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Absorbable. Property of a material to degrade or dissolve in vivo. Breakdown products are incorporated into normal physiologic and biochemical processes (e.g., bioabsorbable membranes or sutures). Capable of being assimilated by the body, first, because it is relatively easy to implant and second, because it degrades within the body and gradually transfers physical loads to…

A device to measure biting force that has a central bearing plate of adjustable height.  

A length of metal/material that has a round or square cross‐section. It is typically used to describe material disks used for milling.  

A removable dental prosthesis replacing the distal most tooth or teeth on each side of one arch of the mouth.  

The concurrent and synchronized anterior and posterior occlusal contact of teeth on both sides of the mouth in centric, lateral, and protrusive positions. Also known as balanced articulation.  

Having or occurring on two sides, as in bilateral hearing loss; having two layers. Arranged on opposite sides; in pollen, a grain with two vertical planes of symmetry and the equatorial axes of different length. Affects both sides of the body equally. One, and only one, line through the center will divide the flower into…

The site where a division into two parts occurs, as where a tooth divides into two roots. A place where something divides into two parts. In law, breaking a case or trial into two parts so that the question of divorce may often be separated from other related issues, such as child support, custody, visitation…

Distraction approach designed to overcome the inherent difficulty in controlling the distraction vector in conventional, unidirectional devices. An additional inclination rod allows for buccal‐oral (lingual) distraction in addition to vertical distraction.  

Bone‐to‐implant contact.