• Glossary of Dental Implant Terms

  Filed under Implant Dentistry, dental implant
  Mar 20

  

  Periodontist: Dentist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the structures that support the teeth

  Surgeon: the clinician who places the implant into your jawbone.

  Restorative Dentist: Refers to the clinician who fits the replacement teeth.

  Prosthesis: artificial tooth or teeth.

  Abutment: The piece connecting the implant and allows the replacement tooth to fit on top of the implant.

  Edentulous: Without teeth. Patients are fully edentulous when they are missing all of their teeth.

  Osseointegration: Biological process where the surrounding bone attaches to the dental implant.

  Resorption: Unhealthy bone loss that makes your jawline recede as caused by missing teeth.

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