Category: S

Rarely performed surgical technique to enhance anterior bone height in the anterior maxilla. Surgically, it can be compared with a sinus floor elevation; instead of elevating the maxillary sinus membrane, the nasal mucosa is elevated.  

Implant that is submerged beneath the oral mucosa at time of surgical placement.  

A dental implant covered by soft tissue, and isolated from the oral cavity.  

Implant placement with complete primary soft tissue closure, requiring a second surgical procedure to expose the implant and initiate prosthetic restoration following healing.  

In reference to the temporomandibular joint, an incomplete dislocation or misalignment of the condyle in its fossa. Dislocation or disarticulation of a joint. A purported malalignment of the vertebral column or other joint. Partial or incomplete dislocation of a joint. A condition in which a joint is partially dislocated. Incomplete dislocation where the articular surfaces…

A shallow concavity on the lingual surface of the mandible above the mylohyoid line that accommodates the sublingual gland. A shallow depression on the inner surface of the body of the mandible above the anterior part of the mylohyoid ridge. It is occupied by the major salivary gland in the area, the sublingual gland.  

A branch of the lingual artery, with distribution to the extrinsic muscles of the tongue, the sublingual gland, and the mucosa of the region, and with anastomoses to the artery of the opposite side and the submental artery. The sublingual artery arises at the anterior margin of the hyoglossus and runs forward between the genioglossus…

Below or beneath the tongue. Under the tongue. Pertaining to the oral mucosal surface immediately under the tongue; often used as a delivery modality for medications in which the medication is allowed to dissolve under the tongue. The phrase signifies “beneath the tongue.” Medications ingested sublingually, whether in tablet form or as a spray, are…

The restoration margin or tooth preparation finish line that is located apical to the free gingival margin.  

Calculus formed apical to the gingival margin; often brown or black, hard, and tenacious. Also known as seruminal calculus.