Jun 9, 2020 15:47
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Spanish term

cierre de hojalatero, cierre de corte

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Dentistry Pediatric dentistry
I 'm translating undergraduate dentistry program study topics from Spanish (Colombia) to English (UK).
During the ninth academic period, one of the classes students take is Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Practice.
In that class, they perform operative dentistry procedures with topics such as:
"uso de bandas en T, en S, cierre de hojalatero, cierre de corte"

My attempts at translating the terms:
tinsmith's joint
cutting joint

Proposed translations

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tofflemire matrix, modified triangular wedge

El contexto original parece hacer referencia a matrices (bandas en T, matriz de hojalatero, etc.). El primer término planteado diría que es claramente equivalente a las tofflemire matrices. El segundo imagino que hace referencia a la modificación mediante corte de un triangular wedge ("a sharp-bladed instrument may be used to modify the triangular steepness of the wedge" [modified triangular wedge]).

https://books.google.es/books?id=Dh5tDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA364&lpg=P...

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/dental/operative/matrixband.h...



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Note added at 206 days (2021-01-01 23:08:24 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you for the feedback!

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Note added at 206 days (2021-01-01 23:17:54 GMT) Post-grading
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As for wooden, wedges can be made of wooden toothpicks (see second link) but I am not sure so as to include "wooden" here; may be just wedges/wedging?

- http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/dental/operative/matrixband.h...
- https://everythingwhat.com/what-are-wedges-in-dentistry
- https://www.dentaljuce.com/direct-restorations-wedges
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : Maybe Tofflemire needs a capital letter; it looks like a surname/proper name...
13 hrs
Yeap. I've searched about it but couldn't come out with a clear answer, while it is many times written with lower case "t". But yes, it really sounds like a proper name!
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I asked the client, who is a dentist, for her opinion She agrees with Tofflemire matrix and, as to the second term, prefers "wooden wedge". Many thanks"
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