"Calcium Sulfate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A calcium salt that is used for a variety of purposes including: building materials, as a desiccant, in dentistry as an impression material, cast, or die, and in medicine for immobilizing casts and as a tablet excipient. It exists in various forms and states of hydration. Plaster of Paris is a mixture of powdered and heat-treated gypsum.
| Descriptor ID |
D002133
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.146.375 D01.578.215 D01.875.800.800.850.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate- Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate
- Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Dihydrate
- Calcium Sulfate, Dihydrate
- Dihydrate Calcium Sulfate
- Alabaster
- Gypsum
Dental Gypsum- Dental Gypsum
- Stone, Artificial Dental
- Gypsum, Dental
- Artificial Dental Stone
- Dental Stone, Artificial
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcium Sulfate" by people in Profiles.
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Gr?nheid T, Patel N, De Felippe NL, Wey A, Gaillard PR, Larson BE. Accuracy, reproducibility, and time efficiency of dental measurements using different technologies. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2014 Feb; 145(2):157-64.