What's the difference between diastem and diastema?
Diastem
Definition:
(n.) Intervening space; interval.
(n.) An interval.
Example Sentences:
(1) Analysis showed a reduction in the horizontal linear measurements, but not in the length of the mandibular diastem.
(2) The span and type of dental losses have influenced the frequency of the presence of such changes as: cheeks' retraction, intensifying of nasolabial sulci, lowering of vertical dimension of the bottom face segment, attrition of teeth, presence of diastems in the maxilla and mandible, enlargement of the resting mouth silt etc.
(3) The prominent palatal rugae of the diastemal region abet this process.
Diastema
Definition:
(n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was shown that: although the oral hygiene level was very low and no dental treatments were performed, caries level was very low--although gingivitis rate was high, advanced periodontitis rate was low--the frequency of interincisive diastema (one subject out of 4 in the 15-19 age group), the progressive decline of tooth cutting, a traditional practice, in town people but the large extent of cola use (one adult out of two).
(2) The definitions, aetiology, and symptomatology of the diastema mediale superior are discussed in the present study on the basis of personal experience and reports in the literature, special attention being paid to the verbal evaluation of "genuine" or "spurious".
(3) The authors describe a clinical case of closing upper central incisives diastema, reconstructiva of a conoid upper lateral and the rechaping of an upper canine to a lateral incisive.
(4) Median diastema in twenty patients aged 17-30 years old were restored randomly with two light cured composite resins.
(5) This approach sustains a physiologic load on the periodontium and prevents a recurrence of the diastema.
(6) The primary factors contributing to maxillary diastema appear to be degree of spacing or crowding in most cases, the specific types of sutures and frenum making a minor contribution.
(7) In the management of diastema verum associated with persistent labial frenum it is important to distinguish, on the basis of clinical testing, between a normal and abnormal labial frenum.
(8) A diastema developed between the incisors and the force was transmitted superolaterally and then transmedially, thus causing fractures in the nasal complex and other iatrogenic sequelae.
(9) In spite of the success and excellent results orthodontists have had in correcting dental abnormalities, one particular area which lends itself to relapse is the diastema between the incisors.
(10) A three-stage surgical procedure was shown to be very effective in alleviating the relapse phenomenon following orthodontic treatment of diastemas.
(11) The medial and lateral parts of the m1 epithelial anlage are situated in dorsal continuation of both the dental and vestibular laminae of the diastema region.
(12) In connection with this case report considerations are made concerning the normal development of the dentition and the need for orthodontic treatment of a median diastema in the maxilla.
(13) From the analysis of histories, dental casts, and cephalograms of 471 children of the Burlington Growth Centre sample, interrelationships between the degree of spacing, crowding, diastema and frenum and suture type were derived and the following conclusions were drawn: 1.
(14) Results were as follows: (1) In amphibian eggs the diastema was formed after development of the MA, appearing between the two asters after the MA had begun to degenerate.
(15) or greater at age 9, there was a significant association between the diastema and the amounts of crowding or spacing at age 16.
(16) This study used finite element stress analysis to investigate the stress-concentrating effect of a fraenal notch with and without a midline diastema.
(17) The diagnosis is made accidentally or from abnormal findings such as persistance of a milk tooth, disturbances in tooth eruption, diastema and others.
(18) This report describes a means of replacing a missing anterior tooth, while maintaining a midline diastema.
(19) It was found that a large fraenal notch resulted in high stress levels and that these stresses were augmented more by a narrow median diastema than its wider counterpart.
(20) The diastema in which the retained tooth develops should exceed its mediodistal diameter.