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Descriptor English: Orthodontics, Corrective
Descriptor Spanish: Ortodoncia Correctiva
Descriptor ortodoncia correctiva
Scope note: Fase de la ortodoncia que se encarga de corregir la maloclusión con aparatos apropiados y de la prevención de sus secuelas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ortodontia Corretiva
Descriptor French: Orthodontie correctrice
Entry term(s): Corrective Orthodontics
Tree number(s): E06.658.578
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009971
Scope note: The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry).
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Related: Crown Lengthening MeSH
Malocclusion MeSH
DeCS ID: 10149
Unique ID: D009971
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Orthodontics, Corrective - Preferred
Concept UI M0015464
Scope note The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry).
Preferred term Orthodontics, Corrective
Entry term(s) Corrective Orthodontics



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