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CRETE ALVEOLAIRE [4 records]

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Record 1 2013-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dental Surgery
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
  • Dentistry
DEF

An oral surgery procedure using bone grafts or alloplastic grafts to increase the osseous volume of a portion of a mandibular or maxillary alveolar ridge or other adjacent osseous structures.

OBS

augmentation: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie dentaire
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Technique de chirurgie buccale utilisant des greffes osseuses ou des greffes alloplastiques pour augmenter le volume osseux d’une partie de la crête alvéolaire de la mandibule, du maxillaire ou d’autres structures osseuses adjacentes.

OBS

augmentation : terme et définition normalisés par l’Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
DEF

A large, strong, irregular process of bone that projects upward from the body of the maxilla, its medial surface forming part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
CONT

Le maxillaire supérieur présente aussi un bord alvéolaire(processus alveolaris maxillae) qui porte les dents, ainsi qu'une apophyse frontale(processus frontalis maxillae) qui se situe à côté de l'apophyse pyramidale. L'apophyse frontale se prolonge, au niveau du rebord orbitaire inférieur, par la crête lacrymale antérieure(crista lacrimalis anterior).

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : apophyse montante.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dental Surgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie dentaire
CONT

Le lambeau Widman modifié [...] : Description des modifications : 1) incision initiale parallèle au grand axe de la dent; 2) relèvement du lambeau mucopériosté de 2-3 mm seulement de la crête alvéolaire; 3) l'incision sulculaire se fait autour du collet de la dent; 4) excision chirurgicale au collet des tissus autour de la dent; 5) festonnement palatin exagéré pour former l'adaptation du lambeau interproximal.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

Gingival fiber traversing the septum between teeth, providing a fibrous connection between the teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Fibre s’étendant mésiodistalement au-dessus de la crête alvéolaire et unissant les collets de deux dents voisines.

Spanish

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