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Descriptor English: Dental Impression Technique
Descriptor Spanish: Técnica de Impresión Dental
Descriptor técnica de impresión dental
Scope note: Procedimiento para producir una impresión o imagen negativa de los dientes y/o de las áreas sin dientes. Las impresiones se realizan en material plástico el cual se endurece mientras que está en contacto con el tejido. Luego se rellenan con yeso mate o piedra artificial para producir un facsímil de las estructuras orales presentes. Las impresiones pueden hacerse de un complemento integral de dientes, de áreas donde algunos dientes han sido extraídos, o de una boca de la que se han extraído todos los dientes. (Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)
Descriptor Portuguese: Técnica de Moldagem Odontológica
Descriptor French: Technique de prise d'empreinte
Entry term(s): Dental Impression Technic
Dental Impression Technics
Dental Impression Techniques
Impression Technic, Dental
Impression Technics, Dental
Impression Technique, Dental
Impression Techniques, Dental
Technic, Dental Impression
Technics, Dental Impression
Technique, Dental Impression
Techniques, Dental Impression
Tree number(s): E06.912.130
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003761
Scope note: Procedure of producing an imprint or negative likeness of the teeth and/or edentulous areas. Impressions are made in plastic material which becomes hardened or set while in contact with the tissue. They are later filled with plaster of Paris or artificial stone to produce a facsimile of the oral structures present. Impressions may be made of a full complement of teeth, of areas where some teeth have been removed, or in a mouth from which all teeth have been extracted. (Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 91; was DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIC 1965-90
Online Note: use DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE to search DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIC 1966-90
History Note: 91; was DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIC 1965-90
Entry Version: DENT IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE
DeCS ID: 29175
Unique ID: D003761
NLM Classification: WU 25
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Dental Impression Technique - Preferred
Concept UI M0005895
Scope note Procedure of producing an imprint or negative likeness of the teeth and/or edentulous areas. Impressions are made in plastic material which becomes hardened or set while in contact with the tissue. They are later filled with plaster of Paris or artificial stone to produce a facsimile of the oral structures present. Impressions may be made of a full complement of teeth, of areas where some teeth have been removed, or in a mouth from which all teeth have been extracted. (Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)
Preferred term Dental Impression Technique
Entry term(s) Dental Impression Technic
Dental Impression Technics
Dental Impression Techniques
Impression Technic, Dental
Impression Technics, Dental
Impression Technique, Dental
Impression Techniques, Dental
Technic, Dental Impression
Technics, Dental Impression
Technique, Dental Impression
Techniques, Dental Impression



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