 Dental Prophylaxis
"Dental Prophylaxis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction.
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D003777
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.721.189 E06.761.227
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Prophylaxis" by people in Profiles.
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Chaspari T, Tsiartas A, Stein Duker LI, Cermak SA, Narayanan SS. EDA-gram: designing electrodermal activity fingerprints for visualization and feature extraction. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug; 2016:403-406.
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Dye BA, Morin NM, Robison V. The relationship between cigarette smoking and perceived dental treatment needs in the United States, 1988-1994. J Am Dent Assoc. 2006 Feb; 137(2):224-34.
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Lin MI, Flaitz CM, Moretti AJ, Seybold SV, Chen JW. Evaluation of halitosis in children and mothers. Pediatr Dent. 2003 Nov-Dec; 25(6):553-8.
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Dye BA, Vargas CM. The use of a modified CPITN approach to estimate periodontal treatment needs among adults aged 20-79 years by socio-demographic characteristics in the United States, 1988-94. Community Dent Health. 2002 Dec; 19(4):215-23.
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Hicks MJ, Flaitz CM, Garcia-Godoy F. Fluoride-releasing sealant and caries-like enamel lesion formation in vitro. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2000; 24(3):215-9.
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Yukna RA. Optimizing clinical success with implants: maintenance and care. Compend Suppl. 1993; (15):S554-61; quiz S565-6.
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McCaul KD, Glasgow RE, O'Neill HK. The problem of creating habits: establishing health-protective dental behaviors. Health Psychol. 1992; 11(2):101-10.
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Tilliss TS, Hicks MJ. Enamel surface morphology comparison. Polishing with a toothpaste and a prophylaxis paste. Dent Hyg (Chic). 1987 Mar; 61(3):112-5.
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Garrett MB, Yukna RA, Cassingham RJ, Zimny ML. Comparison of pocket epithelium removal by sulcular and internally beveled incisions with and without prescaling. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 1986; 6(5):56-66.
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