Dental Oral Surgery Glossary

A post-extraction complication in which the blood clot in the socket is lost or fails to form, exposing underlying bone...

A surgical procedure to reshape or smooth the alveolar bone (tooth socket ridge) in preparation for dentures or other pr...

A benign but locally aggressive odontogenic tumour arising from epithelial remnants of the enamel organ, most commonly i...

A congenital oral condition in which an abnormally short, thick, or anteriorly attached lingual frenum restricts normal...

A minor oral surgical procedure in which the apex of a tooth root is excised and the root canal sealed retrogradely, typ...

Bone tissue harvested from the patient's own body and transplanted to a recipient surgical site to augment or reconstruc...

A surgical procedure that splits the mandibular ramus sagittally on both sides to allow repositioning of the tooth-beari...

A combined orthognathic surgical procedure that repositions both the maxilla and mandible simultaneously to correct sign...

A dentofacial deformity characterised by the forward positioning of both upper and lower dental arches and their support...

The transplantation or implantation of bone material — autogenous, allogeneic, xenogeneic, or alloplastic — to augment d...

A fragment of necrotic bone that has become separated from the surrounding viable bone, typically seen in osteomyelitis...

A discrete encapsulated mass of adipose tissue located in the cheek, occasionally harvested as a pedicled flap to close...

A surgical approach to the maxillary sinus through an incision in the canine fossa of the upper jaw, used to treat chron...

Cone Beam Computed Tomography; a three-dimensional imaging modality used in oral and maxillofacial surgery to assess bon...

The anatomical boundary on a tooth where the enamel of the crown meets the cementum of the root, abbreviated CEJ.

A fracture involving the condylar process of the mandible, ranging from intracapsular subcondylar fractures to complete...

A legal and clinical document recording a patient's informed agreement to a proposed oral surgical procedure, including...

An intentional surgical procedure in which only the crown of a deeply impacted lower third molar is removed, leaving the...

A surgical incision made within the gingival sulcus (crevice) around the tooth, used to raise a mucoperiosteal flap whil...

A developmental odontogenic cyst that forms around the crown of an unerupted tooth, attached at the cementoenamel juncti...

A branch of oral surgery concerned with procedures involving the teeth and surrounding alveolar bone, including extracti...

A surgical technique that generates new bone by gradually separating two osteotomy segments, allowing new bone to form i...

A painful post-extraction complication characterised by loss or disintegration of the blood clot from the alveolar socke...

The complete surgical removal of a cyst or benign tumour from its bony or soft-tissue bed, including the entire epitheli...