Dental Clinical Terms : Graft
By Regency Dental Group
Graft : A piece of tissue or alloplastic material placed in contact with tissue to repair a defect or supplement a deficiency.
Allograft : Graft of tissue between genetically dissimilar members of the same species. Donors may be cadavers, living related or living unrelated individuals. Also called allogenic graft or homograft.
Autogenous Graft : Taken from one part of a patient's body and transferred to another.
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