Horizontal Endosteal Implant: Flat, blade-shaped implants of varying thickness which derive their support from a horizontal length of bone. They can be perforated, smooth, flouted, textured, coated, vented, multiheaded and submerged in non-submerged forms in a variety of biocompatible materials.

 

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Horizontal Endosteal Implant: Flat, blade-shaped implants of varying thickness which derive their support from a horizontal length of bone. They can be perforated, smooth, flouted, textured, coated, vented, multiheaded a . . . View Full Definition

Ramus Implant: Refer to Horizontal Endosteal Implant

Interdental Implant: Implant used between natural tooth abutments.

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

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.

Implantology: The study of the art and science concerned with the surgical insertion and restoration of materials and devices restoring the partially or totally edentulous patient to function.

Implantologist: One who practices art and science of implant dentistry.

Implant Interface: Tissue to Implant Contact: (a)fibrous integration, interposition of healthy dense collagenous tissue between implant and bone. (b)osseointegration, implies that a contact is established with . . . View Full Definition

Implant Prosthodontics: That portion of implant dentistry that concerns itself with the construction and placement of fixed or removable prosthesis on any implant device.

Implant Surgery: That portion of implant dentistry that concerns itself with the placement of implant devices.