Dental glossary — terms beginning with O
Terms from occlusion to osteogenesis.
Occlusion, the contact between the teeth of the upper and lower jaw.
Surgical microscope, used in microsurgery. It magnifies six- to forty-fold, well beyond what magnifying loupes can achieve.
Oral surgery, surgical procedures confined to the mouth, the teeth and the jaw.
Orthopantomography, an orthopantomogram (OPT or OPG), also called a panoramic radiograph, is a dental X-ray technique originally introduced and named by Siemens. It is now a standard method of dental radiography and produces a diagnostically informative image of the patient's upper and lower jaw. It shows all the teeth as well as the adjoining parts of the jaws, both jaw joints and the right and left maxillary sinuses.
computed tomography
Osseointegration, the process in which the jawbone fuses with the implant that has been placed.