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Any ancillary prosthesis intended for a short‐term application that can be inserted at the time of surgery.  

An occlusion rim used for recording the maxillomandibular relationship and for guidance in positioning replacement or denture teeth.  

Computer‐aided intraoperative navigation of surgical instruments and operation site, using real‐time matching to the patient’s anatomy. During surgical navigation, deviations from a preoperative plan can be immediately observed on the monitor.  

Record used to register the position of an implant at stage one or stage two surgery.  

Device made from a nonliving material and surgically placed into the human body where it is intended to remain for a significant period of time to perform a specific function.  

A guide, derived from the diagnostic wax‐up, used to assist in the preparation for and placement of dental implants. It dictates drilling position and angulation.  

Surgically prepared site, ready to receive an implant, bone graft, or soft tissue graft. A bed equipped with mechanisms that can elevate or lower the entire bed platform, flex or extend individual components of the platform, or raise or lower the head or the feet of the patient independently.  

An agent that acts on the surface to reduce interfacial surface tension between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid. A fat-containing protein in the respiratory passages which reduces the surface tension of pulmonary fluids and contributes to the elastic properties of pulmonary tissue. Surface active agent capable of breaking the surface tension…

Modification to the implant surface, either structural or chemical, which alters its properties. It may be additive or subtractive in nature.