fibers. A progressive stiffening of the muscles, tendons, and ligaments that surround the…

An increase in muscular tension at the same muscle length, as in clenching teeth.  

Type of operation in which the laser emits radiation energy as a constant, uninterrupted stream.  

A suture made with a single strand of suture material, that is begun in the same way as a simple interrupted suture. However, it consists of a series of stitches that are not individually knotted. They are typically used when the wound is in a visible part of the body and thus the stitches will…

A beam that spans over three or more abutments and resists bending when a load or force is applied.  

A metal bar arising from terminal rests of key abutments resting on the cingulums of the mandibular anterior teeth so that it aids in their stabilization and functions as an indirect retainer in a free end distal extension dental prosthesis.  

Communicable by contact; spreading from one to another. A disease that is communicable only on direct contact with an infected person, communicable; communicable disease. Able to be transmitted by touching an infected person or objects which an infected person has touched. An infection or disease that is communicable by contact. A contagious disease is one…