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Record 1 2007-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dental Surgery
DEF

A preventive operation in which imperfectly formed developmental grooves, pits, and fissures are opened up by means of a bur and filled in order to obviate future decay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie dentaire
DEF

Procédé qui consiste à tailler étroitement jusque dans la dentine en suivant les puits et les sillons à la surface occlusale d'une dent et en restaurant la structure enlevée avec un amalgame ou un autre matériau : mesure de prévention à la carie.

Spanish

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