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An obsolete term for a malocclusion that can injure the occlusal tooth surface or supporting bone and/or soft tissue structures.  

Having the ability to produce injury.  

The damaged physical state resulting from an injury or wound. Morbid condition of a system owing to an injury or a wound. A condition arising from injury or severe emotional or physical shock.  

Surgical and/or prosthetic reconstruction of the craniofacial complex, alveolar ridge, and/or teeth by means of bone grafting, implant placement, and soft tissue reconstruction.    

A wound or injury, whether physical or psychological. Any injury, wound, or shock, must frequently physical or structural shock, producing a disturbance. Physical injury or wound; also unpleasant and disturbing experience causing psychological upset. A wound or injury of either a psychological or a physiological nature. A very frightening or distressing experience which gives a…

Displacement of a tooth from its proper numerical position in the jaw. The eruption of a tooth at an abnormal site.  

An imagined line about which the mandible rotates within the sagittal plane.  

Exudate fluid that passes through a tissue surface or membrane; usually associated with inflammation. Fluid discharged through a membrane or vessel wall. In contrast to an exudate, a transudate has a low content of protein or cellular debris. A fluid which passes through the pores of a membrane. It contains less protein or solid material…

In distraction osteogenesis, the sectioned and moving segment of alveolar bone that has been surgically prepared for alveolar distraction osteogenesis.  

Removal of tissue from one person’s body and placing it in another person’s body or the removal of tissue from a donor site in one’s own body and placing it in another location. A procedure which involves taking an organ such as the heart or kidney, or tissue such as skin, and grafting it into…