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... > Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Orthodontics > Orthodontic Appliances > Orthodontic Appliances, Removable > Extraoral Traction Appliances

Preferred term

Extraoral Traction Appliances  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bow, Orthodontic Face
  • Bows, Orthodontic Face
  • Chincap, Orthodontic
  • Chincaps, Orthodontic
  • Face Bow, Orthodontic
  • Face Bows, Orthodontic
  • Headgear, Orthodontic
  • Headgears, Orthodontic
  • Orthodontic Chincap
  • Orthodontic Chincaps
  • Orthodontic Face Bow
  • Orthodontic Face Bows
  • Orthodontic Headgear
  • Orthodontic Headgears

Scope note

  • Extraoral devices for applying force to the dentition in order to avoid some of the problems in anchorage control met with in intermaxillary traction and to apply force in directions not otherwise possible.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005115

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