Concept information
Preferred term
Rubber Dams
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Rubberdam
- Rubberdams
Scope note
- Sheets of latex rubber punched and placed over the teeth during dental procedures to isolate the field of operation from the rest of the oral cavity (Jablonski; Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982). Rubber dams are useful in preventing the swallowing of instruments or restorations during dental work.
History note
- 92
In other languages
-
Finnish
-
kofferdamkalvo
-
kofferdamkalvot
-
kofferdamkumi
-
Swedish
-
Kofferdammar
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016733
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}