"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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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Orthodontic Appliances" by people in Profiles.
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Dental sleep medicine perspectives after COVID-19: interprofessional adaptation and directions. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Aug 15; 16(8):1421.
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Macrophages mediate corticotomy-accelerated orthodontic tooth movement. Sci Rep. 2018 11 14; 8(1):16788.
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Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of a smartphone application on oral-health behavior and oral hygiene in adolescents with fixed orthodontic appliances. BMC Oral Health. 2018 02 07; 18(1):19.
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An application of the Health Action Process Approach model to oral hygiene behaviour and dental plaque in adolescents with fixed orthodontic appliances. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2017 Nov; 27(6):486-495.