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Bridge
Bridge Stationary dental prosthesis (appliance) fixed to teeth adjacent to a space; replaces one or more missing teeth, cemented or bonded to supporting teeth or implants adjacent to the space.
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Prosthesis
An artificial appliance for the replacement for a body part.
Adjacent
Lying nearby. Related terms include superjacent, subjacent, and circumjacent. From ad-, near + the Latin jacere, to lie = to lie near.
Implants
Dental Implants are titanium inserts that are surgically placed into the jawbone by an oral surgeon or a periodontist, and then allowed to integrate into the bone. This process may take up to six months. The implants then can be restored with a post and an artificial tooth that is either screwed into the implant or cemented onto the implant. Implants are more costly than crowns, dentures or bridges and are appropriate only for patients who demonstrate good oral hygiene. Implants enable the dentist to provide the patient with artificial teeth that look and function much more like natural teeth and are as secure as natural teeth. Implants also may be attached to a denture to allow denture wearers a more secure and functional option. Patients must follow the proper home care instructions and visit the dentist at the recommended intervals or the implants can fail or fracture. There are no strict age limitations as to who can receive implants; in fact, implants have been placed on children, adults and the elderly.
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Bridge to Wellness
Bridge to Wellness is a hospital in San Francisco, California (USA).
Bridgeport doctors
All doctors near Bridgeport, the United States of America. Doctors who can assist a patient in Bridgeport.
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital is a hospital in Bridgeport, Connecti (USA).
Bridgetown doctors
All doctors near Bridgetown, Barbados. Doctors who can assist a patient in Bridgetown.
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Bleaching
Chemical or laser treatment of natural teeth for whitening effect
Block injection
Anesthesia of a nerve trunk that covers a large area of the jaw; a mandibular block injection produce numbness of the lower jaw, teeth, half the tongue
Bonding
Adhesive dental restoration technique; a tooth-colored composite resin to repair and/or change the color or shape of a tooth.
Bone resorption
Decrease in bone supporting the roots of teeth; a common result of periodontal (gum disease.
Braces
Devices used by orthodontists to gradually reposition teeth to a more favorable alignment
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Bruxism
Grinding or gnashing of the teeth, most commonly while the patient is asleep.
Bruxomania
Persistent "nervous" grinding of the teeth while the patient is awake
Bone scintigraphy
Bone scintigraphy is a sensitive and efficient method of measuring metabolic activity of the entire skeleton. Tc-99m labeled diphosphonates are well established in screening for most bony metastatic disease. Bone scanning makes up greater than 1/3 of the procedure volume in most nuclear medicine departments, a large proportion of which is screening for metastatic disease. The role of scintigraphy in evaluation of the patient with multiple myeloma is less well defined. Recent developments which necessitate reevaluation of the role of scintigraphy in multiple myeloma with respect to treatment.
B-cell
The antibody-producing white blood cells.
Baker's cyst
A popliteal cyst (behind the knee) which communicates with the knee joint.
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