"Dentistry, Operative" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
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D003814
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.323 H02.163.180
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dentistry, Operative" by people in Profiles.
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Utilizing self-assessment software to evaluate student wax-ups in dental morphology. J Dent Educ. 2015 Jun; 79(6):697-704.