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anticurvature en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + curvature.

Meanings

  1. The filing of a tooth away from the inner curve of a root to reduce the risk of a strip perforation
    • The minimum wall thickness was less on the palatal aspect (<1 mm) than on the buccal aspect of the coronal two thirds of the buccal roots.[ 12 ] An anticurvature filing technique was used in this case toward the buccal aspect similar to buccal roots of maxillary molars. 2015, R. Praveen et al., “The radiculous’ premolars: Case reports of a maxillary and mandibular premolar with three canals”, in Journal of Natural Science, Biology, and Medicine, volume 6, →DOI: