Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Dental Prophylaxis

Synonyms

Prophylaxis, Dental

Definitions

Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003777

altLabel

Prophylaxis, Dental

AN

removal of calculus and stains by dentist or hygienist: prev of calculus and stains by patient = DENTAL HYGIENE see ORAL HYGIENE or TOOTHBRUSHING or DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE

AQL

AE CL EC ES HI IS MO MT NU PX SN ST TD VE

cui

C0011393

DC

1

definition

Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction.

DX

19650101

HN

65

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000379

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000009

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000592

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000295

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000451

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000639

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000401

Inverse of RO

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003728

Machine permutation

65

MDA

19990101

MMR

19920514

MN

E06.761.227

E06.721.189

notation

D003777

prefLabel

Dental Prophylaxis

TERMUI

T011197

T011196

TH

NLM (1965)

NLM (1991)

tui

T061

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010517

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011313

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