Terms Related to Prosthesis

• Artificial Organ

  Devices intended to replace non-functioning organs. They may be temporary or permanent. Since they are intended always to function as the natural organs they are …

• Experimental Implant

  Artificial substitutes for body parts and materials inserted into organisms during experimental studies.

• Artificial Eye

  A ready-made or custom-made prosthesis of glass or plastic shaped and colored to resemble the anterior portion of a normal eye and used for cosmetic …

• Single Tooth Dental Implants

  Devices, usually alloplastic, surgically inserted into or onto the jawbone, which support a single prosthetic tooth and serve either as abutments or as cosmetic replacements …

• Orbital Implant

  Rounded objects made of coral, teflon, or alloplastic polymer and covered with sclera, and which are implanted in the orbit following enucleation. An artificial eye …

• Surgical Dental Prosthesis

  Biocompatible materials placed into (endosseous) or onto (subperiosteal) the jawbone to support a crown, bridge, or artificial tooth, or to stabilize a diseased tooth.