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Preparation (dental) Dental restoration, dental fillings, or simply fillings are treatments used to restore the function, integrity, and morphology of missing tooth structure resulting from caries or external trauma as well as to the replacement of such structure sup ...

, the method by which a tooth is prepared when removing decay and designing a form that will provide adequate retention for a dental restoration *

Preparation (music) In tonal music, a preparation is the consonant pitch or chord which precedes a dissonant nonharmonic tone. The move from a dissonance to a consonance constitutes a resolution. In the following example, the C major chord on the left is a preparatio ...

, treatment of dissonance in tonal music *

Preparation, Iowa Preparation is a ghost town in Monona County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. History Preparation was founded in 1853 by a schismatic Latter Day Saint The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or ...

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Preparation time This is a glossary of policy debate terms. Affirmative In policy debate (also called ''cross-examination debate'' in some circuits, namely the University Interscholastic League of Texas), the ''Affirmative'' is the team that affirms the res ...

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The Preparation ''The Preparation'' is a 2017 South Korean drama film directed by Cho Young-jun, starring Go Doo-shim and Kim Sung-kyun. Plot In Yongin, South Korea, Ae-soon is a mother of the intellectually-disabled In-gyu. Both live in a small apartment a ...

'', a 2017 South Korean film * ''Preparations'' (album), a 2007 album by Prefuse 73 * Prepared

dosage form Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are pharmaceutical drug products in the form in which they are marketed for use, with a specific mixture of active ingredients and inactive components (excipients), in a particular configuration (such as a cap ...

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drug A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via insuffla ...

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food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is inge ...

* Prepared supplement * Special modifications to instruments, see **

Prepared piano A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sounds temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings. Its invention is usually traced to John Cage's dance music for ''Bacchanale' ...

Prepared guitar A prepared guitar is a guitar that has had its timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instrument's strings, including other extended techniques. This practice is sometimes called tabletop guitar, because many prepared guitar ...

Fossil preparation Fossil preparation is the act of preparing fossil specimens for use in paleontological research or for exhibition, and involves removing the surrounding rocky matrix and cleaning the fossil. Techniques Acid maceration Acid maceration is a techn ...

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