Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Oral Hygiene

Synonyms

Hygiene, Dental

Hygiene, Oral

Definitions

The practice of personal hygiene of the mouth. It includes the maintenance of oral cleanliness, tissue tone, and general preservation of oral health.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009910

altLabel

Hygiene, Dental

Dental Hygiene

Hygiene, Oral

AN

differentiate from ORAL HEALTH; oral hyg is care toward maintaining good oral health performed by the person himself or a caregiver in the case of invalid or disabled persons; differentiate also from DENTAL CARE, care by professionals; for oral hyg using dental floss, water picks, etc. use DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE or TOOTHBRUSHING

AQL

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

cui

C0029164

DC

1

definition

The practice of personal hygiene of the mouth. It includes the maintenance of oral cleanliness, tissue tone, and general preservation of oral health.

DX

19730101

FX

D003742

D014099

HN

73; DENTAL HYGIENE was heading 1963-64, was see DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS 1991

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/Q000193

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/D014099

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003742

Machine permutation

73; DENTAL HYGIENE was heading 1963-64, was see DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS 1991

MDA

19990101

MMR

19921228

MN

E06.761.726

E02.547.600

notation

D009910

OL

use DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS to search DENTAL HYGIENE 1991

prefLabel

Oral Hygiene

TERMUI

T029331

T029332

T029333

TH

NLM (1973)

NLM (1992)

tui

T055

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D006920

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

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