Category: S

Solid freeform fabrication.  

Generally, the sixth part of anything. In dentistry, it is a one‐sixth subdivision of the dental arches. The anterior sextants are composed of the incisor teeth and canines; the posterior sextants are composed of the premolar and molar teeth.  

The dimensional increase that occurs concurrent with the hardening of various materials, such as plaster of Paris, dental stone, die stone, and dental casting investment.  

Type of retention or attachment screw that is made in smaller dimensions and used to connect a suprastructure and a mesostructure with lingual or palatal horizontal access. Sometimes it is configured as a metal tube with an internally threaded bore and screw system in which prefabricated components are incorporated into the mesostructure and suprastructures.  

Having a wide base of attachment; lacking a stem; not pedunculated. (Micro)organisms that are attached to a (support) substrate directly by their base; not attached via an intervening peduncle (i.e., stalk). Can also refer to fruit or leaves that are attached directly to the main stem or branch of a plant. Having leaves or flowers…

An island of nonvital bone that is separated from native healthy bone. A segment of dead bone; the result of an abscess from a bacterial infection in a bone and bone marrow. A fragment of bone that separates as the result of infection or injury. A piece of dead bone which is separated from whole…

Removal of a sequestrum by surgical means. The surgical extraction of a sequestrum.  

The process whereby necrotic bone separates from native healthy bone and forms a sequestrum. The act of putting someone in an isolated place. The loss of blood into spaces in the body, reducing the circulating volume. It can occur naturally or can be produced artificially by applying tourniquets. The formation of a sequestrum. The formation…

Lining or wall separating two cavities or chambers within the body. A wall between the right and left sides of the heart. An internal partition within the fruit. Any wall between two cavities, for example, the atrial septum divides the right and left atria of the heart. A partition in a fruit or ovary. A…

Systemic disease initiated by the presence of pathological microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. Systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. Called also blood poisoning. A condition in which bacteria multiply in the bloodstream. Also called blood poisoning. Condition associated with the presence or…