"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orthodontic Appliances" by people in Profiles.
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Role of dental hardware in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in the low-risk nonsmoker nondrinker population. Head Neck. 2018 04; 40(4):784-792.
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Sleep apnea in children--treatment considerations. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2006; 7 Suppl 1:S58-61.
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Quantitative 3D maxillary arch evaluation of two different infant managements for unilateral cleft lip and palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2000 Nov; 37(6):562-70.
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The case of early bone grafting in cleft lip and cleft palate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1982 Sep; 70(3):297-309.