Category: M

Inferior alveolar canal. The canal within the mandible that houses the inferior alveolar nerve and vessels. Its posterior opening is the mandibular foramen. Its anterior opening is the mental foramen. A canal in the mandible that transmits the inferior alveolar blood vessels and nerve to the teeth.  

Block graft taken from the symphysis region apical to the incisors. Advantages include greater block dimensions, a greater cancellous portion, and easier surgical access. Disadvantages include the potential of sensory disturbances following surgery.  

Ramus block graft taken from the buccal shelf area. Advantages include less donor site morbidity; disadvantages include limited block dimension and a low cancellous component.  

Intraoral source of autogenous block graft taken from the patient and fixed to a defect site. The block may be harvested either from the ramus buccal shelf or the mandibular symphysis.  

Usually produced in an edentulous patient by resorption of alveolar bone of the lower jaw (mandible). This slope of the crest of the ridge from the third molar region to the greatest anterior aspect relative to the inferior border of the mandible as observed in profile is of particular significance for the design and fabrication…

Concerning the lower jaw (mandible).  

Lower jaw consisting of the horizontal body and two perpendicular rami that end in the coronoid and condylar processes. The condyle articulates in the temporal fossae with the temporomandibular joint. A marshmallow is a highly mandible food; the hard candy called the jawbreaker is not. The word mandible, meaning chewable, derives from the Latin mandere,…

Proteolytic enzyme that degrades native collagen. After initial cleavage, less specific proteases will complete the degradation. Collagenases from mammalian cells are metalloenzymes and are collagen‐type specific (collagenase 1, collagenase 2, and collagenase 3). They may be released in latent form (proenzyme) into tissues and require activation by other proteases before they will degrade fibrillar matrix.…

Legal proceeding in a court or a judicial contest to determine a dereliction from professional duty or a failure to exercise an accepted degree of professional skill or learning by one rendering professional services that results in injury, loss, or damage.  

A dental implant placed in a position creating restorative, biomechanical, and esthetic challenges for an optimal result.