"Rubber Dams" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016733
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.186.670 E07.222.670
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| Concept/Terms |
Rubber Dams- Rubber Dams
- Dam, Rubber
- Dams, Rubber
- Rubber Dam
- Rubberdam
- Rubberdams
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