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buccally

Adverb

Meaning

In a buccal manner, such as:

(dentistry, medicine) Via buccal administration; via absorption through the mucosa of the cheek.

(dentistry, medicine, referring to force, movement, or both) In the buccal direction; toward the cheek.
2010, Staley, Robert N.; Reske, Neil T., Essentials of Orthodontics: Diagnosis and Treatment‎, →ISBN, page 86:Banded molars can be rotated, moved buccally and lingually, extruded on one side, and intruded on the other side in ways that are not desired.

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