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Health Occupations > Dentistry > Dentistry, Operative

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Dentistry, Operative  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Operative Dentistry

Note

  • clinical dentistry concerned with restoration of tooth function (filling, inlay, etc.); do not confuse with SURGERY, ORAL the dental specialty concerned with diagnosis and surgical therapy of diseases, injuries or defects of soft tissues of mouth or jaws

Scope note

  • That phase of clinical dentistry concerned with the restoration of parts of existing teeth that are defective through disease, trauma, or abnormal development, to the state of normal function, health, and esthetics, including preventive, diagnostic, biological, mechanical, and therapeutic techniques, as well as material and instrument science and application. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 2d ed, p237)

History note

  • 65; was in Cat E only 1972-79

In other languages

  • operatiivinen hammaslääketiede

    Finnish

  • hammaskirurgia
  • hammaskirurginen toimenpide
  • hammaskirurgiset toimenpiteet
  • hammasleikkaukset
  • hammasleikkaus
  • korjaava hammashoito
  • operatiivinen hammashoito
  • Tandkirurgi

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003814

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