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Descriptor English: Serial Extraction
Descriptor Spanish: Extracción Seriada
Descriptor extracción dental seriada
Scope note: Extracción selectiva de los dientes de leche durante la etapa de dentición mixta según se caen y emergen los dientes definitivos; se realiza a lo largo de un período prolongado para permitir el ajuste autónomo y aliviar la presión en las arcadas dentales durante la erupción de los incisivos laterales, de los caninos y premolares; finalmente, implica la extracción definitiva del primer premolar. (Dorland, 28a ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Extração Seriada
Descriptor French: Extractions en série
Entry term(s): Extraction, Serial
Extractions, Serial
Serial Extractions
Tree number(s): E04.545.700.680
E06.645.700.680
E06.658.641.890
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012690
Scope note: The selective extraction of deciduous teeth during the stage of mixed dentition in accordance with the shedding and eruption of the teeth. It is done over an extended period to allow autonomous adjustment to relieve crowding of the dental arches during the eruption of the lateral incisors, canines, and premolars, eventually involving the extraction of the first premolar teeth. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Orthodontics, Corrective (1966-1970)
Tooth Extraction (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73(71)
DeCS ID: 13071
Unique ID: D012690
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Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Serial Extraction - Preferred
Concept UI M0019671
Scope note The selective extraction of deciduous teeth during the stage of mixed dentition in accordance with the shedding and eruption of the teeth. It is done over an extended period to allow autonomous adjustment to relieve crowding of the dental arches during the eruption of the lateral incisors, canines, and premolars, eventually involving the extraction of the first premolar teeth. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Serial Extraction
Entry term(s) Extraction, Serial
Extractions, Serial
Serial Extractions



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