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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Oral Hygiene
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Descriptor Spanish:
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higiene bucal
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Higiene Bucal
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Synonyms English:
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Dental Hygiene
Hygiene, Dental
Hygiene, Oral
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Tree Number:
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E02.547.600
E06.761.726
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Definition English:
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The practice of personal hygiene of the mouth. It includes the maintenance of oral cleanliness, tissue tone, and general preservation of oral health. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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differentiate from ORAL HEALTH; oral hyg is care toward maintaining good oral health performed by the person himself or a caregiver in the case of invalid or disabled persons; differentiate also from DENTAL CARE, care by professionals; for oral hyg using dental floss, water picks, etc. use DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE or TOOTHBRUSHING
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See Related English:
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Dental Devices, Home Care
Toothbrushing
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History Note English:
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73; DENTAL HYGIENE was heading 1963-64, was see DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS 1991
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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10090
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Unique Identifier:
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D009910
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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