Dental Oral Surgery Glossary

A benign bony overgrowth projecting from the surface of the jaw, commonly encountered as torus palatinus or torus mandib...

The bony cavity that remains in the alveolar ridge immediately after a tooth has been removed; the site of blood clot fo...

A surgical approach in which soft tissue is elevated away from the facial skeleton to provide wide operative access, par...

A microvascular reconstructive technique in which a segment of fibula bone (with or without overlying skin) is harvested...

The surgical excision of a frenum (frenulum) — a small fold of mucous membrane — performed in the oral cavity when the f...

Abbreviation for guided bone regeneration, a surgical technique using barrier membranes to promote new bone formation in...

A bony prominence on the lingual surface of the mandibular symphysis serving as an attachment point for the genioglossus...

A surgical procedure that repositions or reshapes the chin bone (the mandibular symphysis) to correct skeletal chin defo...

A surgical technique that uses barrier membranes to exclude soft-tissue cells from a bone defect, allowing osteogenic ce...

A localised collection of blood outside blood vessels at an oral surgery wound site, representing a potential postoperat...

The process—or its surgical achievement—by which bleeding is stopped, whether by physiological clotting mechanisms or su...

Surgical resection of one half of the mandible, typically performed for the management of extensive jaw tumours or sever...

An abnormal thickening of the cementum on one or more tooth roots, which can complicate extraction by anchoring the root...

Abbreviation for Intermaxillary Fixation; the temporary immobilisation of upper and lower jaws together in occlusion aft...

The state of a tooth that has failed to erupt fully into its functional position due to obstruction by adjacent teeth, b...

The bony channel within the mandible that transmits the inferior alveolar nerve and vessels from the mandibular foramen...

A branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (V3) that runs through the mandibular canal, providing senso...

A regional anaesthetic technique that deposits local anaesthetic near the inferior alveolar nerve to anaesthetise the ma...

The temporary wiring or banding together of the upper and lower jaws in occlusion to stabilise jaw fractures or osteotom...

A horizontal surgical cut through the maxilla above the tooth apices, allowing the tooth-bearing maxillary segment to be...

A classification of surgical cuts through the maxillary complex at defined levels (I, II, or III) to reposition the midf...

A branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve that provides sensory innervation to the anterior two-thirds...

A historical method for removing impacted mandibular third molars by splitting and temporarily removing the lingual cort...

A life-threatening, rapidly spreading bilateral cellulitis of the submandibular, sublingual, and submental spaces, almos...