What's the difference between reseat and socket?

Reseat


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
  • (v. t.) To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Corbyn will not intervene to reseat MPs who lose out in such membership polls.
  • (2) The relieved portion of a master cast below the major connector of a cast removable partial denture framework can be filled with dental stone to act as a third point of reference when the framework is reseated in an altered cast procedure.
  • (3) A thermoplasticized gutta-percha root canal obturator was used to make an impression of the lubricated canal and coated with a sealer cement before reseating.
  • (4) Their benefits include simplicity, low cost, self-adjustment, inherent stress breaking, automatic reseating after denture displacement, comparative freedom of lateral denture movement, a low potential for trauma to the retained roots, and elimination of the need for adjustment in service.
  • (5) Tears of the shoulder capsule attended by retraction of the edges of the tear, inability to close the gap, and pathological changes in the biceps tendon may be very effectively managed by: (1) a transacromial exposure with a V-shaped osteotomy and subsequent replacement of the acromion with bone screws, and (2) standard repairs of the shoulder capsule after the biceps tendon has been reseated in a newly constructed, more laterally located groove in the head of the humerus.
  • (6) A technique is presented ensuring exact reseating of the putty impression tray and creation of a uniform wash space, which are essential for accurate results.
  • (7) The inordinate accuracy of the material permits the finished appliance to be reseated on the master cast with great precision.
  • (8) You just didn’t reseat the LCD cable connector properly.
  • (9) They were then root-planed extensively, leaving a cervical collar and the apical region uninstrumented, to prevent direct contact between root surface and alveolar bone after replantation while, at the same time, enabling precise and stable reseating of the tooth.

Socket


Definition:

  • (n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
  • (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As with alloplastic orbital implant extrusions in enucleated sockets, autogeneous dermis fat grafts can be useful in managing extrusions in previously eviscerated sockets.
  • (2) A case of a failed total hip replacement consisting of a Vitallium hip socket and a stainless steel femoral head prosthesis is presented.
  • (3) The torques, although not large enough to dislodge the socket immediately, are repetitive and so may contribute to loosening.
  • (4) The measurement is used to control a sensory feedback device applied to the surface of the skin within the socket of the prosthesis informing the wearer of the strength of grip exerted.
  • (5) You can also blast individual eyeballs from their sockets, or – if you're particularly skilful – make their testicles explode like a pair of microwaved eggs.
  • (6) Only in 5 patients with severe haemophilia and in 1 patient with mild heamophilia bleeding from tooth sockets was extensive enough to require further replacement therapy.
  • (7) In one case, there was a very large anfractuous cavity in the socket and head, complicated by a pathological fracture of the socket, which raised the suspicion of a malignant tumor.
  • (8) In order to evaluate the usefulness of gamma-ray-irradiation to improve the tolerance to wear of the sockets, the worn surface of the 2.5 M rad gamma-ray-irradiated HDP sockets after total hip arthroplasty has been quantified by a newly-developed 3 dimensional (3-D) image analysis method in combination with scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
  • (9) Since the intra-articular volume of a ball-and-socket joint with a deep fossa, such as the hip joint, cannot be readily altered, this swelling is expected to exert a marked imbibitional pressure within the bone of the femoral head.
  • (10) The reduction in the rate of aseptic loosening of the socket in our series, compared with the higher rates reported in similar long-term studies in which other acetabular components were used, supports the conclusion that there is enhanced longevity of acetabular fixation when a metal-backed acetabular component is used in cemented total hip arthroplasty.
  • (11) One week after extraction, newly-formed vessels have extended widely to the socket center, and dilated vessels have arborized towards the socket opening.
  • (12) You are hunting for signs of the assembly of injuries - a broken nose, knocked-out teeth, fractured eye socket - incurred by falling face-first down a fire escape in Michigan while high on crystal meth, crack cocaine and cheap wine.
  • (13) The mitogenic, chemotactic, and synthetic responses of rat periodontal ligament (PDL) fibroblastic cells to epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor (rhPDGF)-AB, rhPDGF-BB, natural (n) PDGF-AB, and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) were examined in vitro using PDL cells obtained from the coagulum of healing tooth sockets.
  • (14) It has been shown that a socket wears predominantly on its superior part and that this is a direct consequence of the orientation of the cup in the body and the direction of loading of the hip.
  • (15) There are many unanswered questions regarding the histology and anatomy of the normal, as well as the contracting, socket.
  • (16) However, in all 21 cases the mode of loosening deviated from what is commonly observed in revision operations of loosened THA sockets.
  • (17) Bone remodelling of post-extraction socket was studied in the past by various methods.
  • (18) The results of split thickness autologous skin grafting along with the use of a dental impression material (Compo), a thermoplastic substance are presented in a series of 11 patients of acquired, severely contracted, anophthalmic sockets.
  • (19) The central, contained, solid grafts had less resorption than did the central, contained, crushed-bone grafts, as evidenced by less migration of the socket during follow-up.
  • (20) Salivary gland hypofunction caused a significant delay in socket healing.

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