| planing | Fr. Plane, Planing machine. See Planer. A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards, containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| root planing | A procedure for smoothing of the roughened root surface or cementum of a tooth after subgingival curettage or scaling, as part of periodontal therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
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