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Descriptor
English
:
Dental Care
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Atención Odontológica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Assistência Odontológica
Tree Number:
E06.170
N02.421.240.190
Definition
English
:
The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated
Dictionary
of
Dentistry
, 1982).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
= professional care by a professional;
ORAL HYGIENE
= personal care by the subject himself; do not confuse with
DENTISTRY
:
DENTISTRY
is the dentist & the profession,
DENTAL CARE
is the patient & the care given him; GEN only: do not confuse with
TOOTH DISEASES
; DF: DENT CARE
See Related
English
:
Comprehensive Dental Care
Health Services
History Note
English
:
73
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
CT
contraindications
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MA
manpower
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
OG
organization & administration
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
29368
Unique Identifier:
D003729
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