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Dental Equipment MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Dental Equipment
Tree Number(s)
E06.186
E07.222
Unique ID
D003748
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003748
Annotation
for the dental professional, not the patient; differentiate from DENTAL INSTRUMENTS on basis of size (instruments are holdable in the hand)
Scope Note
The nonexpendable items used by the dentist or dental staff in the performance of professional duties. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p106)
Entry Version
DENT EQUIPMENT
Entry Term(s)
Equipment, Dental
NLM Classification #
WU 26
Public MeSH Note
65
History Note
65
Date Established
1965/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1996/06/10
Dental Equipment Preferred
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