"total-etch" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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            "Teeth",
            "Biology",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Zhou Xuedong, Dental Caries: Principles and Management, →ISBN, page 119:",
          "text": "The total-etch system completely removes the smear layer using an acidic gel (usually phosphate acid) and demineralizes hydroxyapatite under the smear layer of the dentin.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Frank Verstraete, Anson J. Tsugawa, Veterinary Dentistry, →ISBN:",
          "text": "With the classic total-etch technique, both the enamel and dentin are etched with phosphoric acid.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Kenneth J. Anusavice, Chiayi Shen, H. Ralph Rawls, Phillips' Science of Dental Materials, →ISBN, page 261:",
          "text": "As illustrated in Figure 12-1, dentin etching did not gain wide acceptance until Fusayama introduced the total-etch concept in 1979.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that require the application of phosphoric acid in a separate etching step ."
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          "adhesive",
          "adhesive"
        ],
        [
          "bond",
          "bond"
        ],
        [
          "filling",
          "filling"
        ],
        [
          "phosphoric acid",
          "phosphoric acid"
        ],
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          "etch",
          "etch"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dentistry) Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that require the application of phosphoric acid in a separate etching step ."
      ],
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        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "total-etch"
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          "ref": "2015, Zhou Xuedong, Dental Caries: Principles and Management, →ISBN, page 119:",
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        },
        {
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        },
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