unerupted tooth
11eruption — 1. A breaking out, especially the appearance of lesions on the skin. 2. A rapidly developing dermatosis of the skin or mucous membranes, especially when appearing as a local manifestation of one of the exanthemata; an e. is characterized,… …
12Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… …
13dentigerous cyst — n an epithelial cyst containing fluid and one or more imperfect teeth usu. thought to result from defects in the enamel forming structures * * * a fluid containing odontogenic cyst surrounding the crown of an unerupted tooth, usually involving… …
14cyst — n. 1) an abnormal sac or closed cavity lined with epithelium and filled with liquid or semisolid matter. There are many varieties of cysts occurring in different parts of the body. Retention cysts arise when the outlet of a glandular duct is… …
15flap — 1. Tissue for transplantation, vascularized by a pedicle; f.. SEE ALSO: local f., distant f.. 2. An uncontrolled movement, as of the hands. See asterixis. [M.E. flappe] Abbe f. middle portion of the lower lip transferred into the upper lip and …
16ligation — 1. Application of a ligature. 2. The act of binding or annealing. [L. ligatio, fr. ligo, to bind] blunt end l. a reaction that joins two DNA duplexes directly at their blunt ends. enzyme catalyzed l. an enzyme mediated joining of phosphodiester… …
17operculum — 1. Anything resembling a lid or cover. 2. [TA] In anatomy, the portions of the frontal (o. frontale [TA], frontal o. [TA]), parietal (o. parietale [TA], parietal o. [TA]), and temporal (o. temporale [TA], temporal o. [TA]) lobes bordering the… …
18Ameloblastic fibroma — The ameloblastic fibroma is an odontogenic tumor arising from the enamel organ or dental lamina. It is more common in the first and second decades of life, and in 50% of cases an unerupted tooth is involved.References*Kahn, Michael A. Basic Oral… …
19Odontoma — Classification and external resources ICD O: 9280/0 MeSH D009810 The odontoma is a hamartoma …
20gingival cartilage — the tissue covering the loculus which contains an unerupted tooth …
