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A dental implant surface produced when spherical powders of metallic or ceramic materials become a coherent surface layer with the metallic core of an implant body. Porous surfaces are characterized by pore size, pore shape, pore volume, and pore depth, which are affected by the size of the spherical particles used and the temperature and…

Misnomer used for an implant that is placed with a one‐stage procedure.  

Implant placement with a simultaneous bone‐grafting procedure.  

Imitative representation of the functioning of one system or process by means of the functioning of another. For example, in radiology, it could be an image obtained with the same source‐to‐skin distance, field size, and orientation as the diagnostic beam for visualization of a treated area on a radiograph. Pretense of having a disease; feigning…

Predicts the value of a single response variable from a given value of a single explanatory variable.  

A joint in which only two bones articulate.  

A linear bony fracture that is not in communication with the exterior. A bone that is broken but does not protrude through the skin, compound fracture. A fracture where the skin surface around the damaged bone has not been broken and the broken ends of the bone are close together. A kind of fracture in…

Polymeric organic silicon compound in which some or all of the radical positions that could be occupied by carbon atoms are occupied by silicon. Used for heator water‐resistant lubricants, binders, and insulators. Silicon is a micromineral that is found in whole grains, some vegetables, and beer. It appears to be needed for the development of…

Silicon dioxide occurring in crystalline, amorphous, and usually impure forms (as quartz, opal, and sand, respectively). Silicon dioxide (quartz). A compound of silicon, the mineral which forms quartz and sand. Silica, also known as silicon dioxide, is a naturally occurring compound found in materials such as quartz sand, flint, and agate. This substance is widely…

Rare clinical entity characterized by unilateral enophthalmos and hypoglobus secondary to thinning and inward bowing of the maxillary sinus roof in the absence of signs or symptoms of intrinsic sinonasal inflammatory disease. The obstruction of the ostium of the ostiomeatal complex results in hypoventilation of the maxillary sinus.