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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Denturists
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Mecánicos Dentales
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Protéticos
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Tree Number:
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M01.526.485.067.105.503.300
N02.360.067.105.503.300
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Definition English:
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Dental technicians who provide dentures for patients without benefit of a dentist's professional services. Their duties include taking impressions and bite registrations for preparing and repairing dentures and fitting dentures. They are rarely found in the United States, where their practice is illegal in many states, but are becoming increasingly common in Canada. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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dent technicians working with patients requiring dentures (prep, repair, fitting)
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History Note English:
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91(80); was see under DENTAL AUXILIARIES 1980-90; was see DENTAL AUXILIARIES 1979
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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3851
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Unique Identifier:
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D003835
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DeCS SciELO LILACS LIS
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