"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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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Prophylaxis" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of traditional orthodontic polishing systems with novel non-orthodontic methods for residual adhesive removal. Aust Orthod J. 2016 May; 32(1):41-7.
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Prepregnancy obesity and periodontitis among pregnant females with and without gestational diabetes mellitus. J Periodontol. 2014 Jul; 85(7):890-8.
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Effects of common dental materials used in preventive or operative dentistry on dentin permeability and remineralization. Oper Dent. 2011 Mar-Apr; 36(2):222-30.
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Dentine desensitization induced by prophylactic and air-polishing procedures: an in vitro dentine permeability and confocal microscopy study. J Dent. 2010 May; 38(5):411-22.
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Use of the feed additive sodium hexametaphosphate to prevent dental calculus in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.). Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci. 2000 Mar; 39(2):27-9.
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Oral and dental management of the cancer patient: prevention and treatment of complications. Support Care Cancer. 1995 May; 3(3):168-75.