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Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Prosthodontics > Dental Implantation
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Oral Surgical Procedures > Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic > Dental Implantation
Health Occupations > Dentistry > Oral Surgical Procedures > Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic > Dental Implantation
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Prosthesis Implantation > Dental Implantation

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Dental Implantation  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Dental Implant Therapies
  • Dental Implant Therapy
  • Dental Prosthesis Implantation
  • Dental Prosthesis Implantations
  • Implantation, Dental
  • Implantation, Dental Prosthesis
  • Implant Therapy, Dental
  • Prosthesis Implantation, Dental
  • Therapy, Dental Implant

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; the procedure: do not confuse with DENTAL IMPLANTS, the implant itself; differentiate from TOOTH REPLANTATION (reinsertion of a tooth lost by trauma or deliberate extraction)

Scope note

  • The grafting or inserting of a prosthetic device of alloplastic material into the oral tissue beneath the mucosal or periosteal layer or within the bone. Its purpose is to provide support and retention to a partial or complete denture.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003757

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