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Following stage one surgery, the uncovering or reopening of an implant site at a later date by a small gingival excision or tissue punch to remove the healing screw and replace it with an abutment.  

First‐stage surgery. A surgical procedure that consists of placing an endosseous dental implant in bone and suturing the soft tissues over the implant, thereby submerging the implant for healing.  

A treatment sequence where one procedure is performed, followed by another at a later time.  

Vertically aligned and assembled combination of a prosthetic restoration, abutment, and implant. To place objects directly on top of others.  

To make firm, steadfast, stable. To hold steady, as to maintain the stability of any object by means of a stabilizer.  

The seating of a fixed or removable denture so that it will not tilt or be displaced under pressure. The creation of a stable state. The act of making something, such as a body structure, chemical reaction, mood state, or disease process less variable, mobile, or volatile or more rigid. A series of protocols aimed…

Property of a material, implant, prosthesis, or dental restoration to maintain an intended physical position or state when subjected to forces disturbing its equilibrium, e.g., resistance to displacement of a prosthesis or restoration in the horizontal plane.  

Silent sinus syndrome.  

Impression coping designed as a square when viewed in cross‐section. The height varies as does the manufacturer’s design; it may include indentations (i.e., concavities or convexities) along the length of the square.  

Supportive periodontal therapy.