Category: W

A surgical procedure designed to reduce excessive soft tissue from an edentulous area such as the maxillary tuberosity.  

A premade castable plastic pattern used to fabricate a custom abutment or the framework of a restoration.  

Wax and/or plastic pattern contoured to the desired form for a trial denture or castable framework.  

Preliminary prosthetic restoration seated in the mouth for the evaluation of maxillomandibular records, fit, and appearance.  

A wax form that represents an item to be made. A molded or carved pattern in wax used extensively in dentistry and jewelry-making whereby casts are made using the lost wax technique.  

The process of contouring wax into a needed shape, such as making a wax base for a trial‐fit denture. A fatty product on leaves, fruit or stem. A fatty substance sometimes covering leaves, fruits or stems. Soft, opaque cannabis oils that lose transparency after extraction. A lipid with a high melting point, composed of esters…

A localized abscess formed by pus burrowing along fascial planes and forming finger‐like projections that may discharge exudate at a distance from the primary focus of infection. Also known as a migrating abscess. An abscess that tunnels through tissues and surfaces at a location far from its point of origin, also known as a hypostatic…

Nonlamellar bone, Primary bone, Primitive bone, Reactive bone. Immature bone encountered where bone is actively healing or being regenerated.  

Abscess in which purulent material flows along a course of decreased resistance and discharges at a distant point.