Medical Definition of Odontotomy
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Cutting into the crown of a tooth.
Origin: odonto-+ G. Tome, incision
Prophylactic odontotomy, 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.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odontotomy
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