Category: I
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Implant surgery
Procedures concerned with the placement, uncovering, and removal of implants and the repair or modification of associated hard or soft tissues.
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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.
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Inflammatory resorption
A pathologic loss of cementum, dentin and bone resulting in a defect in the root and adjacent bone.
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Idiopathic resorption
Loss of calcified tissues for no obvious reason.
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Intrabony (infrabony) defects
A periodontal defect surrounded by two or three bony walls or a combination of these.
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ISQ (abbrev)
Implant stability quotient.
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ISP (abbrev)
Implant‐supported prosthesis.
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Isotropic surface
Surface textures that are randomly distributed so the surface is identical in all directions.
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Isotropic
Quality of having the same properties in all dimensions, irrespective of direction. Possessing similar qualities in every direction.
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Isotonic solution
One having osmotic pressure equal to that of blood. A solution with an osmotic pressure equal to that of protoplasm. A solution which has the same osmotic pressure as blood serum, or as another liquid it is compared with. Solution with an osmolality similar to plasma; 290-300 mOsm/kg of water. One that has the same…