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Descriptor English: Dental Prosthesis
Descriptor Spanish: Prótesis Dental
Descriptor prótesis dental
Scope note: Reemplazo artificial de uno o más dientes naturales, de parte de un diente, o de las estructuras asociadas, que van desde una porción de un diente a una prótesis completa. Se utiliza la prótesis dental por motivos cosméticos, funcionales, o ambos. También se dispone de DENTADURAS POSTIZAS y de tipos específicos de prótesis dentales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prótese Dentária
Descriptor French: Prothèses dentaires
Entry term(s): Dental Prostheses
Prostheses, Dental
Prosthesis, Dental
Tree number(s): E06.780.346
E07.695.190
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017266
Scope note: An artificial replacement for one or more natural teeth or part of a tooth, or associated structures, ranging from a portion of a tooth to a complete denture. The dental prosthesis is used for cosmetic or functional reasons, or both. DENTURES and specific types of dentures are also available. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p244 & Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p643)
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; specialty is PROSTHODONTICS
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MI microbiology
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Dentures (1991-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; was heading 1963-90; was see DENTURES 1991-92
Online Note: use DENTURES to search DENTAL PROSTHESIS 1966-92
History Note: 93; was heading 1963-90; was see DENTURES 1991-92
Entry Version: DENT PROSTHESIS
Related: Dental Restoration Failure MeSH
Dental Restoration, Permanent MeSH
Dental Restoration, Temporary MeSH
Dentures MeSH
DeCS ID: 30762
Unique ID: D017266
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/20
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Dental Prosthesis - Preferred
Concept UI M0026208
Scope note An artificial replacement for one or more natural teeth or part of a tooth, or associated structures, ranging from a portion of a tooth to a complete denture. The dental prosthesis is used for cosmetic or functional reasons, or both. DENTURES and specific types of dentures are also available. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p244 & Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p643)
Preferred term Dental Prosthesis
Entry term(s) Dental Prostheses
Prostheses, Dental
Prosthesis, Dental



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