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Descriptor English: Dental Hygienists
Descriptor Spanish: Higienistas Dentales
Descriptor higienistas dentales
Scope note: Personas capacitadas en una escuela acreditada o facultad de odontología y poseedor de una licencia del estado en que reside, para realizar profilaxis dental bajo la dirección de un odontólogo licenciado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Higienistas Dentários
Descriptor French: Hygiénistes dentaires
Entry term(s): Dental Hygienist
Hygienist, Dental
Hygienists, Dental
Tree number(s): M01.526.485.067.105.376
M01.526.485.330.245.376
N02.360.067.105.376
N02.360.330.245.376
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003756
Scope note: Persons trained in an accredited school or dental college and licensed by the state in which they reside to provide dental prophylaxis under the direction of a licensed dentist.
Annotation: trained in accredited schools and licensed to practice DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS (see note there) under a licensed dentist
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Entry Version: DENT HYGIENISTS
DeCS ID: 3770
Unique ID: D003756
NLM Classification: WU 90
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Dental Hygienists - Preferred
Concept UI M0005888
Scope note Persons trained in an accredited school or dental college and licensed by the state in which they reside to provide dental prophylaxis under the direction of a licensed dentist.
Preferred term Dental Hygienists
Entry term(s) Dental Hygienist
Hygienist, Dental
Hygienists, Dental



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