"Orthodontic Appliances" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Devices used for influencing tooth position. Orthodontic appliances may be classified as fixed or removable, active or retaining, and intraoral or extraoral. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p19)
| Descriptor ID |
D009967
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.658.453
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| Concept/Terms |
Orthodontic Appliances- Orthodontic Appliances
- Appliance, Orthodontic
- Appliances, Orthodontic
- Orthodontic Appliance
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