| permanent restoration | A definitive restoration, in contradistinction to a temporary or provisional restoration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| permanent section | A technique in which a thin slice of biopsy tissue is mounted on a slide to be examined under a microscope by a pathologist in order to establish a diagnosis. (09 Oct 1997) |
| permanent stricture | A stricture due to the presence of cicatricial or other new tissue, not spasmodic. Synonym: permanent stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| permanent tooth | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental restoration, permanent | A restoration designed to remain in service for not less than 20 to 30 years, usually made of gold casting, cohesive gold, or amalgam. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentition, permanent | The 32 teeth of adulthood that either replace or are added to the complement of deciduous teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |