denture-supporting area

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• denture-bearing area — denture foundation area, denture supporting area the surface of the oral tissues (residual alveolar ridge) that supports a denture. Called also basal seat a. and stress bearing a …   Medical dictionary

• supporting area — 1. the surface of the mouth available for support of a denture. 2. those areas of the maxillary and mandibular edentulous ridges which are considered best suited to carry the forces of mastication when the dentures are in function …   Medical dictionary

• area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO …   Medical dictionary

• foundation — A base; a supporting structure. denture f. that portion of the oral structures which is available to support a denture. SEE ALSO: denture f. area, denture f. surface, mean f. plane. * * * foun·da·tion (foun daґshən) t …   Medical dictionary

• plate — 1. [TA] In anatomy, a thin, relative flat, structure. SYN: lamina [TA]. 2. A metal bar perforated for screws applied to a fractured bone to maintain the ends in apposition. 3. The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar …   Medical dictionary

• Bridge — A set of one or more false teeth supported by a metal framework, used to replace one or more missing teeth. Bridges may be fixed or removable. A fixed bridge (a partial denture) is a prosthetic replacement of one or more missing teeth; it is… …   Medical dictionary

• Bridge (dentistry) — Intervention ICD 9 CM 23.42 23.43 MeSH …   Wikipedia

• dentistry — /den teuh stree/, n. the profession or science dealing with the prevention and treatment of diseases and malformations of the teeth, gums, and oral cavity, and the removal, correction, and replacement of decayed, damaged, or lost parts, including …   Universalium

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• Dental implant — Intervention A Straumann brand root form endosseous dental implant placed in the site of the maxillary left permanent first molar with bone graft used to elevate the sinus floor …   Wikipedia

• occlusion — 1. The act of closing or the state of being closed. 2. In chemistry, the absorption of a gas by a metal or the inclusion of one substance within another (as in a gelatinous precipitate). 3. Any contact between the incising or masticating surfaces …   Medical dictionary