anticurvature means the filing of a tooth away from the inner curve of a root to reduce the risk of a strip perforation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From anti- + curvature.
noun
- The filing of a tooth away from the inner curve of a root to reduce the risk of a strip perforation“The minimum wall thickness was less on the palatal aspect (<1 mm) than on the buccal aspect of the coronal two thirds of the buccal roots.[ 12 ] An anticurvature filing technique was used in this case toward the buccal aspect similar to buccal roots of maxillary molars.”