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Descriptor English: Enamel Microabrasion
Descriptor Spanish: Microabrasión del Esmalte
Descriptor microabrasión del esmalte
Entry term(s) microabrasión dental
Scope note: Eliminación mecánica de una pequeña cantidad de estructura dentaria (no más que unas pocas décimas de milímetro de profundidad) para eliminar los defectos de discromía del esmalte superficial que no se eliminaron por las técnicas blanqueadoras. Un abrasivo común es una mezcla de piedra pómez y de ácido clorhídrico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Microabrasão do Esmalte
Descriptor French: Microabrasion amélaire
Entry term(s): Dental Microabrasion
Dental Microabrasions
Enamel Microabrasions
Microabrasion, Dental
Microabrasion, Enamel
Microabrasions, Dental
Microabrasions, Enamel
Tree number(s): E06.420.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019243
Scope note: Mechanical removal of a small amount of tooth structure (not more than a few tenths of a millimeter in depth) to eliminate superficial enamel discoloration defects not successfully removed by bleaching techniques. A common abrasive is a mixture of pumice and hydrochloric acid.
Annotation: to remove surface discoloration
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: Tooth Discoloration/therapy (1989-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33127
Unique ID: D019243
NLM Classification: WU 220
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Enamel Microabrasion - Preferred
Concept UI M0028656
Scope note Mechanical removal of a small amount of tooth structure (not more than a few tenths of a millimeter in depth) to eliminate superficial enamel discoloration defects not successfully removed by bleaching techniques. A common abrasive is a mixture of pumice and hydrochloric acid.
Preferred term Enamel Microabrasion
Entry term(s) Dental Microabrasion
Dental Microabrasions
Enamel Microabrasions
Microabrasion, Dental
Microabrasion, Enamel
Microabrasions, Dental
Microabrasions, Enamel



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