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A thin daub of blood, pus, or extraneous matter on a glass slide stained and mounted for study under the microscope. Thin film of tissue spread on a slide for microscopic examination. A thin layer of tissue or fluid spread on a glass slide for microscopic examination. A small amount of body tissue or fluid…

Subtractive manufacturing.  

Selective laser sintering.  

Necrotic tissue in the process of separating from viable portions of the body. To separate from the living tissue. Dead tissue, especially dead skin, which has separated from healthy tissue. Separation of dead matter or tissue from normal or living tissue. Often used in reference to the skin, where dead tissue sloughs off a wound…

Nonfunctioning endosseous implant retained in bone and covered by mucosa for subsequent exposure and/or use or bone conservation.  

Sandblasted, large‐grit, acidetched; stereolithography.  

Dummy of a skull to elucidate anatomy and execute phantom surgery.  

Endosseous implant placed in an extraoral site requiring skin penetration for prosthesis attachment as opposed to wet‐surfaced gingiva or mucosa. Maintenance of adequate hygiene in the skin penetration area can be problematic.  

Two‐layered outer integument or covering of the body, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis and resting upon the subcutaneous tissues. The outer ectodermal epidermis is more or less cornified and penetrated by the openings of sweat and sebaceous glands, and the inner mesodermal dermis is composed largely of connective tissue and is richly supplied…

Biomechanical models created by Richard Skalak explaining implant loading by forces applied to an attached rigid prosthesis.