Search on:
PREVENTIVE DENTISTRIES
Descriptors Found:
1
Displaying:
1 .. 1
1 / 1
DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Preventive Dentistry
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Odontología Preventiva
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Odontologia Preventiva
Synonyms
English
:
Dentistries, Preventive
Dentistry, Preventive
Preventive Dentistries
Tree Number:
E06.761
H02.163.721
Definition
English
:
The branch of
dentistry
concerned with the prevention of
disease
and the
maintenance
and promotion of
oral health.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
SPEC only; spec concerned with prev of tooth & mouth dis: do not confuse with
TOOTH DISEASES
/prev or
MOUTH DISEASES
/prev; see note under
DENTAL CARE
; for "see your dentist twice a year"; do not confuse with
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
(see note there) or
ORAL HYGIENE
(see note there)
See Related
English
:
Dental Clinics
Health Education, Dental
Primary Prevention
History Note
English
:
65
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
28487
Unique Identifier:
D011313
Occurrence in VHL
:
Similar:
DeCS