Category: S

The process of producing a stippled appearance of the attached gingiva or its artificial replacement.  

An agent or action that elicits a physiologic activity or response within the oral tissues. That which can elicit or evoke action (response) in a muscle, nerve, gland or other excitable issue, or cause an augmenting action upon any function or metabolic process. Anything in the environment that an organism can detect and respond to.…

A device designed for massage of interproximal soft tissues.  

A localized V‐shaped or slit‐like indentation or recession at the midline of the gingival margin of a tooth. It may extend several millimeters toward the mucogingival junction or even to or through the junction.  

A large family of biologically important hormones containing a tetracyclic (cyclopentanophenanthrene) nucleus. Steroid hormones are generally synthesized from cholesterol and are able to pass through the cell membrane. These are fats similar to, and usually synthesized from, cholesterol, starting with Acetyl-CoA, moving through squalene, past lanosterol, into cholesterol, and, in the gonads and adrenal cortex,…

A term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life. The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means. The process of destruction of microorganisms by heat or radiation. Rendering the male or female incapable of impregnation or conceiving. Heat and/or steam treatment either…

All forms of viable microbial life are nonexistent. Inability to produce offspring, also called asepsis. The inability to produce offspring, i.e., the inability to conceive (female s.) or to induce conception (male s.). The state of being aseptic, or free from microorganisms. The absence of sex cells and, therefore, the inability to reproduce. The state…

Surgical procedure performed under sterile conditions. It takes place under hospital operating room conditions and follows operating room protocol for set‐up, instrument transfer and handling, and personnel movement. Surgical scrubs, head covers, shoe covers, and sterile gowns are worn.  

Complete absence of all microbial life, including transmissible agents (e.g., fungi, bacteria, viruses, spore forms) on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound, such as biological culture medium. (Used of sexual parts, such as anthers) barren, not functional; (Of botanical specimens) lacking flowers and fruits. A product that contains no…

A method to estimate the 3D coordinates of points on an object. These are determined by measurements made in two or more photographic images taken from different positions. Common points are identified on each image. A line of sight (or ray) can be constructed from the camera location to the point on the object. It…