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2. Dental implant - Wikipedia

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   A dental implant (also known as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a prosthesis that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental prosthesis such as a crown, bridge, denture, or facial prosthesis or to act as an orthodontic anchor. The basis for modern dental implants is a biological process called osseointegration, in ...

3. CAD/CAM dentistry - Wikipedia

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   CAD/CAM dentistry is a field of dentistry and prosthodontics using CAD/CAM ( computer-aided-design and computer-aided-manufacturing) to improve the design and creation of dental restorations, [1] [2] especially dental prostheses, including crowns, crown lays, veneers, inlays and onlays, fixed dental prostheses ( bridges ), dental implant ...

4. Zygoma implant - Wikipedia

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   Zygoma implants (or zygomatic implants) are different from conventional dental implants in that they anchor in to the zygomatic bone (cheek bone) rather than the maxilla (upper jaw). They may be used when maxillary bone quality or quantity is inadequate for the placement of regular dental implants. [1] Inadequate maxillary bone volume may be ...

5. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Periodontics [1] ICD-9-CM. 23.0 - 23.1. MeSH. D014081. [ edit on Wikidata] A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone.

6. Microchip implant (human) - Wikipedia

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   A human microchip implant is any electronic device implanted subcutaneously (subdermally) usually via an injection. Examples include an identifying integrated circuit RFID device encased in silicate glass which is implanted in the body of a human being. This type of subdermal implant usually contains a unique ID number that can be linked to ...

7. Dental prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   Dental prosthesis. A dental prosthesis is an intraoral (inside the mouth) prosthesis used to restore (reconstruct) intraoral defects such as missing teeth, missing parts of teeth, and missing soft or hard structures of the jaw and palate. [ 1] Prosthodontics is the dental specialty that focuses on dental prostheses.