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Descriptor English:

Oral Health

Descriptor Spanish:

Salud Bucal

Descriptor Portuguese:

Saúde Bucal

Synonyms English:

Health, Oral

Tree Number:

Definition English:

The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease.

Indexing Annotation English:

differentiate from ORAL HYGIENE; oral health is the state of health of the mouth

See Related English:

History Note English:

65; DENTAL HYGIENE was heading 1963-64

Allowable Qualifiers English:

CL classification	EC economics
ED education	ES ethics
EH ethnology	HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence	ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data	TD trends

Record Number:

28452

Unique Identifier:

D009909

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