| dental instruments | Hand-held tools or implements especially used by dental professionals for the performance of clinical tasks. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| surgical instruments | Hand-held tools or implements used by health professionals for the performance of surgical tasks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diamond cutting instruments | In dentistry, cylinders, disks, and other cutting instrument's to which numerous small diamond pyramids have been attached by a plating of metal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sterilization | <biology> The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sterilization, involuntary | Sexual sterilization without consent of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization reversal | Reversal of sexual sterilization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, sexual | Procedures for the purpose of rendering individuals incapable of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sterilization, tubal | Surgical interruption of the fallopian tube during laparotomy or in the context of pelvioscopy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| discontinuous sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermittent sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fractional sterilization | Exposure to a temperature of 100캜 (flowing steam) for a definite period, usually an hour, on each of several days; at each heating the developed bacteria are destroyed; spores, which are unaffected, germinate during the intervening periods and are subsequently destroyed. Synonym: discontinuous sterilization, intermittent sterilization, tyndallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior dental branches of superior dental plexus | Branches passing from the superior dental plexus to the roots of the teeth of the upper jaw. Synonym: rami dentales superiores plexus dentalis superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior dental branches of inferior dental plexus | Branches passing from the inferior dental plexus to the roots of the teeth of the lower jaw. Synonym: rami dentales inferiores plexus dentalis inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid etching, dental | Pretreatment of tooth surfaces with etching agents, usually phosphoric acid, to increase the adhesion of various resin systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american dental association | Professional society representing the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |