Descriptor in English: | Dentistry |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Odontología |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Odontologia |
Descriptor in French: | Odontologie |
Tree number(s): |
E06 H02.163 SH1.020.020.040.020 |
Scope note: | The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue. |
Annotation: | /instrum = DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT or other specifics; /legislation & jurisprudence = LEGISLATION, DENTAL or DENTISTRY + JURISPRUDENCE or FORENSIC DENTISTRY; veterinary dentistry = DENTISTRY /vet + VETERINARY MEDICINE |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary |
History Note: | AVIATION DENTISTRY was heading 1965-79 |
See also the descriptors: |
Dental Equipment
MeSH Dental Instruments MeSH Economics, Dental MeSH Education, Dental MeSH History of Dentistry MeSH Legislation, Dental MeSH Oral Medicine MeSH |
DeCS UI: | 3828 |
Descriptor UI: | D003813 |
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2018/02/28 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Dentistry [E06] +Dentistry + -
DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations
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Dentistry
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0005961 |
Scope note | The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue. |
Preferred term | Dentistry |
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