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dowel /dow·el/ (dou´'l) a peg or pin for fastening an artificial crown or core to a natural tooth root, or affixing a die to a working model for construction of a crown, inlay, or partial denture. dowel, n a post or pin, usually made of metal, fitted into a prepared root canal of a natural tooth to improve retention of a restoration. dowel a slim cylinder of bone consisting of two plates of cortical bone separated by an internal sandwich of cancellous bone. Used for fusing bones or reconstructing large bones. |
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