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anticurvature

anticurvature noun: the filing of a tooth away from the inner curve of a root to reduce the risk of a strip perforation.

Noun

anticurvature

  1. The filing of a tooth away from the inner curve of a root to reduce the risk of a strip perforation
    • The minimum wall thickness was less on the palatal aspect (<1 mm) than on the buccal aspect of the coronal two thirds of the buccal roots.[ 12 ] An anticurvature filing technique was used in this case toward the buccal aspect similar to buccal roots of maxillary molars.2015, R. Praveen et al., “The radiculous’ premolars: Case reports of a maxillary and mandibular premolar with three canals”, in Journal of Natural Science, Biology, and Medicine, volume 6, →DOI

Origin of anticurvature

From anti- + curvature.

Questions about anticurvature

What does anticurvature mean?
Anticurvature means the filing of a tooth away from the inner curve of a root to reduce the risk of a strip perforation.
What part of speech is anticurvature?
Anticurvature is a noun.

Words near anticurvature in the dictionary

  1. anticulture
  2. anticultures
  3. anticurare
  4. anticure
  5. anticurfew
  6. anticurvature
  7. anticushitism
  8. anticyanobacterial
  9. anticybersquatting
  10. anticycle
  11. anticycles

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