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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

posteriormente primero

English translation:

posteriorly first

Added to glossary by schmetterlich
Nov 23, 2023 18:21
6 mos ago
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Spanish term

posteriormente primero

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Dentistry
Las técnicas quirúrgicas comúnmente implican mover el diente en oclusal y posteriormente primero, seguido de la colocación bucal del diente en su posición deseada para lograr tejidos periodontales sanos alrededor del diente.

I don't quite understand what does posteriormente primero mean

Attempt:
Surgical techniques commonly involve moving the tooth occlusally/ in the occlusal direction and..., then buccally placing the tooth in the desired position to achieve healthy periodontal tissues around the tooth.

Thank you
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 posteriorly first

Discussion

Chema Nieto Castañón Nov 26, 2023:
Distally vs. posteriorly It makes sense.
When describing directions within the body, including the mouth, anterior & posterior are common references. Here though "distal" makes a little more sense as the direction of the force is most probably related to the distal side of the tooth being moved (occlusal, mesial, distal, buccal and lingual) and not so to the posterior side of the oral cavity (anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, superior and inferior).

You should post your rendering as answer, Reka; it is really good!
Reka05 Nov 24, 2023:
I think that might mean "distally". "Primero" is written after it because they are writing the first steps. So the whole translation might look something like "Surgical techniques typically entail the initial repositioning of the tooth occlusally and distally, followed by buccal placement into the desired location to ensure the surrounding periodontal tissues remain healthy."
Chema Nieto Castañón Nov 23, 2023:
(...) in an occlusal and posterior direction first... as per philgoddard's WR link.
philgoddard Nov 23, 2023:
Well done for finding that! Could this be plagiarism, or back translation?
Marie Wilson Nov 23, 2023:
Same text here in English: The surgical techniques commonly involve moving the tooth occlusally and posteriorly first, followed by buccal positioning of tooth into its desired position to achieve healthy periodontal tissues around the tooth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159090/
philgoddard Nov 23, 2023:
You posted this elsewhere yesterday - please tell us when you do this, as the question may already have been answered.
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/mover-el-diente-en-oc...

Also, you don't need to say 'the tooth' three times as the Spanish does - just say 'it'.

Proposed translations

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posteriorly first

knee-jerk answer

I think it is pretty obvious:)

i.e. in the first place
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : It's hard to argue with this, since we have the original English that the Spanish appears to have been lifted from!
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