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Freestanding Implant: An implant which can withstand functional forces without splinting to any additional abutments.

Ramus Implant: Refer to Horizontal Endosteal Implant

Reimplantation: Act of reinserting a tooth into the alveolar socket from which it had been avulsed.

Permucosal Pin Implants: Endosseous dental implants, shafts of which are threaded or smooth, used in bipodial or tripodial configurations as an abutment.

Peri-Implantitis: General term defining disease process surrounding and/or involving implanted foreign materials. Can be traumatic, ulcerative, resorptive, exfoliative.

Oral Implant: A device or inert substance, biologic or alloplastic, that is surgically inserted into soft or hard tissues, to be used for functional or cosmetic purposes.

Screw Implant : Refer to Vertical Implant

Metals (Implant): Strong and relatively ductile substances that provide electropositive ions to a corrosive environment and can be polished to a high luster, characterized by metallic atomic bonding. Most oft . . . View Full Definition

Spiral Implant: Refer to Vertical Implant

Universal Subperiosteal Implant: A full arch subperiosteal implant which circum-vents the remaining teeth.