"Dental Clasps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Metal devices for fastening together two or more parts of dental prostheses for stabilizing or retaining them by attachment to abutment teeth. For a precision attachment for a partial denture DENTURE PRECISION ATTACHMENT is available.
| Descriptor ID |
D016734
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E06.780.346.562 E07.695.190.180
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| Concept/Terms |
Dental Clasps- Dental Clasps
- Clasps, Dental
- Denture Clasps
- Clasp, Denture
- Clasps, Denture
- Denture Clasp
- Clasp, Dental
- Dental Clasp
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Clasps" by people in Profiles.
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Aguilar ML, Psoter WJ, Montero M, Milord F, Joshipura KJ. The quality of removable prostheses in dentate, community-dwelling elderly residing in Puerto Rico. J Prosthodont. 2013 Oct; 22(7):556-560.