| acid etch cemented splint | A splint of heavy wire which is cemented to the labial surfaces of teeth with any of the acid etch cement techniques; used to stabilise traumatically displaced or periodontally diseased teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acid etch | <dentistry> A procedure where a weak acid smeared on your teeth to ready your teeth for brackets. The acid etch helps your brackets stay on better. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| etch | 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. "I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875." (Hamerton) 3. To sketch; to delineate. "There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system." (Locke) Origin: D. Etsen, G. Atzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. Etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. Essen . See Eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| freeze etch | <microscopy, technique> A method of preparing a cell for study by freezing it, cracking it open to reveal the organelles, freeze drying it, then examining it under the electron microscope. (09 Oct 1997) |
| active splint | A splint utilizing springs or elastic bands that aids in movements initiated by the patient by controlling the plane and range of motion. Synonym: active splint, functional splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| airplane splint | A complicated splint that holds the arm in abduction at about shoulder level with the forearm midway in flexion, generally with an axillary strut for support. (05 Mar 2000) |
| air splint | A plastic splint inflated by air used to immobilise part or all of an extremity. Synonym: inflatable splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anchor splint | A splint used for fracture of the jaw, with wires around teeth and a rod to hold it in place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Anderson splint | A skeletal traction splint with pins inserted into proximal and distal ends of a fracture; reduction is obtained by an external plate attached to the pins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| backboard splint | A board splint with slots for fixation by straps; shorter ones are used for neck injuries, longer ones for back injuries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Balkan splint | An overhead frame, supported on uprights attached to the bedposts or to a separate stand, from which a splinted limb is slung in the treatment of fracture or joint disease. Synonym: Balkan beam, Balkan splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cap splint | A plastic or metallic fracture appliance designed to cover the crowns of the teeth and usually cemented to them. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reverse Kingsley splint | A winged maxillary splint used to apply traction to reduce maxillary fractures as well as immobilise them by having the wings attached to a head appliance by elastics. Synonym: reverse Kingsley splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gunning splint | A prosthesis fabricated from models of endentulous maxillary and mandibular arches in order to aid in reduction and fixation of a fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coaptation splint | A short splint designed to prevent overriding of the ends of a fractured bone, usually supplemented by a longer splint to fix the entire limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plaster splint | A splint constructed of bandages impregnated with plaster of Paris. (05 Mar 2000) |