Health / Dentistry Glossary

Exclusive Provider Program (EPP): A type of CIGNA HealthCare benefits plan, offered by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, in which covered persons select a PCP and receive covered services exclusively from the EPP p . . . View Full Definition

Exostosis: The overgrowth of normal bone.

Experimental Procedures: Experimental, investigational or unproven procedures and treatments.

Expiration Date: The date indicated in an insurance contract as the date coverage expires.

Explanation Of Benefits (EOB): When a claim is filed under your CIGNA benefits plan, you get an Explanation of Benefits (EOB). Because we know health care expenses can be confusing, we've simplified the language and summa . . . View Full Definition

Extended Care Facility (ECF): A medical care institution for patients who require long-term custodial or medical care, especially for chronic disease or a condition requiring prolonged rehabilitation therapy.

Extension Of Benefits: When a person's coverage is extended under certain conditions, such as disability, after their group health coverage would otherwise have ended.

Extent Of Disability: Some policies require that employees be totally disabled before payments begin. Other policies pay out for partial disability for a limited time, but most often only if the partial disabilit . . . View Full Definition

Extracoronal: The outside of the crown of the tooth.

Extraction: The removal of a tooth.

Extraoral: The outside of the mouth.

Fibrous Integration : Tissue to Implant Contact: Interposition of healthy dense collagenous tissue between implant and bone.

Filling: Material used to fill a cavity or replace part of a tooth.

First Stage Surgery: This refers to the preparatory stage for an implant procedure. In the case of the subperio-- steal implant, it refers to the surgical bone impression and bone bite, which is done in order to . . . View Full Definition

Flexible Benefits Plan: A type of benefits program that offers employees a menu of benefit options, allowing them to create a benefits package which best suits their individual needs.

Flexible Spending Account (FSA): An account that reimburses the participant for qualified health costs or dependent care expenses through one pre-tax savings account. Employees or employers or both fund the account. At the . . . View Full Definition

Fluoride: A chemical compound used to prevent dental decay, utilized in fluoridated water systems and/or applied directly to the teeth.

Formulary: A list of preferred, commonly prescribed prescription drugs. These drugs are chosen by a team of doctors and pharmacists because of their clinical superiority, safety, ease of use and cost. . . . View Full Definition

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