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implant substructure — a metal framework implanted beneath the mucoperiosteum, in contact with bone, that retains, supports, and stabilizes the superstructural part of an implant denture. Called also implant framework and implant infrastructure … Medical dictionary
implant — 1. To graft or insert. 2. Material inserted into nonliving tissues. SEE ALSO: graft, transplant. 3. (im′plant)In genitourinary surgery a device inserted to restore continence or potency. Also an … Medical dictionary
Denture — An artificial set of teeth that can be removed. * * * 1. An artificial substitute for missing natural teeth and adjacent tissues. SYN: artificial dentition. 2. Sometimes used to denote the dentition of animals. bar joint d. SYN: overlay d..… … Medical dictionary
Implant dentaire — Un implant dentaire est une racine artificielle sorte de vis en titane ou zircone insérée dans l os alvéolaire pour remplacer une dent absente. Le Professeur Per Ingvar Brånemark (Suède) a découvert par hasard l exceptionnelle… … Wikipédia en Français
implant — n. 1) a drug (such as a subcutaneous hormone implant), a prosthesis (such as an artificial hip, an intraocular lens implant (see cataract), a breast implant, a cochlear implant, or an artificial heart implant), or a radioactive source (such as… … The new mediacal dictionary
implant abutment — the part of a subperiosteal, intraperiosteal, or intraosseous implant that protrudes into the oral cavity and serves as an abutment for retaining and stabilizing a denture. Implant abutment … Medical dictionary
denture magnet — a magnet made of a nonreactogenic platinum cobalt alloy or a rare earth element, used for additional retention of dentures. One magnet is implanted into the mandible under the periosteum and the other is attached to the denture, its poles being… … Medical dictionary
implant superstructure — a removable denture retained, supported, and stabilized by an abutment post protruding from the substructure of an implanted framework … Medical dictionary
endosteal implant anchor — a metal implant in the shape of a ship s anchor, usually made of a chromium cobalt alloy, which is placed deep into the bone to provide retention for an implant denture … Medical dictionary
magnet implant — denture magnet … Medical dictionary
