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being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system" of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery" surgical: relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" secret agent: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" private detective: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information running(a): (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
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| operative dentistry |
The restoring of decayed and broken teeth with silver, gold and tooth-colored materials
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| operative c. |
cholangiography performed during a surgical procedure on the gallbladder.
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| operative d. |
that phase of dentistry concerned with restoration of parts of the teeth that are defective through disease, trauma, or abnormal development to a state of normal function, health, and esthetics, including preventive, diagnostic, biological, mechanical, and therapeutic techniques, as well as material and instrument science and application.
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