(n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presses
(n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
(n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
(n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
Example Sentences:
(1) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
(2) During the study period, it was possible to maintain mean plaque index scores of 0.40 to 0.70 and mean gingival index scores of 0.90 to 0.98 adjacent to the abutments.
(3) Supragingival plaque samples from selected surfaces of two abutment teeth were taken at one week, and at one, three, and six months after initial insertion of the overdenture.
(4) The second technique is the fabrication of a cast post and core restoration that fits an abutment root as well as the existing crown of a four-unit fixed restoration.
(5) This technique allows an accurate cast to be made of a prepared abutment tooth with the removable partial denture in place in the mouth.
(6) The clinical results shown that, after twelve years of experience, the stress breaker framework allows the preservation of the abutments as well as the conservation of osseo-mucous tissues (no need of rebase).
(7) Capillaries and small arterioles or venules, ranging from 8-50 microns in diameter, showed perikarya and dendrites abutting the basement membrane without evidence of glial interposition.
(8) Complications that resulted in catheter malfunction included deposition of fibrin around the catheter tip (formation of a fibrin sheath) in 44 (57%) instances, a constricting suture in six, abutment of the catheter tip against the venous wall in eight, catheter leak in two, and migration of the catheter completely out of the vein in three.
(9) Two of these were used as abutments for partial dentures.
(10) All vessels were found in the typical retroesophageal location, abutting the esophagus from the vertebral C-7 to T-3 levels.
(11) Twenty-five extracted caries-free anterior teeth from patients aged 50-70 were prepared as overdenture abutments.
(12) 2 implants in the lower jaw showed some mobility at the abutment installation and were removed immediately.
(13) The abutment teeth next to the modification spaces were moderately restored with MOD or class II restorations on most of the teeth.
(14) The abutment tooth is then prepared, providing adequate clearance between the clasp assembly and the tooth preparation.
(15) The index improves visibility of the tooth and abutment cylinder relationship permitting the optimization of framework dimensions and contour.
(16) Self-curing resins enable the operator to prepare directly temporary prosthesis on single crown abutments.
(17) The avoidance of lateral forces on overdenture retainers is essential to prevent pathological change in the supporting tissues of the root abutment.
(18) In each hemicerebellum there is one zebrin II+ band abutting the midline (P1+), and two others laterally in the vermis (P2+, P3+).
(19) It was formed by electrolytic etching directly after the bonding surface of metal retainer was abraded, preparation of the axial grooves in the edentulous proximal surfaces of abutments, drying with compressed air and drying agent after enamel was acid etched and washed, bonding area was about 49 mm2 in each retainer and without using opaque agent between bonding agent and resin.
(20) In the implant fixed partial denture, stresses induced in the surrounding bone became higher around the posterior abutment and became lower around the premolar retainer than the stresses produced with the natural tooth fixed partial denture.
Denture
Definition:
(n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Neither did the degree of dysfunction in complete denture wearers vary with the condition of their prostheses.
(2) A sample of fifty-three partially dentate subjects who had had partial dentures provided in the last 3 years completed a personality questionnaire (Cattell's 16 PFQ).
(3) A training device is used in conjunction with an exercise program to teach muscle control for retention of a mandibular denture.
(4) The dentist himself is responsible for the design of the removable partial denture, because he must know and apply the biomechanical principles also.
(5) Designing and fabricating the metallic framework for a fixed partial denture requires planning and an understanding of what is desired in the final form.
(6) The results are in accord with the findings in an initial study by one of the present authors, in which the fillings were placed in denture porcelain teeth.
(7) The quality of the alveolar ridge and the denture as well as the functional status of the craniomandibular system were evaluated in detail.
(8) I.--Full denture in patients who have received radiotherapy.
(9) The age and maintenance of dentures, and denture-cleaning habits, were studied by an interview survey.
(10) This permitted employment of cast combined crowns with wide perigingival metal rims to support the clasp dentures to make them look better when supplying 73 patients with partial removable dentures.
(11) A moderately positive correlation was found between satisfaction of the patient and quality of the dentures.
(12) A technique is described that allows the removable partial denture framework try-in and the impression for the altered cast to be efficiently completed in a single appointment.
(13) Complete dentures were made for 30 edentulous patients.
(14) The average difference in bite force between the men and the women was larger in the group with natural teeth than in the one with complete dentures.
(15) Dental conditions including the wearing of dentures was the reason most often given for not seeing a dentist on a regular basis.
(16) disfunctions; in female patients, the occurrence is slightly more than in male patients (respectively 34.7% and 23.3%); the "use of dentures" factor is slightly significant in comparison to not use of dentures; 50% of disfunctions are found among the 51 and 70 years age patients; the ruid is the more frequent sign of disfunction; the complain of pain in the condyle region is more frequent symptom of disfunction.
(17) The denture was then subjected to different loads and the stresses were photographically recorded.
(18) The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences existed in interincisor bite force discrimination between a group of subjects wearing complete dentures and a group of dentate individuals.
(19) The traditional alloys used as metal bases for fixed partial dentures are accompanied by various problems such as corrosion, allergy, toxicity, casting, and preparation for both patient and prosthodontist and in magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis.
(20) A good complete denture should perform with physiologic characteristics, and restore masticatory function and oral health.