Medical Definition of Odontotomy

1. Cutting into the crown of a tooth. Origin: odonto-+ G. Tome, incision Prophylactic odontotomy, a preventive operation in which imperfectly formed developmental grooves, pits, and fissures are opened up by means of a bur and filled in order to obviate future decay. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Odontotomy

odontophorous
odontoplast
odontoplasts
odontoplasty
odontoprisis
odontopteryx
odontoptosis
odontornithes
odontorrhagia
odontoschism
odontoscope
odontoscopy
odontosis
odontostomatous
odontotherapy
odontotomy (current term)
odontotormae
odonym
odor
odorament
odoraments
odorant
odorants
odorate
odorating
odored
odorful
odoriferous
odoriferously
odoriferousness

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