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What is an alloplastic?

What is an alloplastic? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Artificial materials substituted for tissue grafts, used in surgery.
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Other types of grafts available for the maxilla and mandible include allogeneic, alloplastic, and xenogeneic ones.
Thus the only available option was alloplastic implantation.
An implant comprising a mass entirely coated with atelopeptide collagen characterised in that the mass is alloplastic, the implant is a breast prosthesis and the coating renders it resistant to encapsulation.
The above four cases of trauma, tumor, resorption, and ankylosis represent the indications of alloplastic prosthesis.
Severe inflammatory joint disease is another indication for alloplastic TMJ prosthesis.
Synthetic calcium phosphate ceramics belong to the group of alloplastic biomaterials and are nowadays widely used.

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