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approximal

 [ah-prok´sĭ-mal]
close together.
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Susceptibility of nursing caries children to future approximal molar decay.
Rationale for restoration of carious primary teeth: a review
Treatment of the approximal carious lesions consists sometimes in large tooth preparations, resulting atypical cavities as: mesio-occlusal-distal (MOD), approximal-occlusal-vestibolar, cervico-approximal-occusal, etc.
Numerical and experimental stress analysis of a crown-molar system
Variation of approximal tooth contact tightness with postural change.
THE IMPACT OF POSTURAL CHANGES ON DENTAL OCCLUSION
Mechanical defects of different sizes and depths were created on their proximal surfaces and teeth were placed in acrylic blocks with approximal contacts.
Accuracy of Proximal Caries Depth Measurements: Comparison of Two Computed Cone Beam Tomography and Storage Phosphor Plate Systems/Arayuz Curuk Derinligi Olcum Dogrulugunda Farkli Dental Volumetrik Tomografi Ve Fosfor Plak Sistemlerinin Karsilastirilmasi
Influence of education level and experience on detection of approximal caries in digital dental radiographs.
Use of a self-instructional radiographic anatomy module for dental hygiene faculty calibration
This effect can be achieved with a fiber optic illuminator, which is readily available at the hand piece coupler of the dental operatory and has been used for detection of approximal and occlusal caries.
Contemporary diagnostic aids in endodontics
Reliability of visual examination, fibre-optic transillumination, and bite-wing radiography, and reproducibility of direct visual examination following tooth separation for the identification of cavitated carious lesions in contacting approximal surfaces.
Comparacion entre el examen radiografico y el visual-tactil para detectar y valorar caries dental interproximal
Finishing and polishing strips with progressively finer grain sizes are available for approximal spaces (Fig.
Direct Restoration of Lower Anteriors with COMPONEER
Approximal gingiva was red in color and was bleeding on slight provocation.
Food impaction "cured" with cold cure acrylic--an iatrogenic dentistry
In addition, this system can use digital image processing methods to enhance contrast between sound and carious tissues and to quantify features of incipient, frank and secondary caries lesions on occlusal, approximal and smooth surfaces.
Recent advances in detection and diagnosis of dental caries

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