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Descriptor English: Orthodontic Brackets
Descriptor Spanish: Soportes Ortodóncicos
Descriptor soportes ortodóncicos
Scope note: Aditamentos pequeños, metálicos o de cerámica, utilizados para fijar un arco de alambre. Estos aditamentos se sueldan o pegan a una banda ortodóncica o se cementan directamente sobre los dientes. Los soportes cilíndricos, soportes de canto, los multifásicos, los soportes de banda arqueada, soporte de alambre doble, y los soportes universales son, todos ellos, tipos de soportes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Braquetes Ortodônticos
Descriptor French: Brackets orthodontiques
Entry term(s): Brace, Dental
Brace, Orthodontic
Braces, Dental
Braces, Orthodontic
Bracket, Orthodontic
Brackets, Orthodontic
Dental Brace
Dental Braces
Orthodontic Brace
Orthodontic Braces
Orthodontic Bracket
Tree number(s): E06.658.453.255.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016910
Scope note: Small metal or ceramic attachments used to fasten an arch wire. These attachments are soldered or welded to an orthodontic band or cemented directly onto the teeth. Bowles brackets, edgewise brackets, multiphase brackets, ribbon arch brackets, twin-wire brackets, and universal brackets are all types of orthodontic brackets.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Orthodontic Appliances (1967-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29920
Unique ID: D016910
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Orthodontic Brackets - Preferred
Concept UI M0025732
Scope note Small metal or ceramic attachments used to fasten an arch wire. These attachments are soldered or welded to an orthodontic band or cemented directly onto the teeth. Bowles brackets, edgewise brackets, multiphase brackets, ribbon arch brackets, twin-wire brackets, and universal brackets are all types of orthodontic brackets.
Preferred term Orthodontic Brackets
Entry term(s) Brace, Dental
Brace, Orthodontic
Braces, Dental
Braces, Orthodontic
Bracket, Orthodontic
Brackets, Orthodontic
Dental Brace
Dental Braces
Orthodontic Brace
Orthodontic Braces
Orthodontic Bracket



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