| pin amalgam | An amalgam restoration held in place largely by small metal rods protruding from holes drilled into tooth structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| amalgam | <dentistry> A soft metal which results from an alloy of a metal with mercury. Commonly used as a silver-tin or copper alloy in dentistry for fillings. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| amalgam carrier | An instrument used to transport triturated amalgam to a cavity preparation and to deposit it therein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amalgam matrix | A device used during placement of the amalgam mass within a compound cavity preparation, facilitating proper condensation and contour thereof by providing a confining wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amalgam strip | A linen strip without abrasive used to smooth proximal contours of newly placed amalgam restorations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amalgam tattoo | A bluish-black or gray macular lesion of the oral mucous membrane caused by accidental implantation of silver amalgam into the tissue during tooth restoration or extraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spherical amalgam | An alloy for dental amalgam composed of spherical particles instead of filings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental amalgam | <chemical, dentistry> An alloy used in restorative dentistry that contains mercury, silver, tin, copper, and possibly zinc. Chemical name: Dental materials and fillings, amalgams (12 Dec 1998) |
| Roger-Anderson pin fixation appliance | An appliance used in extraoral fixation of mandibular fractures and prognathic corrections in which pins placed in the bone segments are joined by metal connecting rods. See: external pin fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rolling-pin | A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pin | To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. "Aa if she would pin her to her heart." To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to. Origin: See Pin. <chemistry> To peen. 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc, generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. "With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast." (Milton) 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. "He . . . Did not care a pin for her." (Spectator) 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. A linchpin. A rolling-pin. A clothespin. The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. "The very pin of his heart cleft." 7. Mood; humor. "In merry pin." 8. <medicine> Caligo. See Caligo. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. Banking pin, a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. Pin grass. <botany> A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or coloured fire. Origin: OE. Pinne, AS. Pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. Pin, G. Pinne, Icel. Pinni, W. Pin, Gael. & Ir. Pinne; all fr. L. Pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. A different word from pinna feather. Cf. Fin of a fish, Pen a feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pin and ligature cutter | <dentistry> A special plier use to cur off arch wires, ligatures etc. (08 Jan 1998) |
| pin-eyed | <botany> Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pin implant | A type of implant usually rod-shaped, used in the area of the maxillary sinuses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pin-tailed | <ornithology> Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; said of birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Steinmann pin | A pin that is used to transfix bone for traction or fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |