Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
dental procedure
den·tal pro·ce·dure
Subclass of:
Dental Health Services;
Dentistry
Definitions related to dental procedures:
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(dental care) The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any of the dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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