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Descriptor
English
:
Oral Hygiene
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Higiene Bucal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Higiene Bucal
Synonyms
English
:
Dental Hygiene
Tree Number:
E02.547.600
E06.761.726
Definition
English
:
The practice of
personal hygiene
of the
mouth
. It includes the
maintenance
of oral cleanliness, tissue tone, and general preservation of
oral health.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
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
See Related
English
:
Dental Devices, Home Care
Toothbrushing
History Note
English
:
73; DENTAL HYGIENE was heading 1963-64, was see DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS 1991
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
adverse effects
classification
contraindications
economics
education
ethics
history
instrumentation
manpower
mortality
methods
nursing
psychology
statistics & numerical data
standards
trends
utilization
veterinary
Record Number:
10090
Unique Identifier:
D009910
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