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... > Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Orthodontics > Orthodontic Appliances > Orthodontic Appliances, Removable > Activator Appliances
... > Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Orthodontics > Orthodontic Appliances > Orthodontic Appliances, Functional > Activator Appliances

Preferred term

Activator Appliances  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Activator, Function
  • Activator Orthodontic Appliance
  • Activator Orthodontic Appliances
  • Activators, Function
  • Appliance, Activator Orthodontic
  • Appliances, Activator Orthodontic
  • Function Activator
  • Function Activators
  • Orthodontic Appliance, Activator
  • Orthodontic Appliances, Activator

Scope note

  • Loose-fitting removable orthodontic appliances which redirect the pressures of the facial and masticatory muscles onto the teeth and their supporting structures to produce improvements in tooth arrangements and occlusal relations.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE 1975-90

In other languages

  • aktivaattorikojeet

    Finnish

  • aktivaattori
  • aktivaattoriapuneuvo
  • aktivaattoriapuneuvot
  • aktivaattoriapuväline
  • aktivaattoriapuvälineet
  • aktivaattorikoje
  • aktivaattorilaite
  • aktivaattorilaitteet
  • aktivaattorit
  • Aktivatoranordningar

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000202

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