Dental Oral Surgery Glossary

A surgical procedure in which a large cyst is opened and its walls are sutured to the surrounding mucosa to create a per...

An adjective pertaining to the maxilla, mandible, and associated facial structures; used to denote a surgical specialty...

The natural opening on the anterolateral surface of the mandible through which the mental nerve and vessels emerge; a ke...

A paired muscle of the chin that elevates and protrudes the lower lip; referenced in oral surgery texts when describing...

Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw; the current preferred term for jaw bone death associated with antiresorptiv...

A surgically raised tissue flap comprising both the oral mucosa and the underlying periosteum, used to access alveolar b...

A surgical procedure to remove cervical lymph nodes and associated structures for staging or treatment of head-and-neck...

The surgical removal of a tooth, particularly an impacted or unerupted tooth, requiring bone removal or tissue dissectio...

Of or relating to an origin from tooth-forming tissues; used to describe pathology, cysts, tumours, or infections arisin...

A pathological cavity lined by epithelium derived from odontogenic (tooth-forming) tissues, commonly requiring surgical...

An infection originating from a tooth or its supporting structures, capable of spreading into adjacent fascial spaces of...

A locally aggressive odontogenic cyst characterised by a thin, parakeratinised epithelial lining and a high recurrence r...

Abbreviation for odontogenic keratocyst, a locally aggressive jaw cyst with a high recurrence rate.

The surgical excision of the operculum, the flap of gingival tissue overlying a partially erupted tooth, most often a ma...

Abbreviation for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation; a surgical technique in which fractured bone segments are exposed...

Abbreviation for osteoradionecrosis; a radiation-induced bone necrosis condition predominantly affecting the mandible in...

An abnormal opening between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus, most frequently arising after extraction of an uppe...

A chronic, epithelium-lined tract connecting the oral cavity to the maxillary sinus, representing an unresolved oroantra...

Corrective jaw surgery performed to realign the jaws and teeth to improve function and facial aesthetics when orthodonti...

Death and exposure of jawbone tissue, frequently associated with bisphosphonate therapy or antiangiogenic medications.

A serious complication of radiotherapy in which irradiated bone — most commonly the mandible — undergoes avascular necro...

A formal clinical grading system that classifies the severity and extent of radiation-induced jaw bone necrosis to guide...

The deliberate surgical cutting of bone to reposition, reshape, or correct deformity; a foundational procedure in oral a...

A single extraoral dental X-ray that provides a broad, flat-plane image of the entire upper and lower jaws, teeth, and a...