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Equipment and Supplies > Prostheses and Implants > Dental Prosthesis > Dentures > Denture Retention
... > Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Prosthodontics > Dental Prosthesis > Dentures > Denture Retention

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Denture Retention  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Denture Stability
  • Stability, Denture

Note

  • coord IM with specific denture (IM or NIM); for denture fixative & adhesives, coord IM with ADHESIVES (IM)

Scope note

  • The retention of a denture in place by design, device, or adhesion.

History note

  • 91; was DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION 1985-90, was DENTURE RETENTION 1965-84; DENTURE RETENTION was see DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION 1985-90; DENTURE STABILITY was heading 1965-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003781

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