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on·lay

 (ŏn′lā′, ôn′-)
n.
1. Something laid or applied over something else, as to add relief to a surface.
2. Medicine A graft applied to the surface of a recipient organ or structure.
3. Dentistry A cast, usually made of metal, attached to the surface of a tooth.
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onlay

(ˈɒnˌleɪ)
n
(Dentistry) dentistry an artificial veneer which covers the entire front of the tooth
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Translations

on·lay

n. injerto, esp. en la reparación de defectos óseos.
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References in periodicals archive ?
Onlay Urethroplasties avoiding circular urethral anastomosis are favoured nowadays, because secondary strictures are far less common with these types of reconstruction.
The pedicled LIMA was than incised to match the length of the LAD arteriotomy and anastomosed as an onlay graft using 2 continuous 7-0 polypropylene sutures in an over-and-over fashion.
Objective: To compare sublay and onlay techniques of ventral hernia repair in terms of postoperative drain removal time and wound infection.
The increased survival rate of direct composite onlay has encouraged clinicians to progressively abandon amalgam over the last decade,12 although placement of a direct composite onlay takes 2.5 times longer due to the complex sequence included in incremental techniques.13
As a millable version, IPS Empress CAD (Ivoclar Vivadent) shows longterm successful results in high leucite ceramics, posterior inlay and onlay and anterior lamina and chron restorations in both CEREC (Sirona) and E4D Technologies (Planmeca) CAD / CAM systems) (7).
The aim of this study was to compare the early and late results of onlay and sublay mesh repair techniques.
In mid to distal bulbar strictures, if the urethral caliber is >4.5 Fr, our procedure of choice is dorsal onlay with BMG.
Procedures for rehabilitation of large maxillary defect involve Le Fort I maxillary downfracture, onlay bone grafts, maxillary sinus graft procedures, and free osteocutaneous flaps.
The graft was placed covering the suture line, also surrounding the esophagus in a U-shaped form, and was fixed to the diaphragm using titanium staples (Figures 3(l) and 3(m)), essentially resulting in a tensile repair with an onlay allograft reinforcement.
Las alternativas para aumentar el reborde alveolar (14-17) incluyen una tecnica en rollo y sus variantes clinicas: tecnica de bolsillo (18), tecnica inlay o interposicional (19), tecnica onlay (20) y tecnica combinada, las cuales se escogen de acuerdo con los objetivos del procedimiento, la zona a injertar, el tipo y grado de defecto de reborde alveolar presente y la disponibilidad de tejido donante (21).