Category: I

Circumstances whereby the implant is removed from the patient.  

Act of placing forces on an implant through function and/or parafunction.  

To record an implant platform at the tissue level, a coping is attached to the implant and an impression is made for laboratory restorative procedures. The resultant cast usually contains an elastomeric material at the implant site.  

The measurement in millimeters of a two‐piece implant in the coronoapical direction from the edge of the platform to its apex. For a one‐piece implant, the measurement in millimeters in the coronoapical direction of the surface intended for osseointegration.  

The area of contact between tissues (e.g., bone, connective tissue) and the surface of a dental implant.  

Mechanical act of delivering a dental implant into an osteotomy.  

While a dental implant may have an infrastructure, the proper geometric reference to such an area of the implant is referenced relative to the long axis of the dental implant, in this case, the inferior portion of the dental implant.  

For subperiosteal or blade implants, refers to the segment of the implant above the neck and used to connect to the prosthetic reconstruction. Also called abutment.  

The breakage of a dental implant into two or more parts.  

A synonym for an implant, especially an endosseous implant.