"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D003814
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.323 H02.163.180
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